Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
- daughter
- based on novel or book
- general
- blackmail
- remake
- murder
- gay theme
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Robert Mitchum
Philip Marlowe
Sarah Miles
Charlotte Sternwood
Richard Boone
Lash Cansino
Candy Clark
Camilla Sternwood
- Joan Collins — Agnes Lazelle
- Edward Fox — Joe Brody
- John Mills — Inspector Carson
- James Stewart — General Sternwood
- Oliver Reed — Eddie Mars
- Harry Andrews — Norris
- Colin Blakely — Harry Jones
- Richard Todd — Commander Barker
- Diana Quick — Mona Grant
- James Donald — Inspector Gregory
- John Justin — Arthur Geiger
- Directed
- Michael Winner
- Written
- Michael Winner
Production
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 102 ratings
- Studio
- ITC Entertainment, Winkast Film Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1975Farewell, My Lovely
Where it starts.
The Big Sleep
1978 · You’re here
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.
