Tired of the low pay of his profession, hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective Phillip Marlowe submits a murder story to Kingsby Publications. He is invited to the publisher's offices to discuss his work, but soon realizes it is merely a ploy. A few days before Christmas, publishing executive Adrienne Fromsett hires him to locate Chrystal Kingsby, the wife of her boss, Derace Kingsby. One month earlier, Kingsby’s wife had sent her husband a telegram saying she was heading to Mexico to divorce him and marry a man named Chris Lavery. But, according to Fromsett, Lavery says he has not seen Chrystal for two months, and the telegram appears to be fake. It becomes obvious to Marlowe that Fromsett wants her boss for herself.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Crime, Film Noir, Mystery, Drama, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | George Haight |
Directed By: | Robert Montgomery |
Written By: | Steve Fisher, Raymond Chandler |
Cast: | Lloyd Nolan, Ann Lawrence, Fred Sherman, William O'Leary, Jayne Meadows, John Gallaudet, Kathleen Lockhart, George Travell, George Magrill, John Webb Dillon, Leon Ames, Morris Ankrum, Eddie Acuff, Robert Montgomery, David Cavendish, Jack Davis, Ellen Ross, Frank Orth, Kay Wiley, Budd Fine, Ralph Dunn, Robert Williams, Audrey Totter, Ellay Mort, Dick Simmons, Wheaton Chambers, James Nolan, Sandra Morgan, William Newell, Roger Cole, Fred Santley, Sherry Hall, William Roberts, Thomas Murray, Charles Bradstreet, Bert Moorhouse, Cy Kendall, Frank Dae, Tom Tully, Laura Treadwell, Lila Leeds |
In Theaters: | Apr 14, 1947 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 45 minutes |
Production: | Loew's |
Budget: | $1,026,000 |
Available On: | Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |