"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
Lindsay Doran
Executive Producer
Tim Clawson
Sydney Pollack
Steve Golin
Supervising Producer
William Horberg
Producer
Michael Nelson
Co-Producer
Jim Dultz
Art Direction
Kathryn Peters
Set Decoration
Katherine Dover
Costume Design
Alan Trustman
Teleplay
Peter Bernstein
Music
Agnieszka Holland
Director
Andrew Golov
Associate Producer
Robert Brinkmann
Director of Photography
Debra Zane
Casting
Raymond Chandler
Short Story
Rick Heinrichs
Production Design
Stuart Cornfeld
David Siegel
Editor