Directed by:
Robert MontgomeryScreenplay:
Steve FisherCinematography:
Paul VogelCast:
Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames, Jayne Meadows, Dick Simmons, Eddie Acuff, Robert B. Williams, William Newell, Sherry Hall (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Based on a novel by Raymond Chandler, the story focuses on private eye Philip Marlowe as he searches for a missing wife and discovers a different woman's corpse in a mountain lake. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Robert Montgomery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496871_1aecff.jpg)
Robert Montgomery
USA
Best movies:
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
The Divorcee (1930)
![Audrey Totter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576504_5c8fd0.jpg)
Audrey Totter
USA
Best movies:
The Set-Up (1949)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
![Lloyd Nolan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533836_3a64be.jpg)
Lloyd Nolan
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Airport (1970)
Peyton Place (1957)
![Tom Tully](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576475_573bce.jpg)
Tom Tully
USA
Best movies:
Ten North Frederick (1958)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
![Leon Ames](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/055/165055986_7e0ae2.jpg)
Leon Ames
USA
Best movies:
Brother of the Wind (1973)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Jayne Meadows](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948787_ff5885.jpg)
Jayne Meadows
China
Best movies:
Casino (1995)
Undercurrent (1946)
The Player (1992)
![Dick Simmons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/886/160886929_4bca7e.jpg)
Dick Simmons
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Easter Parade (1948)
Act of Violence (1948)
![Eddie Acuff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886410_734833.jpg)
Eddie Acuff
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Robert B. Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256220_6a16e2.jpg)
Robert B. Williams
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
![William Newell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888726_7b607c.jpg)
William Newell
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
George Magrill
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Morris Ankrum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/144/160144322_82e26c.jpg)
Morris Ankrum
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Colorado Territory (1949)
![Bert Moorhouse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217477_338503.jpg)
Bert Moorhouse
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Fred Sherman
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Hucksters (1947)
Mystery Street (1950)
![John Gallaudet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/484/160484129_52a219.jpg)
John Gallaudet
USA
Best movies:
In Cold Blood (1967)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
![Cy Kendall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/188/160188532_60c5d4.jpg)
Cy Kendall
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
San Francisco (1936)
Lila Leeds
USA
Best movies:
Lady in the Lake (1947)
Moonrise (1948)
![Ralph Dunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217090_340678.jpg)
Ralph Dunn
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
![Frank Orth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/462/161462958_6a50f4.png)
Frank Orth
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)