L.A. private eye Phillip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more. Humphrey Boart plays Raymond Chandlers' legendary gumshoe and director Howard Hawkes serves up snappy character encounters (particularly involving Lauren Bacall), brisk pace and atmosphere galore in the certified classic.

• 1 hr 54 min
• Directed by

  Howard Hawks
• Written by Leigh Brackett, William Faulkner, Jules G. Furthman

• Starring

  Humphrey Bogart

  ,

  Lauren Bacall

  ,

  John Ridgely

  ,

  Martha Vickers

  ,

  Charles D. Brown

  ,

  Elisha Cook

  ,

  Charles Waldron

  ,

  Tom Fadden

  ,

  James Flavin

  ,

  Louis Jean Heydt

  ,

  Regis Toomey

  ,

  Peggy Knudsen

  ,

  Bob Steele

  ,

  Theodore Von Eltz

  ,

  Dorothy Malone