Trama
L'investigatore privato Philip Marlowe viene incaricato dall'anziano generale Sternwood di scoprire chi ricatta la figlia minore. Marlowe accetta l'incarico, che si rivela però più complicato del previsto. La ragazza, sua sorella maggiore e il cognato sono invischiati in un giro poco pulito di gioco d'azzardo.
Quello per cui sono nati!
Data rilascio : 23/08/1946
regia di Howard Hawks
Budget : 1.600.000,00 $
Incasso : 4.900.000,00 $
Cast
-
Humphrey Bogart
- Philip Marlowe -
Lauren Bacall
- Vivian Sternwood Rutledge -
John Ridgely
- Eddie Mars -
Martha Vickers
- Carmen Sternwood -
Elisha Cook Jr.
- Harry Jones -
Charles Waldron
- General Sternwood -
Regis Toomey
- Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls -
Louis Jean Heydt
- Joe Brody -
Dorothy Malone
- Acme Bookstore Proprietress -
Peggy Knudsen
- Mona Mars -
Charles D. Brown
- Norris the Butler -
Bob Steele
- Lash Canino -
Sonia Darrin
- Agnes Lowzier (uncredited) -
Trevor Bardette
- Art Huck (uncredited) -
Joy Barlow
- Taxi Driver (uncredited) -
Max Barwyn
- Max - Head Waiter (uncredited) -
Deannie Best
- Waitress (uncredited) -
Tanis Chandler
- Waitress (uncredited) -
Jack Chefe
- Croupier (uncredited) -
James Conaty
- Nightclub Patron (uncredited) -
Joseph Crehan
- Medical Examiner (uncredited) -
Jack Deery
- Nightclub Patron (uncredited) -
Carole Douglas
- Librarian (uncredited) -
Jay Eaton
- Casino Patron (uncredited) -
Tom Fadden
- Sidney (uncredited) -
Bess Flowers
- Woman with Bumped Man -
Kenneth Gibson
- Casino Patron (uncredited) -
Joe Gilbert
- Nightclub Patron (uncredited) -
Stuart Hall
- Nightclub Patron (uncredited) -
Shep Houghton
- Casino Patron (uncredited) -
Kenner G. Kemp
- Nightclub Patron (uncredited) -
Pete Kooy
- Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) -
Lorraine Miller
- Hatcheck Girl (uncredited) -
Forbes Murray
- Furtive Man (uncredited) -
William H. O'Brien
- Waiter (uncredited) -
Shelby Payne
- Cigarette Girl (uncredited) -
Jack Perry
- Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited) -
Tommy Rafferty
- Carol Lundgren (uncredited) -
Waclaw Rekwart
- Nightclub Patron (uncredited) -
Edward Rickard
- Nightclub Patron (uncredited) -
Jeffrey Sayre
- Croupier (uncredited) -
Emmett Vogan
- Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) -
Theodore von Eltz
- Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited) -
Wally Walker
- Mars' Thug (uncredited) -
Dan Wallace
- Owen Taylor (uncredited) -
Paul Weber
- Mars' Thug (uncredited) -
Ben Welden
- Pete (uncredited) -
Suzanne Ridgway
- Nightclub Patron (uncredited)