"Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" Smart Aleck Kill (1983)

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Director:

Peter R. Hunt

Writers:

Raymond Chandler (novels)
Jesse Lasky Jr. (writer)

TV Series:

"Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" (1984)

Original Air Date:

18 May 1983 (Season 1, Episode 5)

Genre:

Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Private Detective

Cast

Powers Boothe	...	Philip Marlowe
Michael Shannon	...	Dr. Sutro (as Michael J. Shannon)
Liza Ross	...	Nurse Dalton
Vickery Turner	...	Mrs. Sutro
Shane Rimmer	...	Detective Murphy
Paul Maxwell	...	J.P. Magnus
Ray Jewers	...	Ricchio
Garrick Hagon	...	Denny
Norman Chancer	...	Walden
David Byrd	...	Funeral director
Darcy Flynn	...	Mianne Crayle
Miquel Brown	...	Lurleen the stripper
Barbara Rosenblat	...	Lady columnist
Charles Nicklin	...	Sonny Wallace

Filming Locations:

Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery - 1831 W. Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Goofs:

Continuity: Marlowe pulls up to Nurse Dalton/Helen Berwin's house. There's a large window to the right, a short stretch of wall in the middle and the door to the left. When he enters, there's solid wall on the interior where the window should be. There is a window about 25' from the door (much further than on the outside) but it's a higher, different style window on the inside, not the Craftsman style shown on the exterior. Also, when he knocks on the door, it's a flat (no panel) door. In the close-up after Marlowe knocks, showing Helen opening the door, it's a four-paneled door.

Quotes:

Philip Marlowe: Hollywood is the kind of town where they stick a knife in your back and then have you arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.
Philip Marlowe: Usually it's so quiet in Beverly Hills you can hear the scratch of a fountain pen on a movie contract three mansions away.
Philip Marlowe: Suddenly I felt like I was taking a trip down a sewer in a glass-bottom boat.