"In 1940s, sympathetic African American L.A. shamus Philip Marlowe helps a dame in trouble whose lovers are offing each other over a possibly fake pearl necklace. He must also deal with a racist cop that's investigating the murders."
Danny Glover
as Philip Marlowe
Kelly Lynch
as Lola
Dan Hedaya
as Detective Copernik
Ron Rifkin
as Frank Barsaly
Miguel Sandoval
as Detective Ybarra
Nicholas Sadler
as Al
Ralph Ahn
as Jeweler
Bennet Guillory
as Waldo
Tyrin Turner
as Bartender
Valeria Golino
as Eugenie Kolchenko
Miguel Ferrer
as Prologue Narrator
Tim Clawson
Executive Producer
Stuart Cornfeld
Producer
Lindsay Doran
Steve Golin
Supervising Producer
Andrew Golov
Associate Producer
William Horberg
Michael Nelson
Co-Producer
Sydney Pollack
Peter Bernstein
Music
Robert Brinkmann
Director of Photography
David Siegel
Editor
Debra Zane
Casting
Rick Heinrichs
Production Design
Jim Dultz
Art Direction
Kathryn Peters
Set Decoration
Katherine Dover
Costume Design
Agnieszka Holland
Director
Raymond Chandler
Short Story
Alan Trustman
Teleplay