Date:1946 Type: Thriller / Film noir Rating: 5/5 Colour: Black and White Director:Howard Hawks Executive Producer: Jack L Warner
Comment/Synopsis
Philip Marlow (Humphrey Bogart) is employed to investigate the blackmail of the younger daughter (Martha Vickers) of a rich family, but gets drawn into a complex web of shady dealings, blackmail and murder. His investigation is complicated by the allure of Lauren Bacall as the older sister who is involved with the plot. Humphrey Bogart is excellent as private eye Philip Marlow in this complex thriller. The plot from the Raymond Chandler novel is helped by a good script. The on screen chemistry between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, together with their banter and with the sexual undercurrent is a good counterpoint to the murders and blackmail of the plot. There is also a good supporting cast. This is a classic Film Noir particularly as shown by Humphrey Bogart's character as the hard bitten cynical private detective. Bogardt and Bacall were having an affair whilst filming this and married shortly after.
5/5 
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Martha Vickers
Dorothy Malone 
Regis Toomey 
Elisha Cook Jr 
Charles Waldron
