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Poodle Springs (1998)

Poodle Springs poster
Directed by
Bob Rafelson
Genre
neo-noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective takes on a case in a wealthy California desert community. He investigates a missing person and gets tangled up with rich people and their secrets.

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What happens

Poodle Springs is a 1998 neo-noir HBO film directed by Bob Rafelson, starring James Caan as private detective Philip Marlowe. The film is based on the unfinished novel Poodle Springs by Raymond Chandler, completed after his death by Robert B. Parker and published in 1989. Playwright Tom Stoppard wrote the screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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