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Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired to track down the blackmailers hounding a socialite who is now reaping the consequences ...

In 1939 Los Angeles, private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy heiress Clare Cavendish to find her missing lover, Nico Peterson, a prop master at Pacific Film Studios. Marlowe discovers ...

Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is asked by the elderly General Sternwood (James Stewart) to investigate an attempt at blackmail on one of his daughters. He soon finds that the attempt is half ...

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Fleming and Chandler talk about protagonists James Bond and Philip Marlowe in this conversation between two masters of their genre. They discuss heroes and villains, the relationship between ...

He is best known for his detective novels and their protagonist, the private detective Philip Marlowe. His writing style, combining psychology, social criticism, and irony, influenced the mystery ...