Synopsis
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.
Cast

Robert Montgomery
Phillip Marlowe

Audrey Totter
Adrienne Fromsett

Lloyd Nolan
Lieutenant DeGarmot

Tom Tully
Captain Kane

Leon Ames
Derace Kingsby

Jayne Meadows
Mildred Haveland

Dick Simmons
Chris Lavery

Morris Ankrum
Eugene Grayson

Lila Leeds
Receptionist

William Roberts
Artist

Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Grayson
Ellay Mort
Crystal

Ellen Ross
Elevator Girl (Uncredited)

Eddie Acuff
Ed, Coroner (Uncredited)

Charles Bradstreet
Party Guest (Uncredited)
David Cavendish
Party Guest (Uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers
Property Clerk (Uncredited)
Roger Cole
Party Guest (Uncredited)

Frank Dae
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Jack Davis
Policeman (Uncredited)
John Webb Dillion
Policeman (Uncredited)

Ralph Dunn
Sergeant (Uncredited)

Budd Fine
Policeman (Uncredited)

John Gallaudet
Policeman (Uncredited)
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