CrimeMysteryDrama

Marlowe

- Marlowe is the Best Private Eye in the Business. Just Ask the People He Does Business With

Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.

Release Date : 1969-09-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Cherokee ProductionsKatzka-Berne ProductionsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Marlowe- The little SisterThe little Sister

Cast

Character Name : Philip Marlowe

Original Name : James Garner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mavis Wald

Original Name : Gayle Hunnicutt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lt. Christy French

Original Name : Carroll O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dolores Gonzáles

Original Name : Rita Moreno

Gender : Female

Character Name : Orfamay Quest

Original Name : Sharon Farrell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Cromwell

Original Name : William Daniels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sonny Steelgrave

Original Name : H.M. Wynant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grant W. Hicks

Original Name : Jackie Coogan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chuck

Original Name : Christopher Cary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Winslow Wong

Original Name : Bruce Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fred Beifus

Original Name : Kenneth Tobey

Gender : Male

Character Name : YMCA Clerk

Original Name : Mary Charlotte Wilcox

Gender : Female

Character Name : Oliver Hady

Original Name : George Tyne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julie

Original Name : Corinne Camacho

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Vincent Lagardie

Original Name : Paul Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orrin Quest

Original Name : Roger Newman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gumpshaw

Original Name : Read Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Munsey (uncredited)

Original Name : Bartlett Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Strongarm Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Guy Way

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

I'm a trained detective! Marlowe is directed by Paul Bogart and adapted to screenplay by Stirling Silliphant from the novel The Little Sister written by Raymond Chandler. It stars James Garner, Gayle Hunnicut, Carroll O'Connor and Rita Moreno. Music is by Peter Matz and cinematography by William H. Daniels. Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlow (Garner) is working on what he thinks is a simple missing persons case, how wrong he is! Q as in Quintessential - U as in Uninhibited - E as in Extrasensory - S as in Subliminal - T as in Toots! Another of the interpretations for the great Chandler creation of Philip Marlowe, unsurprisingly met with mixed notices - just as all the others have done. You do wonder what Chandler would have made of the role portrayals that came out post his death? I like to think he very much would have enjoyed Garner's take, because this Marlowe is a quip happy wise guy, unflappable and cool, he portrays so much with just a glance, and the girls love him. The story is juicy in its little complexities, spinning Marlowe into muddy waters the further he investigates things. His life is always under threat, be it by serial ice-pick users or Asian martial artists (Bruce Lee no less in a nutty couple of scenes) wishing to inflict death, or of arrest by an increasingly frustrated police force. Bogart and Daniels keep the whole thing stylish looking, with film noir camera tricks and colour photography infusing the period details. While the supporting cast, notably the ladies, give Garner some splendid support. It's a different Marlowe for sure, but a thoroughly engaging and entertaining one. 7/10