Réalisation: Edward Dmytryk
Dans un poste de police de Los Angeles, des inspecteurs questionnent sévèrement le détective Philip Marlowe, accusé de plusieurs meurtres. Celui-ci raconte alors les faits qui l'ont entraîné dans bien des problèmes depuis le jour où il a accepté de recherché une jeune fille nommée Velma, pour le compte d'un ex-bagnard, "Moose" Malloy.
Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe
Claire Trevor
Helen Grayle
Anne Shirley
Ann Grayle
Otto Kruger
Jules Amthor
Mike Mazurki
Joe "Moose" Malloy
Miles Mander
Leuwen Grayle
Douglas Walton
Lindsay Marriott
Donald Douglas
Police Lt. Randall
Ralf Harolde
Dr. Sonderborg
Esther Howard
Jesse Florian
Ernie Adams
Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Bernice Ahi
Dancer at the "Cocoanut Beach Club" (uncredited)
George Anderson
Detective (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Police Clerk (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Detective (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Club Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Man (uncredited)
Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe
Claire Trevor
Helen Grayle
Anne Shirley
Ann Grayle
Otto Kruger
Jules Amthor
Mike Mazurki
Joe "Moose" Malloy
Miles Mander
Leuwen Grayle
Douglas Walton
Lindsay Marriott
Donald Douglas
Police Lt. Randall
Ralf Harolde
Dr. Sonderborg
Esther Howard
Jesse Florian
Ernie Adams
Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Bernice Ahi
Dancer at the "Cocoanut Beach Club" (uncredited)
George Anderson
Detective (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Police Clerk (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Detective (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Club Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Man (uncredited)
Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe
Claire Trevor
Helen Grayle
Anne Shirley
Ann Grayle
Otto Kruger
Jules Amthor
Mike Mazurki
Joe "Moose" Malloy
Miles Mander
Leuwen Grayle
Douglas Walton
Lindsay Marriott
Donald Douglas
Police Lt. Randall
Ralf Harolde
Dr. Sonderborg
Esther Howard
Jesse Florian
Ernie Adams
Bartender at "Florian's" (uncredited)
Bernice Ahi
Dancer at the "Cocoanut Beach Club" (uncredited)
George Anderson
Detective (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Club Patron (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Dr. Sonderborg's Assistant (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Police Clerk (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Detective (uncredited)
Sam Finn
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Club Patron (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Man (uncredited)