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An aging Phillip Marlowe gets mixed up with blackmail and murder amongst the elite social set in 1963.

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Philip Marlowe
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Laura
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Larry Victor
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Arnie Burns
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Muffy Blackstone
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Clayton Blackstone
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Angel
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Eddie Garcia
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Lipshultz
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Seymour
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P.J. Parker
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Manager (Ivan)
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Old Man in Jail
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L.A. Captain
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Captain
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Guard
Johanna DaRe ...
Secretary
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Fat Cop
La Joy Farr ...
Lola Faithful
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J.D. (as Matt Gallini)
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Coat Check Lady
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Tino (as René Moreno)
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Mrs. D
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Sloppy Desk Cop
Dibble Rafelson ...
TV Anchorman
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Cop
Carl Sundstrom ...
Burns' Detective
Gabrielle Taurek ...
Lady of the Streets
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Leonard
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Singing Drunk
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Slim Cop
Bugsy ...
Rags
Avalon ...
Lola's Bird
Wrigley ...
Lola's Bird
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Angel's Boyfriend (uncredited)
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Stripper (uncredited)

Directed by

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Bob Rafelson

Written by

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Robert B. Parker ... (book) and
Raymond Chandler ... (book)
 
Tom Stoppard ... (teleplay)

Produced by

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Jon Avnet ... executive producer
William Horberg ... executive producer
Jordan Kerner ... executive producer
Tony Mark ... producer
Sydney Pollack ... executive producer
Geoff Stier ... co-executive producer

Music by

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Michael Small

Cinematography by

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Stuart Dryburgh ... director of photography

Editing by

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Steven Cohen

Editorial Department

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Anthony Gore ... post-production coordinator (as Tony Gore)
Eric Johannessen ... colorist
Robert LaRossa ... color timer (as Robert J. LaRossa)
Paul Martinez ... first assistant editor (as Paul H. Martinez)

Casting By

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Elaine J. Huzzar
Johanna Ray

Production Design by

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Mark Friedberg

Art Direction by

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Scott Plauche

Set Decoration by

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Kristen Toscano Messina

Costume Design by

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Melinda Eshelman

Makeup Department

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Enid Arias ... key hair stylist
Felicity Bowring ... makeup department head
Jene Fielder ... body makeup artist (as C. Jene Fielder)
Jane Galli ... key makeup artist
Lynda Gurasich ... hair department head

Production Management

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Mark S. Hoerr ... post-production supervisor
Sue Jett ... production supervisor
Tony Mark ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Carla Brand Breitner ... second second assistant director
Mark Hansson ... first assistant director: second unit / second assistant director
Tommy Thompson ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Billy Baker ... set dresser (as William V. Baker)
Nancy M. Bates ... second assistant property master
Susan A. Burig ... graphic designer
Michael A. Capps ... construction foreman
Gary Clark ... paint foreman (as Gary A. Clark)
Michael Cutler ... set dresser
Christopher P. Garr ... construction coordinator
Michael Gates ... painter (as Mike Gates) / sign writer (as Mike Gates)
Keith Haugen ... labor
Jonathan R. Hodges ... property master (as Jonathan Hodges)
Courtney Jackson ... assistant property master (as Courtney Elizabeth Jackson)
Richard Jerebicz ... propmaker
Carolyn Lassek ... on-set dresser
Patrick Lees ... lead man
Neil L. Lester ... standby painter (as Neil Lester)
Jason Mahakian ... art department assistant
Rhonda Marshall ... set dresser
Stephen J. Readmond ... set dresser
Rob Rudas ... set dresser
Domenic Silvestri ... set designer
Easton Smith ... set designer (as Easton Michael Smith)
Sheri von Seeburg ... art department coordinator
S. Bruce Wineinger ... location foreman

