Marlowe

Feb 15, 2023

1h 49m

★ 5.7

Los Angeles 1939. Outside the spotlight lies a city of secrets.

Overview

Private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a wealthy Californian family after a beautiful blonde hires him to track down her former lover.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Parallel Films

H2L Media Group

Nickel City Pictures

StoryBoard Media

Davis Films

Aperture Media Partners

Elipsis Capital

Jeff Rice Films

The Foley Lab

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Parallel Film Productions

Marlowe Trailers

Cast

Philip Marlowe

Liam Neeson

Clare Cavendish

Diane Kruger

Dorothy Quincannon

Jessica Lange

Floyd Hanson

Danny Huston

Lou Hendricks

Alan Cumming

Joe Green

Ian Hart

Cedric

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Lynn Peterson

Daniela Melchior

Richard Cavendish

Patrick Muldoon

Bernie Ohls

Colm Meaney

Nico Peterson

François Arnaud

Amanda Toxteth

Seána Kerslake

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