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Poodle Springs is a 1998 neo-noir HBO film directed by Bob Rafelson, starring James Caan as private detective Philip Marlowe. [1] The film is based on the unfinished novel Poodle Springs by Raymond Chandler, completed after his death by Robert B. Parker and published in 1989. [1]
- Crime Drama
Jul 25, 1998 · Poodle Springs: Directed by Bob Rafelson. With James Caan, Dina Meyer, David Keith, Tom Bower. An aging Phillip Marlowe gets mixed up with blackmail and murder amongst the elite social set in 1963.
- (1K)
- Crime, Drama
- Bob Rafelson
- 1998-07-25
Moving to the small desert town of Poodle Springs after marrying Laura, the daughter of billionaire P.J. Parker, Marlowe becomes immersed in deadly intrigue surrounding the murder of another investigator.
- Bob Rafelson
- Nia Peeples
The TV movie adaptation of Raymond Chandler's unfinished last Marlowe novel, completed by Robert B Parker.
- 96 min
- 9.1K
- Johnny's Films
Set in 1963, an aging Philip Marlowe (James Caan) is supposedly giving up his wild times to get married to a younger socialite (Dina Meyer). However, as might be expected crime follows Marlowe as he is soon mixed up in blackmail and murders as a sleazy photographer (David Keith) threatens to expose photos of a former stripper (La Joy Farr) who ...
Made for HBO, who had previously cast a spot on Powers Boothe in the series Philip Marlowe Investigates, and directed by Bob Rafelson, Poodle Springs sees the then 58 year old James Caan as Marlowe, in a story that makes much of the shamus being less out of time and more up against it.
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