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Marlowe (1969)

Marlowe poster
Directed by
Paul Bogart
Genre
drama film, crime film, mystery film, neo-noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 94 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective in Los Angeles takes a missing person case that leads him into a web of lies and corruption. He navigates shady characters while trying to uncover the truth.

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What happens

Marlowe is a 1969 American neo-noir film starring James Garner as Raymond Chandler's private detective Philip Marlowe. Directed by Paul Bogart, the film was written by Stirling Silliphant based on Chandler's 1949 novel The Little Sister. The supporting cast includes Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno, and William Daniels. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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