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About
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.
Theatrical
Jan 24, 1947
Box Office
$2.7M
Budget
$1.0M
Return
2.6x
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Full credits →R
Robert Montgomery
Phillip Marlowe
A
Audrey Totter
Adrienne Fromsett
L
Lloyd Nolan
Lieutenant DeGarmot
T
Tom Tully
Captain Kane
L
Leon Ames
Derace Kingsby
J
Jayne Meadows
Mildred Haveland
D
Dick Simmons
Chris Lavery
M
Morris Ankrum
Eugene Grayson
L
Lila Leeds
Receptionist
W
William Roberts
Artist
K
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Grayson
E
Ellen Ross
Elevator Girl (Uncredited)
E
Eddie Acuff
Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)
C
Charles Bradstreet
Party Guest (Uncredited)
D
David Cavendish
Party Guest (Uncredited)
W
Wheaton Chambers
Property Clerk (Uncredited)
R
Roger Cole
Party Guest (Uncredited)
F
Frank Dae
Party Guest (Uncredited)
J
Jack Davis
Policeman (Uncredited)
J
John Webb Dillion
Policeman (Uncredited)
