Marlowe (1969 film)

Marlowe
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Bogart
Screenplay byStirling Silliphant
Based onThe Little Sister
1949 novel
by Raymond Chandler
Produced bySidney Beckerman
Gabriel Katzka
Starring
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byGene Ruggiero
Music byPeter Matz
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • September 19, 1969 (1969-09-19) (Germany)
  • October 22, 1969 (1969-10-22) (U.S.)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget496,076 tickets (Spain/France)[1]

Marlowe is a 1969 American neo-noir film[2] starring James Garner as Raymond Chandler's private detective Philip Marlowe. Directed by Paul Bogart, the film was written by Stirling Silliphant based on Chandler's 1949 novel The Little Sister.

The supporting cast includes Bruce Lee, Gayle Hunnicutt, Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrell, Carroll O'Connor and Jackie Coogan.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Europe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5
  3. ^ Marlowe at IMDb.