1975/08/08 (US) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
"I need another drink... I need a lot of life insurance... I need a vacation.... and all I've got is a coat, a hat, and a gun!"
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Dick Richards
Director
David Zelag Goodman
Screenplay
Robert Mitchum
Philip Marlowe
Charlotte Rampling
Mrs. Grayle
John Ireland
Nulty
Sylvia Miles
Mrs. Florian
Anthony Zerbe
Brunette
Harry Dean Stanton
Billy Rolfe
Jack O'Halloran
Moose Malloy
$ 2,500,000
$ 2,000,000
Released
Raymond Chandler
Novel
Joel Cox
Editor
David Shire
Original Music Composer
Walter Thompson
Editor
George Pappas
Producer
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Jerry Bruckheimer
Producer