Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.

• E.K.
• ITC Entertainment
• Robert Mitchum
• Charlotte Rampling
• John Ireland
• Sylvia Miles
• Anthony Zerbe
• Harry Dean Stanton
• Jack O'Halloran
• Joe Spinell