Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
Humphrey Bogart
as Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
as Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
as Carmen Sternwood
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Harry Jones
Charles Waldron
as General Sternwood
Regis Toomey
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Louis Jean Heydt
as Joe Brody
Dorothy Malone
as Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen
as Mona Mars
Charles D. Brown
as Norris the Butler
Bob Steele
as Lash Canino
