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Meet Philip Marlowe. The toughest private eye who ever wore a trench coat, slapped a dame and split his knuckles on a jawbone.
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Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
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Directed by: Michael Winner, Robert Paynter
Produced by: Michael Winner, Elliott Kastner, Bernard Williams
Composed by: Jerry Fielding
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