Crime / Mystery / Thriller /

Score: 65.7%( 160 votes )

Overview: 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 Mitchum
Philip Marlowe

Charlotte Rampling
Mrs. Grayle

John Ireland
Nulty

Sylvia Miles
Mrs. Florian

Anthony Zerbe
Brunette

Harry Dean Stanton
Billy Rolfe

Jack O'Halloran
Moose Malloy

Joe Spinell
Nick

Sylvester Stallone
Jonnie

Kate Murtagh
Amthor

John O'Leary
Marriott

Walter McGinn
Tommy Ray

Burton Gilliam
Cowboy

Jim Thompson
Mr. Grayle

Jimmy Archer
Georgie

Ted Gehring
Roy

Logan Ramsey
Commissioner

Margie Hall
Woman

Jack Bernardi
Louis Levine

Bennett Ohta
Patron in Pool Hall

Jerry Fujikawa
Fence

Richard Kennedy
1st Detective

John O'Neil
2nd Detective

Mark Allen
3rd Detective

Andrew Harris
Mulatto Child

Napoleon Whiting
Hotel Clerk

John Eames
Butler

Cheryl Smith
Doris

Stu Gilliam
Man #1

Roosevelt Pratt
Man #2

Dino Washington
Bouncer

Harry Caesar
Bartender

Bill Gentry
Hood

Cory B. Shiozaki
Waiter

Noelle North
Girl

Wally K. Berns
Father

Lola Mason
Mother

Joan Shawlee
Woman in Ballroom

Eddra Gale
Singer

Karen Gaston
Prostitute

Don Ames
Counterman (uncredited)

Jack Berle
Maitre D' (uncredited)

Elliott Carpenter
Ghetto Bar Piano Player (uncredited)

Dick Crockett
Hood (uncredited)

Olivia Enke
Prostitute (uncredited)

Raven Grey Eagle
Man (uncredited)

Lars Hensen
Party Guest (uncredited)

Kathryn Janssen
Party Guest (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers
Party Guest (uncredited)

Su Ling
Prostitute (uncredited)

Clark Ross
Ballroom Guest (uncredited)

George Simmons
Hood (uncredited)

Susan Stewart
Prostitute (uncredited)