Sound Department

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Jim Albert ... rerecording engineer
James Bailey ... foley artist (as Jim Bailey)
Brian Best ... sound editor
Gary Blufer ... additional fx recording
Joe Bosco ... adr recordist
Casey J. Crabtree ... foley artist (as Casey Crabtree)
Michael Crabtree ... foley artist (as Mike Crabtree)
Zack Davis ... adr supervisor
John Michael Fanaris ... sound effects coordinator
Bruce Fortune ... sound editor
Brian Harman ... sound recordist
Robert L. Harman ... re-recording mixer
Glenn Hoskinson ... sound editor
Kevin Kubota ... utility person
Steve Mann ... sound editor
Blake Marion ... sound effects coordinator
Anthony Milch ... sound editor (as Anthony R. Milch)
Ed Novick ... sound
Christopher O'Donnell ... boom operator
Kim Secrist ... supervising foley editor
Dean St. John ... adr mixer / foley mixer
Tim Tuchrello ... assistant sound editor
Dustin Van Baalbergen ... apprentice sound editor
Donald L. Warner Jr. ... sound editor
Richard E. Yawn ... supervising sound editor

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James J. Guarrera ... effects foreman
Todd Jensen ... effects technician (as Todd K. Jensen)
Joe D. Ramsey ... special effects coordinator (as Joe Ramsey)

Stunts

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Simone Boisseree ... stunt performer
Erik Kleven ... stunt performer
Max Kleven ... stunt performer
Carl Paoli ... stunt double: James Caan
David Rowden ... stunt performer (as David S. Rowden)
Walter Scott ... stunt coordinator
Gwynn Turnbull ... stunt performer
Julie Wagner ... stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ron Batzdorff ... still photographer
Rick A. Benedetto ... best boy electric (as Richard A. Benedetto) / rigging gaffer (as Richard A. Benedetto)
John Brumby ... generator operator
William Buckingham III ... rigging grip
Loren Corl ... key grip
Andreas Crawford ... dolly grip
Ed Dally ... camera loader
Dhamarata Dhiensuwana ... rigging key grip (as G. 'D.' Dhiensuwana)
Jamie Lagerhausen ... best boy
Jerry L. Marshall ... grip
Scott McGeo ... grip
Ivan H. Migel ... rigging grip (as Ivan Migel)
Ted Morris ... camera operator
Max Neal ... second assistant camera
Brian W. Nordheim ... first assistant camera (as Brian Waston Nordheim)
Michael F. Pierre ... electrician
Jim Plannette ... gaffer (as James Plannette)
Jason Poteet ... grip
T. ... electrician (as 'T')
Chris L. Wielkiewicz ... electrician

Casting Department

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Mary Jane Fendler ... casting associate (as Mary Jane Lavacca)
Leigh French ... adr voice casting
Lee A. Miles ... extras casting (as Lee Miles)
Ashley Stepp ... extras casting (as Ashley Stepps)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Ruben D. Calderon ... set costumer
Lisa A. Doyle ... set costumer
David Ferry ... costumer
Alix Friedberg ... assistant costume designer
Alison Hirsch ... wardrobe supervisor
David W. King ... costumer

Location Management

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Linda 'Sam' Glynn ... assistant location manager
Justin Healy ... assistant location manager
Tim Hillman ... location manager

Music Department

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Jeff Beal ... musician: flugelhorn solo
P.J. Bloom ... music coordinator
Robert Elhai ... orchestrator (as Rob Elhai)
Matthias Gohl ... electronic music producer (as Teese Gohl)
Brenda Heins ... assistant music editor
Jamie Hopkings ... orchestrator (as James Hopkings)
Stan Jones ... music editor
Evyen Klean ... music supervisor
Sonny Kompanek ... orchestrator
Richard Martinez ... electronic music producer
John Richards ... scoring mixer
Bob Sheppard ... musician: saxophone solo

Script and Continuity Department

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Kate Lewis ... script supervisor
Donald 'Sparky' Petersen ... script assistant

