Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
- suspicion of murder
- los angeles
- california
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Anthony Zerbe — Brunette
- Harry Dean Stanton — Billy Rolfe
- Jack O'Halloran — Moose Malloy
- Joe Spinell — Nick
- Sylvester Stallone — Jonnie
- Kate Murtagh — Amthor
- John O'Leary — Marriott
- Walter McGinn — Tommy Ray
- Burton Gilliam — Cowboy
- Jim Thompson — Mr. Grayle
- Jimmy Archer — Georgie
- Directed
- Dick Richards
- Written
- David Zelag Goodman
Production
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 · 191 ratings
- Studio
- E.K., ITC Entertainment
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1975 · You’re hereFarewell, My Lovely
Where it starts.
The Big Sleep
1978
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
