starring
Elliott Gould , Nina Van Pallandt
This location-made thriller based on Raymond Chandler 's novel shows the famous Los Angeles detective brought defiantly into the 1970s. Elliott Gould stars as Marlowe - here attempting to help a friend accused of murder, but finding mysteries, a suicide and blackmail complicating the issue before the final, deadly confrontation.
Screenplay by LEIGH BRACKETT based on the novel by RAYMOND CHANDLER
Produced by JERRY BICK
Directed by ROBERT ALTMAN Films: page 17