Marlowe [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Katzka-Berne production ; screenplay by Stirling Silliphant ; produced by Gabriel Katzka and Sidney Beckerman ; directed by Paul Bogart.
Material type:
FilmSeries: Archive collectionPublication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2011]Edition: Remastered edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Music by Peter Matz ; sung by Orpheus.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
James Garner is so good as Raymond Chandler's philosophical gumshoe Philip Marlowe that you forget he's totally wrong for the part. Based on Chandler's The Little Sister, Marlowe involves the detective's efforts to locate the missing brother of Orfamay Quest (Sharon Farrell). He follows the clues to two men who deny any knowledge of the brother's existence. Since both men soon find themselves on the wrong end of an ice pick, Marlowe deduces that there's more to this caper than a mere missing-person case. The plot thickens as more "dramatis personae" are added to the intrigues, including TV star Gayle Hunnicutt, Hunnicutt's gangster boyfriend H.M. Wynant and stripper Rita Moreno. A pre-stardom Bruce Lee shows up as a karate-happy thug who lays waste to Marlowe's office shortly before suffering a spectacular demise. It is preferable to view Marlowe in videocassette or theatrical form; the commercial TV print cuts so much out that viewers are left with virtually nothing but protection leader and a few close-ups of James Garner. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on: The little sister, by Raymond Chandler.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969.
Music by Peter Matz ; sung by Orpheus.
James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno, William Daniels, Bruce Lee.
Five hundred bucks doesn't come easily for private eye Philip Marlowe. But when it comes by way of a bribe, it might as well be five cents. He rejects Winslow Wong and his offer of cash... and Wong promptly karates the detective's office into a junk pile.
MPAA rated: PG.
DVD; widescreen; Dolby digital mono.
This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices.