Story :Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Cast
Robert MitchumPhilip Marlowe
Charlotte RamplingMrs. Grayle
John IrelandNulty
Sylvia MilesMrs. Florian
Anthony ZerbeBrunette
Harry Dean StantonBilly Rolfe
Jack O'HalloranMoose Malloy
Joe SpinellNick
Sylvester StalloneJonnie
Kate MurtaghAmthor
John O'LearyMarriott
Walter McGinnTommy Ray
Burton GilliamCowboy
Jim ThompsonMr. Grayle
Jimmy ArcherGeorgie
Ted GehringRoy
Logan RamseyCommissioner
Margie HallWoman
Jack BernardiLouis Levine
Bennett OhtaPatron in Pool Hall
Jerry FujikawaFence
Richard Kennedy1st Detective
John O'Neil2nd Detective
Mark Allen3rd Detective
Andrew HarrisMulatto Child
Napoleon WhitingHotel Clerk
John EamesButler
Cheryl SmithDoris
Stu GilliamMan #1
Roosevelt PrattMan #2
Dino WashingtonBouncer
Harry CaesarBartender
Bill GentryHood
Cory B. ShiozakiWaiter
Noelle NorthGirl
Wally K. BernsFather
Lola MasonMother
Joan ShawleeWoman in Ballroom
Eddra GaleSinger
Karen GastonProstitute
Don AmesCounterman (uncredited)
Jack BerleMaitre D' (uncredited)
Elliott CarpenterGhetto Bar Piano Player (uncredited)