A young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.A young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.A young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.
Emil Alegata
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Mark Allen
- Doorman
- (uncredited)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaThis is one of only two movies that Bruce Lee did where he speaks with his own natural voice. The other is Enter the Dragon (1973). This is also the only film in which Lee played a villain.
- GoofsWhen Dolores takes Marlowe up to Sonny Steelgrave's mountain retreat to meet Mavis Wald, Dolores' convertible has no rear view mirror. After she drops Marlowe off and leaves, her car has a rear view mirror. [Note: this is a common filming technique to provide better visibility when filming is directed into or out of a vehicle.]
- Quotes
Winslow Wong: May I reach for my pocket?
Philip Marlowe: It would give me great pleasure to see you do something foolish.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bruce Lee: In His Own Words (1998)
Featured review
"Underneath the pasties is a size 40 heart."
A young girl from Kansas hires Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Marlowe's investigation leads to two dead bodies and a blackmail plot concerning an actress. Decent adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel "The Little Sister," updated to the '60s. Garner's not an ideal Philip Marlowe but he's charismatic and enjoyable to watch. He has good chemistry with Rita Moreno, who steals every scene she's in. Bruce Lee has a small but memorable part. Carroll O'Connor and Kenneth Tobey are good as a couple of cops easily frustrated with Garner. A little too mellow and lacking grit for a hardboiled detective story, though it's still entertaining. More Rockford than Marlowe. A minor quibble: there's a scene late in the film that takes place in a wooded area but is very obviously filmed on a sound stage. I probably wouldn't have thought twice about it if the movie had been made even ten years earlier but for a 1969 film it was very noticeable and fake.
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- Jul 30, 2014
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- Release date
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- Also known as
- The Little Sister
- Filming locations
- Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(location of Marlowe's office)
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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