George Montgomery as detective Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler's "The Brasher Doubloon" (1947)

Private detective Philip Marlowe (George Montgomery) is summoned to the Pasadena mansion of wealthy widow Mrs. Elizabeth Murdock (Florence Bates), and meets Mrs. Murdock's lovely, neurotic secretary, Merle Davis (Nancy Guild). Marlowe is interested in Merle, and irritated by Mrs. Murdock's spoiled son, Leslie Murdock (Conrad Janis).
Mrs. Murdock asks Marlowe to find her missing "Brasher Doubloon", a rare and valuable coin from her late husband's collection. Mrs. Murdock intimates she knows who the thief is, but refuses to tell Marlowe, who then informs Merle he's declining the case because she's not being completely honest. However, Merle's pleas change Marlowe's mind.
Eddie Prue (Alfred Linder), a hood working for nightclub owner and gambler Vince Blair (Marvin Miller), confronts Marlowe when he returns to his office, and tries to intimidate him to drop the Murdock case. Marlowe tosses him out, then visits Elisha Morningstar (Houseley Stevenson), a coin dealer. Morningstar confirms someone tried to sell him the coin, and opines the offer was a ploy to get him to authenticate the coin, but he refuses to tell Marlowe the name of the seller. After he overhears Morningstar call a private detective, George Anson (Jack Conrad), Marlowe goes to Anson's apartment and discovers that Anson has been murdered. Marlowe finds a small revolver next to Anson's body, and recognizing that it belongs to Merle, asks her about her involvement with Anson, the coin and the Murdocks. Crying, Merle tells him that Mrs. Murdock has found the coin, which Leslie had "borrowed" to pay a gambling debt. Merle also reveals that Mr. Murdock used to harass her when she was his secretary, and that she has since had a fear of being touched.
Marlowe then questions Mrs. Murdock and reveals that he has the real coin, and she is therefore lying about having recovered it. Marlowe leaves. Mrs. Murdock orders Merle to get the coin from him any way she can. Marlowe returns to his apartment and is confronted by Rudolph Vannier (Fritz Kortner), a former newsreel cameraman who claims the doubloon has been promised to him.
That evening, Merle goes to Marlowe's apartment and nervously attempts to seduce him. Although Marlowe is interested in the young secretary, he does not give her the coin.
Marlowe is awakened by a call from Merle, who tells him to come to Vannier's home. There, Marlowe finds Vannier's corpse and a distraught Merle, who claims that she came to demand Vannier's blackmail film. When Leslie enters, Marlowe realizes that he is involved, grabs him and the film, then turns Leslie over to the police.
At the office of Police Homicide Detective Lt. Breeze (Roy Roberts), Marlowe reveals that Leslie intended to give the coin to Prue and Blair, who would turn it over to Vannier in exchange for the film, with which they would then blackmail Mrs. Murdock. Leslie killed Anson and Morningstar when they threatened to upset his plans, and Mrs. Murdock killed Vannier when she learned of Leslie's plans to continue the blackmail. Marlowe then shows Vannier's newsreel footage, which reveals that Mrs. Murdock, not Merle, killed Mr. Murdock.
Mrs. Murdock confirms her guilt, but states that she has taken her revenge for Mr. Murdock's infatuation with Merle by aggravating Merle's neurosis and making her terrified of men. After the Murdocks are taken away, Marlowe comforts Merle, who states her intention to stay with him until her fear of being touched is erased.
A 1947 American film-noir crime film (known in the UK as "The High Window") directed by John Brahm, produced by Robert Bassler, screenplay by Dorothy Bennett (as Dorothy Hannah) and Ring Lardner Jr., adaptation by Leonard Praskins, based on Raymond Chandler's novel "The High Window" (1942), cinematography by Lloyd Ahern Sr., starring George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz Kortner, Florence Bates, and Marvin Miller.
Fred MacMurray, Victor Mature, and Dana Andrews were all mentioned at different times as having been cast as Philip Marlowe in the film before the studio settled on George Montgomery, appearing in the final film of his 20th Century Fox contract.
"The High Window" had already been adapted for film in 1942 as a Michael Shayne adventure starring Lloyd Nolan.

[@tommysfather]

Too bad that George Montgomery didn't appear in more detective movies. Besides his great Western movies this type of movie seems to suit him just fine.

[@Kermit_T_Frog]

He is just fine as a Marlowe. Humphrey Bogart is the gold standard. But I think that Robert Mitchum takes the prize.

[@bengt-oveandersson2914]

@@Kermit_T_Frog Mitchum would have been the perfect choice in the 50s, in the 70s he was a mite too old. Powers Boothe in the 80s TV series was the best so far, in my view.

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@@bengt-oveandersson2914 I agree.

[@cattymajiv]

I'm the odd one here for sure,because I don't like westerns, Bogart, or Mitchum. I'm not a huge fan of this type of show either, but I'll try it. Didn't Robert Montgomery play Marlowe too?

[@bengt-oveandersson2914]

@@cattymajiv Yes, indeed. He even directed himself in Lady in the Lake 1947, which was kind of unique since he not only does the voice-over, but the entire film is done from his point of view, and the only time you see his face is when he looks in the mirror. I never did like Bogart as Marlowe, it's more like Sam Space playing Marlowe. Marlowe is described as a big man, which Bogart was not. Still, Chandler liked him and said he was the only actor who could be menacing without a gun.

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I enjoy seeing movies shot on location vs. studio back lots. I love Nancy Guild, she is a natural beauty 😊

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[@blusnuby2]

George Montgomery was the Real Deal. At home in the saddle, or behind the wheel of a 40s coupe in a double breasted & wool felt Fedora. This take on Philip Marlowe was actually easier to track than all other attempts. Only wish they`d put a 1911 pistol in his big hand rather than that puny wheel gun. Excellent cast. Most enjoyable. Thanks for the share !

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[@willieluncheonette5843]

This is well worth a look. Director John Brahm does a good job here, heavy on the atmosphere and mood.

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[@Kermit_T_Frog]

I see absolutely nothing wrong with this movie. Well acted. Well put together. I say it's one of the better Philip Marlowe movies.

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[@patricktilton5377]

Not a bad flick! He may not be Humphrey Bogart, but George Montgomery does a fine job as Marlowe.

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[@buck9668]

He's actually trying his best to be Clark Gable.

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[@dougreed2257]

Never came across this little gem before, George m does really well as noir detective, thanks for this💎😊👍

[@Kermit_T_Frog]

I assume that it was based on a novel. Good solid plot. Attractive leads. Satisfying ending, though it takes a certain suspension of disbelief. Rather convenient memory lapse on the part of the female lead.

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[@samueldavidrucker7514]

Another masterpiece from the golden era! And weren't they beautiful and great actors! Great directing! Great filmography, great score!!!

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[@mickey1849]

A very cute, funny, wonderful movie. The chemistry between Marlowe and Merle (Nancy Guild) is just fabulous. Worth watching!

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[@briseboy]

The physics and biology was also frabjous! The palaeontology, the Anthropology, the Evolutionary Genomics, Superb! The Astronomy, the the Oceanography, and finally, the Numismatics, are Unprecedented! Do the Math yourself.

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[@andrewhudson3723]

This movie is much better than the reviews. It holds up well. Good characters, excellent dialog.

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[@BrendaHaltom-cs6ck]

J love George Montgomery!❤️

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[@beecnul8r]

Chandler was one of the top crime Noir authors of all time. I love his writings together with Dashiell Hammett, James Ellroy, Patricia Highsmith and Mickey Spillane.

[@PraiseDog]

I agree about Chandler. Ross MacDonald is a close 2nd though, and he wrote more novels. And while not the same genre, I also include Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series. The television series from 20 years ago follows the stories accurately, and captures the characters nearly perfectly. It is on youtube for free, most of the episodes.

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[@nickweech3487]

I'd offer Simenon and his seventy odd Maigret stories. Several adaptations too of varying success

[@briseboy]

Do NOT forget Dr. seuss!

[@pattymulligan2389]

Marlowe was played to perfection by Bogart or Robert Mitchum. But novel's filmed very well.

[@brucebean2805]

Loved this movie from the beginning. Mrs Murdock "I am having a Port for medicinal purposes and won't be offering you none. " got a laugh from me. Very well made 😊🎉

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[@vimala_9]

I think that my first laugh came from "Does it really make any difference, Mr. Shaw, deep down inside, I mean?"

[@markr.devereux3385]

George montgomery makes a good private detective. Raymond CHANDLER novels are the best of his era.

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[@michaeldebellis4202]

I could be wrong, but I think Chandler had good things to say about Montgomery as Marlowe which was rare as he usually didn't like the interpretations that Hollywood made of him (including Bogart's... which as much as I love Chandler have to disagree with him there). This really was quite a find. I thought I had seen all the good films made out of Chandler's novels (some of them they mangle the plot and characters to the extent you can barely recognize them which was what I was expecting here) but this really did a pretty good job (as good as any other and better than most) of sticking with the original plot of the novel. They made some changes, mainly to make the ending less ambiguous. Honestly, when I read the novel the first time I was hoping for an ending more like the film (I don't want to give anything away in case people haven't seen it because the ending actually can be something of a surprise). I came to love the ending of the novel because I think it is more realistic but I think for a film this works really well. I really agree about Chandler. He gets pigeon holed as "hard boiled fiction" but IMO he and Hammett were just light years beyond the others and their work is just good literature that happens to be about crime. They make points about society, corruption, and what it's like to try and be a man of principles in a modern world focused on money.

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[@albertgrant1017]

Well stated !

[@jimmymckay73]

what a fantastic movie . It is a crying shame Hollywood has completely abandoned movie making skills such as this.

[@pj9654]

Hollywood of the 1930s and 1940s perfected the narrative storyline, with good stories and great characters, many with serious grown-up content presented in a way that the whole family could watch. In our current day, everyone wants to be "edgy" and throw in unnecessary adult content, and soft porn - even in films for children! Ever notice how wholesome subject matter is twisted into something unwholesome in today's movies?

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@@pj9654 it is to the point that I am udderly shocked if I watch a new movie and enjoy it.

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[@rocistone6570]

They can't make movies like this anymore. The "studio system" is long dead, as is the system that saw studios turn out 20 small pictures a year and two or three major film productions, all running on separate tracks. One of the things wrong with Hollywood these days is every production by every major studio is geared to creating a billion-dollar blockbuster. If you gave these guys say $75,000 and said "Do a film noir detective picture." they would stare at you like you just killed their dog. They don't know how to make anything anymore for less than $100 Million. And yes, it makes me sick, too.

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[@davidparris7167]

A pleasure to see George Montgomery in a non Western. In that opening scene I expected the young woman to try to sit in Marlowe's lap while he was standing up as seen in a scene from ''The Big Sleep'' where Humphrey Bogart played Philip Marlowe Fine movie with an all-round great cast of Hollywood B players.

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[@briseboy]

Banjo? Balalaika? Baritone Sax? Bassetball?

[@michaeldebellis4202]

This is actually my favorite Chandler novel, although the novel is called the High Window. It’s one of a very few that were written completely as a novel rather than from combining short stories. The movie is surprisingly good. So often Hollywood would completely rewrite the plot. They make some changes, in ways that are a bit better for a film of that time (where the bad guy can’t in some ways not get punished directly as happens in the novel). All the actors were good, but the girl who plays Merle really got the character just right and is so beautiful. Definitely a must for film noir and hard boiled fiction lovers.

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Nancy Guild

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@@mickey1849 I've watched many old film noirs and never heard of her. I'm surprised because she really seems like quite a good actress. Thanks for the name.

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[@stevecharman8420]

Nancy Guild reminds me of Gene Tierney and just as beautiful. I agree, this is a very faithful adaptation of The High Window, which is also one of my favourite Chandler novels, and is all the better for it.

[@michaeldebellis4202]

@@stevecharman8420 I love the ending of the book, something like "I felt as if I had written a beautiful poem and then lost it forever". But I agree, the movie ending was better for a film.

[@alexansari2138]

Thank you for showing this great Film Noir film. Back in film school we had to make our own Film Noir short film. I always loved these type of detective films. I wrote my own film and the shot it on my Nikon R10 Super 8mm film camera. Shot it on a Kodak film and used an external sound recorder. I still love the Talkies.

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[@kathyflorcruz552]

What a stunning mansion!! I hope it's still standing.

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[@scvandy3129]

Mahalo, "Donald P. Borchers." This was fun. To mimic others' Comments how wonderful to see George Montgomery, long-time spouse [long-time by Hollywood standards, 17 years & two kids] of Dinah Shore, in a non-western, starring role AND pulling off playing the iconic Philip Marlowe -- the epitome of a hard-boiled L.A. / Hollywood private eye with a clearly drawn 'eye for the ladies.' The fetching Nancy Guild ('Merle') rates his undivided attention.

[@Cholla51]

Huh? :)

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[@briseboy]

Mahalo is Polynesian, for thank you. Try not to be so Jumpy, Cholla.

[@cgpyper7536]

Lot's of crazies in this one. And Marlowe is real good with his hat-and-rack trick. Thanks D.P.B.

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[@spacies8882]

Brasher Doubloon minted 1787 one was sold new york, jan 28th 2021 for 9.36 million this made it the worlds most expensive coin.

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[@joeycarter8846]

I love the witty (and campy) dialogue.

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[@Elmer-hf1je]

No body ever mentions the continuity or camera angles in movies , but the director did an excellent job which makes the movie even more enjoyable !

[@b1i2l336]

A classic film noir! I loved it!

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[@kiwidave9416]

I thought Merle was going to push Marlowe out the window at the end, since opening it seemed like some sort of plot device. That would have made Merle as mad as the mother said she was, which would have been an interesting final twist to the film.

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[@woodwage7988]

Thought l was the only one with such a thought but as you, it came to mind instantly...

[@1776TomPaine]

Really very good. I've always been a Raymond Chandler fan, and I thought I knew all of the movies made from his work, but I never heard f this one before. I really liked it. The actors were just right. The black and white photography was superb. I particularly liked the actors in the supporting roles, Blair and Prue and Vannier and Moring star. Also Leslie. George Montgomery isn't quite my image of Philip Marlowe, but he played the role his way and it worked very well.

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[@lindarocco9974]

Good film, I enjoyed the chemistry. I RoccoMend this film. Thanks for posting it.

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[@brendakrieger7000]

Thanks so much😍

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[@carlozabbia1157]

I can certainly see Bogie and Bacall in the lead roles.

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[@user-sl4zc8kr6w]

Im a noir and hammet/chandler fanatic. Im ashamed Im not familiar with this one. Thanks to whomever posted it.

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[@grahamgillard3722]

It doesn’t matter that the plot has holes in it. It’s all about character and style.

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[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

In those days a short film (71 minutes) was so well written that it could be concise and complete thanks to the screenwriter. Roy Roberts (Lt. Breeze) was a well known character actors who worked into the '70s. Almost didn't recognize him without his moustache and he was certainly thinner in those days.

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[@brucknerian9664]

Montgomery with the moustache is a perfect Marlowe ... another favourite in the class of Dick Powell, or Humphrey Bogart, or Robert Mitchum ... all brought their own style to Chandler's character.

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[@stutzbearcat5624]

Great flick!!!

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[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

I read the High Window. This adaptation is very good. George Montgomery makes a great Philip Marlow.

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[@davidahrens2841]

a very nice film noir i have a soft spot for unappreciated actresses like Nancy Guild and Ella Raines my favorite Guild movie is 'Somewhere in the night' my favorite Raines movie is 'Phantom Lady'

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[@marypatten9655]

Great movie. Great acting. You could really feel the venom flowing out of that kiler.when finally caught. Thank you for sharing God bless

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[@harrisbobroff9813]

I thought I saw this, nope, first time. How that film ended up in that package is really difficult.

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[@Cholla51]

OMG! The BEST! Bar none. Not only just a bit sexist, but a romantic gentleman! 1947!

[@thetonetosser4367]

I was thinking the same thing. But, it was made in a different era. Society has to accept it rather than trying to ignore it and rewrite history.

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[@RogerCoyBooks]

"Part of your story sticks in my craw, Marlowe, and I don't like your trying to make the manager think you ain't been in here," the detective began the interview. Marlowe said, "Why should I get involved in a murder that's none of my business?" "Murder is everybody's business. This one is maybe yours more than anybody else's."

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[@zukini8763]

I really liked the dialogue. Also I thought Marlowe was tough, charming, and resourceful.

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[@jlwilliams]

Jeez, Ring Lardner Jr. on the screenplay! A lot of people overlook the humor in Chandler's novels, but he wouldn't...

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[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

He was one of the "Hollywood Ten", screenwriters blacklisted during the awful " red scare". There's an ironic twist in the story, when one of the jailed Hollywood Ten found himself in prison with J. Parnell Jones, the ex-chairman of the HUAC house Committee on UnAmerican Activities (fortunately, dissolved in 1975), who persecution so many people and destroyed many of them. Jones was in prison for embezzlement, A real crime.

[@timatkinson9291]

Pretty good. Good plot twist!!!

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[@susangutrugianios2241]

I Love Raymond Chandler 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

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[@paulcaron400]

This is a very good one GM is good, but my favourite is Dick Powell. He was a very versatile actor, song and dance, comedy and film noir.

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[@darrellepickering8433]

Hoo boy, this brings back memories, good necessarily good ones. Had an aunt along the lines of the old lady, always made me wonder how she ever got pregnant.

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Not necessarily good ones.

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Meant not necessarily good ones.

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[@stephenfitzsimons]

I never heard of George Montgomery before, but he looks very like Errol Flynn.

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[@user-dh5cv6go1v]

A lunatic, a lunatic! 😂 That was great. Good flick and whitty. Tku for Post.

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[@ecouturehandmades5166]

I think George fits Marlowe very well. Glad to see him in a film noir and NOT a western or GI movie.

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[@karlschulte9231]

Also done as radio show

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[@AndSendMe]

Marlowe's not really in this movie (if one means the character from the books), but it's a surprisingly good movie with decent dialogue, outstanding production design and top-flight cinematography. The mustache put me off this movie many times in the past but this time I stayed long enough for the moving shadows of leaves in the wind on his jacket and I'm hooked.

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[@sitbone3]

What happened to Nancy Guild, WoW ! Sort of a Lauren Bacall knockoff.

[@mickey1849]

Better than Lauren Bacall's stick figure.

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[@robert7395]

Ella Raines

[@FishFeelPain]

Bogart will always be my favorite but Montgomery does a good job as Marlowe--TY

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[@nickmalone3143]

Convincing as the infamous Phillip Marlow although bogie my fav

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[@DevonDandy]

Good sort of tongue in cheek script and well acted. Pity whoever copied from the celluloid left the AGC on. We heard a lot of noise in the quiet parts.

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[@ingmarvanderhoek6314]

Great novel, great adaptation.

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[@cecildemille190]

Brilliant. Phil Marlow still the greatest.

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[@gilbertoexe6301]

É por isso que gosto de filmes antigos , além de ter grandes artistas , sabiam fazer grandes filmes de boas histórias , era uma outra época . Obrigado .

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[@tracygentil7123]

Great movie. Too bad they don't make them like this anymore

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[@dougrunyon2653]

Great movie and Great Actors!

[@barbarawillis5187]

Very entertaining and fun movie to watch.

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[@lorifreeman1746]

Love these old black and white movies they just don't make them like that anymore and George Montgomery wow❤

[@srothbardt]

Reminds me of “The Big Sleep” plot wise if you know what I mean.

[@jlwilliams]

They were from the same period in Chandler's development as a novelist. If you read all the novels you can watch both him and Marlowe evolve over time.

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[@videobeach]

Leslie grew up to be Mindy’s dad in Mork and Mindy.

[@saxonman111]

Also looks like Leonardo Dicaprio's dad!

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[@elliebellie7816]

"...but the 'Miss' makes up for it.". Oh, my, such a flirt, lmao...

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[@challanger275]

George Montgomery was so good looking

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[@elliottschertzer876]

Released February 7th,1947

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[@edbrake2723]

Wonder what his average was on the hat rack?

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[@barryguerrero6480]

Funny, I hated this adaptation of "The High Window" the first time I saw it. But I rather enjoyed it this second time around. Being a Chandler story, it's easy to have forgotten all the complications, the "ins and outs" as Lebowski would say. I assume the film's ending is quite different from the ending in the book. I'll try to find a copy.

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[@johnnyllooddte3415]

i dont understand how he found the doubloon

[@jimmymckay73]

Anson

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[@HawaiiJetboat]

This guy, George Montgomery, nagged at me through this whole movie like I've seen him before, heard that voice and then at 1:07:49 he utters "be reasonable Lieutenant" and it hit me...Sgt Duquesne Battle Of The Bulge. "SORRRY LIEUTENANT" hes says as he mocks James MacArthur ('Danno' - Hawaii Five-O) who plays a sniveling 90 day wonder Lieutenant.

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[@ronaldclark2624]

Excellent, from our past. What ever happened to Morality? Ron PTL USA.

[@henrikechers9995]

Nancy Guild has the same kind of look as Jane Greer

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[@hellie_el]

❤❤❤

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[@barryzeeberg3672]

This is the brashest doubloon in the world; so, in point of fact, there is no brasher doubloon.

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[@chrisgosling5408]

That did warm after a while, having read the books and just come off the back of the Robert Mitchum films. Robert Mitchum did a brilliant job although perhaps a little to old to justify some of the relationships. Maybe if the female interests were played by slighty older women that would of helped. He was 20 years older than the Marlowe character he played. Although as an older Philip Marlowe he really did nail the character. The "Brasher Doubloon" is one of the lesser cryptic stories by the great Raymond Chandler who always manages to hold back on revealing the great detectives craft. A much more accomplished writer than Agatha Christie and the Hercule Poirot character where the reader has information openly withheld that is crucial to the plot that I found a little tiresome after you have committed so much to the read. Some critics of Chandler say that he can wander and ramble somewhat but for me this gives credibility to the thought process and testing out all possibilities. Which leads me to the Sherlock Holmes quote of "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?"

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[@johnpritchard5410]

defenestration!

[@robwilde855]

Yes. Rather nice to see, since it's been rather out of fashion since 1618.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Ha! My 'go to' insult back in 1980. "Through penalty of defenestration...," I would warn. Fond memories. Thanks for the visit!

[@buck9668]

Wish someone would identify his car.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Bueller...? Bueller...? Bueller...? Bueller...?

[@jlwilliams]

In the books from this era he had a Chrysler, but I don't know enough about '30s cars to know whether that's what's shown in the film or not.

[@buck9668]

@@jlwilliams Thank you. To me, cars looked too much alike till about 1950, after which they greatly differentiated. Now, they look alike again.

[@LeeTheMagnificent]

sherlock George

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit!

[@johnpritchard5410]

makes about as much sense as "The Big Sleep"....

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@jlwilliams]

Chandler wasn't trying to be Agatha Christie with intricately crafted plots... he was always about tone and atmosphere... but I'll concede that the counterfeit-doubloon story line of this one (book title "The High Window" as others have noted) was even more convoluted than most. (And if you think this is too twisty, stay away from "The Little Sister"!) I don't care, though... I had a lot of important stuff to get done this evening, and now none of it is going to get done because I am going to watch this instead! And THANK YOU for preserving the original aspect ratio instead of squishing it out to 16:9 like a lot of the KZbin old movie channels do...

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

@@jlwilliams Welcome. I post Mystery movies here: kzbin.info/aero/PLk3CReZFhoBdRSRG0JJ-J2NX6v7HDX3CX

[@mr29]

George Montgomery...💥💥💥

[@13shinythings]

Great movie. 5 stars in my book. Not true Noir though. If I understand the genre, it's suffering, death, with no one learning anything.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Thanks for the visit! I post noir films here: kzbin.info/aero/PLk3CReZFhoBdmvlwKX6IUWKvdVZAqcPxz

[@angloaust1575]

He was more suited for westerns having worked With horses in his former Occupation!

[@arieswaters]

Wow I felt something move at 11 minutes and 50 seconds

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@garryferrington811]

Transfer is pretty blurry.

[@Ryansghost]

The good old days when a man could wear his trousers hitched-up around his chest.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Ha! Thanks for watching.

[@jeffkeating7583]

Having listened recently to all the Philip Marlowe radio shows I can say that his office is way too large and far too nice.

[@westernnoir4808]

480 res BAH!

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Sorry, and thanks for the visit!

[@davidhollingsworth1723]

Still back in the Day when they used Props. Sentimental Journey back to B&W and no profanity! Also preceded the Civil Rights era. The only Blacks shown were buffoons and step 'n' fetchits. Anyway...........

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Good points. Thanks for watching.

[@marcleblanc3602]

Really men /detective grabbed woman like that back then? Rather bold, for a employed service man, they could just pick & chose back then?

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@johnpritchard5410]

HATS in L.A,?

[@patrickmaline4258]

the midday sun is brutal.

[@robwilde855]

In those days people considered themselves to be not fully dressed without a hat.

[@mickey1849]

1947 L.A.? Yeah. Of course.

[@mickey1849]

⁠Depends on where you are. If you're in the valleys then yeah, it can be hot. The movie takes place during a big Santa Ana wind, so certainly is sometime during the fall.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Yup. I am never without one in Los Angeles.

[@DSAK55]

Santa Ana Wind

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@davidschmidt9339]

Cheap imitation of the Maltese Falcon.. Coin vs Falcon The foreign bad guy is Peter Lorre at 38 minutes in. Even half of the scene copies Lorre and Bogarts interaction

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@buck9668]

I'm 12 mins in, and most of what I've been seeing would be sexual harassment, except, luckily for him, Merle likes it. I suppose it would be okay if she didn't encourage him and he then stopped.

[@robwilde855]

Oh dear...

[@mickey1849]

It's a movie, dummy. Get out of 2023 🙄

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

Roger that.

[@DSAK55]

great story, piss poor acting

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@JohnnyCardinale]

Decent, but give me Bogie.

[@Cholla51]

Sorry dude, George had it "before" Bogie..

[@JohnnyCardinale]

@@Cholla51 Just not as good.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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[@victorfinberg8595]

Please, Mr. Marlowe, i really like you. Don't make me shoot you. 49:45 Turn around and face the other way. You can watch me in the mirror. Now take your clothes off.

[@DonaldPBorchersOG]

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