Handlung
Privatdetektiv Philip Marlowe ist nicht sonderlich interessiert an einer vermeintlichen Routinesache, als ihn eine unscheinbare Blondine aus Kansas bittet, nach ihrem verschwundenen Bruder zu suchen. Ehe er sich jedoch versieht, gerät er in eine mysteriöse Mordserie. Als Marlowe sich in den Fall verbeißt, bekommt er es gleichermaßen mit Gangstern und der Polizei zu tun, ehe er unter dramatischen Umständen herausfindet, was hinter dem rätselhaften Geschehen steckt.
Regie
Besetzung
James Garner
Philip Marlowe
Gayle Hunnicutt
Mavis Wald
Carroll O'Connor
Lt. Christy French
Rita Moreno
Dolores Gonzáles
Sharon Farrell
Orfamay Quest
William Daniels
Mr. Cromwell
H.M. Wynant
Sonny Steelgrave
Jackie Coogan
Grant W. Hicks
Christopher Cary
Chuck
Bruce Lee
Winslow Wong
Kenneth Tobey
Fred Beifus
George Tyne
Oliver Hady
Corinne Camacho
Julie
Paul Stevens
Dr. Vincent Lagardie
Roger Newman
Orrin Quest
Read Morgan
Gumpshaw
Bartlett Robinson
Munsey (uncredited)
Guy Way
Strongarm Man (uncredited)
Dee Carroll
Nurse (uncredited)
Anna Lee Carroll
Mona (uncredited)
Emil Alegata
Waiter (uncredited)
Mark Allen
Doorman (uncredited)
Bert L. Bantle
Pilot (uncredited)
Pat Barrington
Belly Dancer (uncredited)
Isabel Colley
Hotel Alvarado Receptionist (uncredited)
Tony Conkle
Pilot (uncredited)
Carolan Daniels
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Ted Derby
Tiger Man (uncredited)
Angus Duncan
TV Actor (uncredited)
Jack English
Director (uncredited)
Nate Esformes
Paleface (uncredited)
Warren Finnerty
Manager (uncredited)
Greta Garbo
Grusinskaya(archive footage) (uncredited)
Dee Gardner
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Buddy Garion
Maitre d' (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Hoke Howell
Intern (uncredited)
Nicole Jaffe
Lilly (uncredited)
Marlain Kallevig
Minor Role (uncredited)
Paul Micale
Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Monroe
Policeman (uncredited)
José Portugal
Waiter (uncredited)
Jean Ransome
Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Chet Stratton
Harold Munsey (uncredited)
Lou Whitehill
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
YMCA Clerk (uncredited)
Fay Wilkie
Psychologist (uncredited)
Jason Wingreen
Camera Store Clerk (uncredited)