Marlowe (1969)

Marlowe is a neo-noir drama film directed by Paul Bogart and written by Stirling Silliphant based on Raymond Chandler's 1949 novel The Little Sister. It stars James Garner as the author's fictional private detective Philip Marlowe, Gayle Hunnicutt, Rita Moreno, Carroll O'Connor and Jackie Coogan. The supporting cast includes Bruce Lee.

Plot: Los Angeles private-eye Philip Marlowe is trying to locate the brother of his new client, a woman named Orfamay Quest. The trail leads to two men who deny any knowledge of the brother's existence. Both are soon killed by an ice pick, so Marlowe deduces that there's much more to this than a simple missing-person case. Marlowe's path crosses that of a blackmailed movie star, Mavis Wald, and her friend, exotic dancer Delores.

A mobster sends karate expert Winslow Wong to bust up Marlowe's office and warn him off the case, while Lieutenant French also cautions the detective to stay out of the police's way. Hand-to-hand combat between the martial-arts artist and detective leads to Wong's plummeting to his death off a balcony. Several more die along the way in a case that leads to a final shootout during a striptease.

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