| Release Date: | Feb 1947 |
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| Genres: | Mystery / Drama / Film-Noir / Crime |
| Runtime: | 72 min |
| Cast: | George Montgomery (Philip Marlowe), Nancy Guild (Merle Davis), Conrad Janis (Leslie Murdock), Roy Roberts (Lt. Breeze) Fritz Kortner (Rudolph Vannier) Florence Bates (Mrs. Elizabeth Murdock) Marvin Miller (Vince Blair) Robert Adler (Police Sgt. Spangler (uncredited)) Jack Conrad (George Anson (uncredited)) Al Eben (Baggage Room Attendant (uncredited)) Ben Erway (Shaw (uncredited)) Edward Gargan (Truck Driver (uncredited)) Ethel Griffies ((uncredited)) Reed Hadley (Dr. Moss (uncredited)) Alfred Linder (Eddie Prue (uncredited)) Paul Maxey (Coroner (uncredited)) Jack Overman (Manager (uncredited)) Joe Palma (Attendant (uncredited)) Ray Spiker (Figaro (uncredited)) Houseley Stevenson (Mr. Morningside (uncredited)) Jack Stoney (Mike (uncredited)) Gisela Werbisek ((uncredited)) |
Philip Marlowe (George Montgomery) gets involved when limp-wristed and snidley Leslie Murdock (Conrad Janis) steals a rare doubloon from his mother (Florence Bates) to give to a newsreel photographer in exchange for film that is being used for blackmail purposes. Marlowe's involvement has him encounter a girl who goes into hysterics when touched by a man; a husband-killing woman; three corpses; a couple of scuffles in which he gets his clock cleaned; a secretary who thinks she has killed her boss, which is the reason Raymond Chandler called his story "The High Window", and a son (who qualifies as a S.O.B. by two definitions) who blackmails his widowed mother. So, what's not to like.
