14/12/1944
O ex-prisioneiro Moose Malloy (Mike Mazurki) contrata o detetive Philipe Marlowe (Dick Powell) para localizar Velma (Claire Trevor), uma ex-namorada que o delatou, porém por quem ainda é apaixonado. Só que o caso dá uma reviravolta quando o detetive Marlowe também é contratado por Helen Grayle (Claire Trevor), uma mulher da alta sociedade, que lhe pede que resgate uma pedra roubada e que se livre de um chantagista.
Dick Powell
as Philip Marlowe
Claire Trevor
as Helen Grayle
Anne Shirley
as Ann Grayle
Otto Kruger
as Jules Amthor
Mike Mazurki
as Joe "Moose" Malloy
Miles Mander
as Leuwen Grayle
Douglas Walton
as Lindsay Marriott
Donald Douglas
as Police Lt. Randall
Ralf Harolde
as Dr. Sonderborg
Esther Howard
as Jesse Florian
Ernie Adams
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
George Anderson
as Detective (uncredited)
Edward Biby
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Carr
as Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
as Police Clerk (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
as Detective (uncredited)
Sam Finn
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
as Man (uncredited)
Bill Hamilton
as Man (uncredited)
Paul Hilton
as Boy Getting Laundry (uncredited)
John Indrisano
as Amthor's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Daun Kennedy
as Girl in Bar (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
King Lockwood
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Paul Phillips
as Detective Nulty (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
as New Boss at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Shimen Ruskin
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Grayle's Butler (uncredited)
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