The Brasher Doubloon (1947)Philip Marlowe gets involved when limp-wristed and snidely Leslie Murdock steals a rare doubloon from... See full summary » Director:John Brahm |
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Nancy Guild | ... |
Merle Davis
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Leslie Murdock
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Roy Roberts | ... |
Police Lt. Breeze
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Fritz Kortner | ... |
Rudolph Vannier
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Florence Bates | ... |
Mrs. Elizabeth Murdock
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Marvin Miller | ... |
Vince Blair
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Philip Marlowe gets involved when limp-wristed and snidely Leslie Murdock steals a rare doubloon from his mother to give to a newsreel photographer in exchange for film that is being used for blackmail purposes. Marlowe's involvement has him encounter a girl who goes into hysterics when touched by a man; a husband-killing woman; three corpses; a couple of scuffles in which he gets his clock cleaned; a secretary who thinks she has killed her boss, which is the reason Raymond Chandler called his story "The High Window", and a son (who qualifies as a S.O.B. by two definitions) who blackmails his widowed mother. So, what's not to like. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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RAREST -- and most dangerous of coins! ONE man murdered to keep it! ONE woman found love when she lost it! ONE man gambled his life to possess it! See more »Parents Guide:
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1.37 : 1
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