Plot: Detective Philip Marie's hired by an old general to stop a blackmail plot concerning his daughter, Carmen. A series of clues puts Marlowe in touch with several seed people. Soon, Marlowe is involved with another of the general's daughters; Vivian. This leads to love, a divorced beauty. She and romance and her double-crossing him.m. Everyone, including the DA, warns Marlowe to stop the investigation, but he can't. Marlowe decides to set up a trap for person who's responsible for all his troubles..
Alternative Plot: Private investigator Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is hired by General Sternwood to help resolve the gambling debts of his wild young daughter, Carmen (Martha Vickers). Sternwood's older daughter, Vivian (Lauren Bacall), provides assistance when she implies that the situation is more complex, and also involves casino owner (John Ridgely) and a recently disappeared family friend. As people linked to the Sternwoods start being murdered, Marlowe finds himself getting ever deeper into the case.
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