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Private detective Phillip Marlowe is called in to help resolve gambling debts of the daughter of General Sternwood. But Sternwood’s other daughter suspects her father is using the detective for his own investigation into the disappearance of his friend. 

BBFC rating

PG

Year

1945

Running time

113 mins

Country

USA

Format

35mm

Other features

BW

Director

Howard Hawks

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely