Detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy, elderly man to resolve a blackmail issue involving his wild daughter, Carmen Sternwood. As Marlowe delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a complex web of deceit, murder, and double-crossing in the seedy underbelly of 1940s Los Angeles. Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.
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Across the Pacific (1942)
An American intelligence officer boards a Japanese ship just prior to World War II to investigate a possible attack on the Panama Canal.
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
A woman becomes suspicious of her artist husband and his past as she begins to feel ill in circumstances similar to the death of his first wife.
Key Largo (1948)
An ex-soldier visits the family of his war buddy in Key Largo only to find the family-owned hotel occupied by a gangster and his cronies.
The African Queen
At the outbreak of World War I, a British missionary flees German East Africa with the help of the hard-drinking captain of the river boat The African Queen.
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars and appeared in many of the most memorable films of the 1940s and 1950s.