Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Robert Mitchum
as Philip Marlowe
Charlotte Rampling
as Mrs. Grayle
John Ireland
as Nulty
Sylvia Miles
as Mrs. Florian
Anthony Zerbe
as Brunette
Harry Dean Stanton
as Billy Rolfe
Jack O'Halloran
as Moose Malloy
Joe Spinell
as Nick
Sylvester Stallone
as Jonnie
Kate Murtagh
as Amthor
John O'Leary
as Marriott
Walter McGinn
as Tommy Ray
