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This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel Farewell, My Lovely, renamed for the U.S. market to prevent audiences mistaking it for a musical (for which Powell was already famous) has private eye Philip Marlowe "hired" (almost at the point of forcible servitude) by the menacing, thuggish Joe "Moose" Malloy, a crook just out of prison after a eight year stretch, who suffers from a serious case of tunnel vision, to wit, he is obsessed with finding his former girlfriend, Velma, whom he hasnt seen in years. The case is tougher than Marlowe expected as his initially promising inquiries lead to a complex web of deceit involving bribery, perjury and theft, and where no ones motivation is clear.
In police custody and facing a possible murder charge, private investigator Philip Marlowe tells them his story. He was hired by Moose Malloy, whos been in prison for a number years, to find his girl Velma Valento. Soon after, Lindsay Marriott hires him for protection when hes to meet someone in a secluded area to buy back a ladys jewelry. It doesnt go well and the trouble really starts when Marriott is killed. Ann Grayle is next in line claiming that the missing jewelry belonged to her father and her stepmother Helen. The trail leads him to Jules Amthor - Moose works for him - someone well-known to the police who specializes in putting women in precarious situations and then blackmailing them. Helen Grayle appears to have been his latest victim. Not all is as it seems however.
Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe
Claire Trevor
Helen Grayle
Anne Shirley
Ann Grayle
Otto Kruger
Jules Amthor
Mike Mazurki
Joe 'Moose' Malloy
Miles Mander
Leuwen Grayle
Douglas Walton
Lindsay Marriott
Donald Douglas
Police Lt. Randall
Ralf Harolde
Dr. Sonderborg
Esther Howard
Jessie Florian
Ernie Adams
Bartender at 'Florian's'
Bernice Ahi
Dancer at the 'Cocoanut Beach Club'
George Anderson
Detective
Edward Biby
Club Patron
Jack Carr
Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant
Tom Coleman
Police Clerk
Ralph Dunn
Detective
Sam Finn
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