Transportation Department

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Ronnie Baker ... driver
Steve Boyd ... transportation coordinator
John Brumby ... driver
Fulton 'Greg' Gilson ... driver (as Fulton Greg Gilson)
Jerry Gordon ... driver
Marcus Gordon ... driver (as Marcus S. Gordon)
Larry Hilmo ... driver (as Larry A. Hilmo)
Jerry F. Johnson ... transportation captain
Robert Kitterman Jr. ... driver
Robert Kitterman Sr. ... driver
Ralph Landolfi ... driver
Bill Liversage ... driver (as William Liversage)
Robert S. McCormick ... driver
Thomas M. Reposar ... driver
Gregg Shuman ... driver (as Gregg M. Shuman)
James Sprayberry ... driver (as James P. Sprayberry)
Jim Sullivan ... driver
John L. Sullivan ... driver
Gary D. Watts ... driver
Mark Webb ... driver
Paul Youds ... driver (as Paul J. Youds)
Clarence J. Zingg ... driver
Burton L. Warner ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Kevin Aiello ... chef
Janine L. Aines ... dog trainer
Brian D. Austin ... set medic
Peter Barnett ... first assistant accountant (as Peter J. Barnett)
Paul Belenardo ... auditor (as Paul G. Belenardo)
Greg Benton ... cast production assistant
Allison Brandin ... assistant: Mr. Mark
Nick Crossley ... stand-in
Chic Daniel ... technical advisor
Dave Freed ... cast production assistant
Christine Gaiman ... office production assistant
Marisa B. Gunzenhauser ... production secretary
Eric L. Hurd ... office production assistant
Janet Jeffries ... assistant: Mr. Stier
Brian R. Keathley ... office production assistant (as Brian Keathley)
Rick Lovis ... cast production assistant
Mary Lamar Mahler ... set medic
Jacky Matthews ... assistant: Mr. Stoppard
Kelly McMahon ... assistant: Mr. Caan
Nick Mestrundrea ... craft service (as Nicholas Mestrandrea)
Korey Scott Pollard ... set production assistant (as Korey Pollard)
Seamus Ruane ... office production assistant
Jack Rubinoff ... stand-in
Steve Sandoval ... production coordinator
Cheryl Shawver ... bird trainer
Matthew Keene Smith ... assistant: Mr. Rafelson
Sihu Suhr ... accounting clerk (as Sihu B. Suhr)
Elizabeth Tatus ... stand-in
Ben Tayarani ... payroll clerk
Anne M. Uemura ... set production assistant (as Anne Uemura)
Diane Ward ... assistant production coordinator
Burton L. Warner ... office production assistant
Jolene Wolff ... assistant: Mr. Rafelson
Garson Yu ... title designer

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Plot Summary

Set in 1963, an aging Philip Marlowe (James Caan) is supposedly giving up his wild times to get married to a younger socialite (Dina Meyer). However, as might be expected crime follows Marlowe as he is soon mixed up in blackmail and murders as a sleazy photographer (David Keith) threatens to expose photos of a former stripper (La Joy Farr) who is now running with a billionaire. As things progress, he soon realizes that his new wife's father (Joe Don Baker) is also involved. Written by John Sacksteder

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Taglines Sex. Murder. Marlowe. This town has everything. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Embrouille à Poodle Springs (France)
  • Пудъл Спрингс (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Marlowe ermittelt: Geheimnis in Poodle Springs (Austria)
  • Enoho parelthon (Greece)
  • Частный детектив Марлоу (Russia)
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  • 95 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia At the request of Raymond Chandler's estate, his novel was completed by Robert B. Parker and published in 1989. See more »
Goofs While Marlowe is talking to Muffy in his apartment, the newspaper article on the coffee table keeps changing position without being touched - alternatively jumping on and off the envelope and the table. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Mask of Zorro/Polish Wedding/There's Something About Mary/Lolita/Poodle Springs (1998). See more »
Soundtracks The Times They Are A-Changin' See more »
Quotes Philip Marlowe: I'll see you tonight.
Laura Parker-Marlowe: [flippantly] Which jail?
Philip Marlowe: Look, Mrs. Marlowe, I'm just a lug. There are things I can do, like shoot, I can keep my word, I can tail a guy who's walking backwards, I can open a door into a dark room where there's trouble waiting... and so, I do them. I find work that fits what I do. I get a hundred dollars a day. I can't be bought or pushed. Not even for love.
Laura Parker-Marlowe: [pauses, then, softly] Okay.
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