Publisher's Synopsis
Remake of the classic film noir which was based on the Raymond Chandler novel. In 1941 Los Angeles, private eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is hired by ex-jailbird Moose Malloy to find his missing, chorus-line girlfriend, Velma. Marlowe comes up blank, and accepts another job providing protection for gigolo Lindsay Marriott, who is attempting to buy a rare necklace back from a gang of thieves. Surrounded by deception and murder, Marlowe soon comes up with an intriguing connection between the two cases...
