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''Marlowe'' (1969) is a neo-noir movie starring James Garner as Raymond Chandler's private detective Philip Marlowe. Directed by Paul Bogart, the mystery film was written by Stirling Silliphant based on Chandler's 1949 novel ''The Little Sister''. The supporting cast includes Bruce Lee, Gayle Hunnicutt, Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrell, Carroll O'Connor and Jackie Coogan.〔.〕 The film foreshadowed James Garner's second Los Angeles P.I. character Jim Rockford in ''The Rockford Files''. Many of the wisecracking Marlowe lines incorporated by Silliphant for this movie were taken directly from Chandler's novel. Silliphant is best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplay for ''In the Heat of the Night'' (1967) and creating the television series ''Route 66'' and ''Naked City''. This movie introduced martial arts legend Bruce Lee to many American film viewers. The film's title song "Little Sister" (named after the novel from which the film is derived) is provided by the group Orpheus. ==Plot== Los Angeles private-eye Philip Marlowe is trying to locate the brother of his new client, a woman named Orfamay Quest. The trail leads to two men who deny any knowledge of the brother's existence. Both are soon killed by an ice pick, so Marlowe deduces that there is much more to this than a simple missing-person case. Marlowe's path crosses that of a blackmailed movie star, Mavis Wald, and her friend, exotic dancer Dolores ("With an O"). A mobster sends Kung Fu expert Winslow Wong to bust up Marlowe's office and warn him off the case, while Lieutenant French also cautions the detective to stay out of the police's way. Hand-to-hand combat between the martial artist and detective leads to Wong's plummeting to his death off a balcony. Several more die along the way in a case that leads to a final shootout during a striptease. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marlowe (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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