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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 71% of the 118 1940s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
267 audience votes
Key crew
- John PaxtonScreenplay
- Edward DmytrykDirector
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dick PowellPhilip Marlowe
- Claire TrevorHelen Grayle
- Anne ShirleyAnn Grayle
- Otto KrugerJules Amthor
- Mike MazurkiJoe "Moose" Malloy
- Miles ManderLeuwen Grayle
- Douglas WaltonLindsay Marriott
- Donald DouglasPolice Lt. Randall
- Ralf HaroldeDr. Sonderborg
- Esther HowardJesse Florian
- Ernie AdamsBartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
- Bernice AhiDancer at the "Cocoanut Beach Club" (uncredited)
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