Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
- detective
- female lover
- femme fatale
- hallucinogenic drug
- film noir
- los angeles
- california
- beach house
- private detective
- sedation
- search for truth
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Mike Mazurki — Joe "Moose" Malloy
- Miles Mander — Leuwen Grayle
- Douglas Walton — Lindsay Marriott
- Donald Douglas — Police Lt. Randall
- Ralf Harolde — Dr. Sonderborg
- Esther Howard — Jesse Florian
- Ernie Adams — Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
- Bernice Ahi — Dancer at the "Cocoanut Beach Club" (uncredited)
- George Anderson — Detective (uncredited)
- Edward Biby — Club Patron (uncredited)
- Jack Carr — Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant (uncredited)
- Directed
- Edward Dmytryk
- Written
- John Paxton
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 261 ratings
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
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.
