After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Dick Powell
as Philip Marlowe
Claire Trevor
as Helen Grayle
Anne Shirley
as Ann Grayle
Otto Kruger
as Jules Amthor
Mike Mazurki
as Joe "Moose" Malloy
Miles Mander
as Leuwen Grayle
Douglas Walton
as Lindsay Marriott
Donald Douglas
as Police Lt. Randall
Ralf Harolde
as Dr. Sonderborg
Esther Howard
as Jesse Florian
Ernie Adams
as Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
George Anderson
as Detective (uncredited)
