In 1940s, sympathetic African American L.A. shamus Philip Marlowe helps a dame in trouble whose lovers are offing each other over a possibly fake pearl necklace. He must also deal with a racist cop that's investigating the murders.
Danny Glover
Philip Marlowe
Kelly Lynch
Lola
Dan Hedaya
Detective Copernik
Ron Rifkin
Frank Barsaly
Miguel Sandoval
Detective Ybarra
Nicholas Sadler
Al
Ralph Ahn
Jeweler
Bennet Guillory
Waldo
Tyrin Turner
Bartender
Valeria Golino
Eugenie Kolchenko
Miguel Ferrer
Prologue Narrator
Agnieszka Holland
Director
William Horberg
Producer
Stuart Cornfeld
Nov 7, 1980
Sep 5, 1960
Mar 19, 2025
May 9, 2014
May 8, 2020
May 2, 2013
Sep 28, 2012
Aug 28, 2020
Propaganda Films
US
United States
English
