Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (Season 1) - 2-DVD Set ( Philip Marlowe, Private Eye - Season One )

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (Season 1) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Philip Marlowe, Private Eye - Season One
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
254 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1983 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Iscove
Peter R. Hunt

Written By:
Raymond Chandler
Jeremy Hole

Actors:
Powers Boothe ..... Philip Marlowe (11 episodes, 1983-1986)
Kathryn Leigh Scott ..... Annie Riordan (4 episodes, 1983)
Billy Kearns ..... Lt. Victor "Violets" Magee / ... (4 episodes, 1983)
Ken Pogue ..... Lt. Angus (2 episodes, 1986)
Frank Pellegrino ..... Lt. Yberra (2 episodes, 1986)
Angelo Rizacos ..... Frisky / ... (2 episodes, 1986)
Tony Sibbald ..... Police sargeant (2 episodes, 1983)
Jim Dunk ..... Det. Baker / ... (2 episodes, 1983)

Synopsis:

The series chronicles the cases of private detective Philip Marlowe. Set in Los Angeles during the 1930s, storylines were adapted from Chandler's short stories. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye aired in two short runs beginning in April 1983 to June 1983. The second run began in April 1986 and ended its run in June 1986.
Season 1
The Pencil (S1, Ep1 Apr. 16, 1983)
The King in Yellow (S1, Ep2 Apr. 23, 1983)
Finger Man (S1, Ep3 Apr. 30, 1983)
Nevada Gas (S1, Ep4 May 7, 1983)
Smart Aleck Kill (S1, Ep5 May 18, 1983)

Season 1 (1983)
1-1 'The Pencil' Peter R. Hunt Jo Eisinger 16 April 1983
Marlowe is hired to protect a former mob accountant, Sal Vaccaro. The mob is gunning for him after he cooked the books and ran off with their money. Marlowe hides Vaccaro out in a hotel to evade the assassins, with the help of his Girl Friday, Annie Riordan, but it soon becomes clear that Marlowe is being played.
1-2 'The King in Yellow' Bryan Forbes Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. 23 April 1983
Brash musician King Leopardi is at the top of the charts, but somebody has made him Number 1 with a bullet. He winds up dead in a singer's bed, and Marlowe needs to figure out who killed the King. The suspects range from jilted lovers to angry managers, and a threatening note that leads Marlowe to an old mystery and a motorcyclist who trades gunshots before the case is all wrapped up.
1-3 'Finger Man' Sidney Hayers Jo Eisinger 30 April 1983
Hiring Marlowe is proving to be hazardous to one's health. After two clients end up dead and when he is framed for doing in one of them, Marlowe must battle with the cops, the mob and a grand jury investigation to get out of a frame. And what a frame - they've got his gun as the murder weapon and $25,000 the victim had given to Marlowe for safe keeping. With trouble from all sides and a beautiful woman who may not be what she seems, Marlowe tries to finger the right man before he takes the fall.
1-4 'Nevada Gas' David Wickes David Wickes 7 May 1983
A hotshot lawyer from Reno is killed, and the cops are quick to blame a beaten-down old rival of Marlowe's. But Marlowe isn't so sure, and sets out to clear him. The trail leads to Annie Riordan's new beau and a pair of killers with a very deadly car that doubles as a gas chamber. Now, Marlowe has to nab the killers before he comes the next victim of the deadly 'Nevada gas.'
1-5 'Smart Aleck Kill' Peter R. Hunt Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. 14 May 1983
The job of acting as security for a young Hollywood star grows more complicated when Marlowe discovers the actor is dead, and his doctor and the movie studio are trying to cover it up. Now, Marlowe is up to his neck in scandal, drugs and blackmail. And to make matters worse, there's a guy with a tommy gun and an itchy trigger finger who's out to keep Marlowe quiet, for keeps.

During the 1930s Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe relies on his wits,instinct,gun and whiskey to solve many of the city's worst crime cases.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 14 October, 2012.

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