
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

as Phillip Marlowe

as Adrienne Fromsett

as Lieutenant DeGarmot

as Captain Kane

as Derace Kingsby

as Mildred Haveland

as Chris Lavery

as Eugene Grayson

as Receptionist

as Artist

as Mrs. Grayson

as Crystal

as Elevator Girl (Uncredited)

as Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)

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as Property Clerk (Uncredited)

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as Sergeant (Uncredited)

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as Jailer (Uncredited)

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as Drunk (Uncredited)

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as Floyd Greer (Uncredited)

as Buster (Uncredited)

as Charlie (Uncredited)

as Reporter (Uncredited)

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