Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
Robert Montgomery
as Phillip Marlowe
Audrey Totter
as Adrienne Fromsett
Lloyd Nolan
as Lieutenant DeGarmot
Tom Tully
as Captain Kane
Leon Ames
as Derace Kingsby
Jayne Meadows
as Mildred Haveland
Dick Simmons
as Chris Lavery
Morris Ankrum
as Eugene Grayson
Lila Leeds
as Receptionist
William Roberts
as Artist
Kathleen Lockhart
as Mrs. Grayson
Ellay Mort
as Crystal
