Rotten Tomatoes® Score
89%
86%
In Theaters: December 9, 1944 (limited)
1h 35m | Drama, Thriller
Moose Malloy, a petty crook just out of prison after a seven-year stretch, hires private eye Philip Marlowe to find for his ex-girlfriend, Velma, who has not been seen for six years. The case is tougher than Marlowe expects as his initially promising leads degenerate into a complex web of deceit, bribery, perjury and theft.
Director: | Edward Dmytryk |
Producer(s): | Adrian Scott |
Cast: | Douglas Walton, Otto Kruger, Claire Trevor, Dick Powell, Anne Shirley, Mike Mazurki, Miles Mander, Don Douglas, Ralf Harolde, Esther Howard, John Indrisano, Jack Carr, Shimen Ruskin, Ernie Adams, Dewey Robinson, Larry Wheat, Sam Finn |