1. The General
4 Extra Debut. California 1939: private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by General Sternwood to help in a family matter. Stars Ed Bishop.
California 1939: private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood to help in a family matter.
'I was neat, clean-shaved and sober. I was everything a well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars.'
Raymond Chandler's classic of hardboiled crime fiction, introducing the world to Philip Marlowe, published in 1939.
Philip Marlowe .... Ed Bishop
General Sternwood .... Robert Beatty
Carmen Sternwood .... Liza Ross
Vivian Regan .... Diana Olsson
Agnes .... Nicolette McKenzie
Bernie Ohls .... Harry Towb
Eddie Mars .... Paul Maxwell
Carl Lundgren .... Weston Gavin
Butler .... Malcolm Gerard
Musical research Adrian Williams.
Dramatised in three parts by Bill Morrison.
Director: John Tydeman
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 1977.
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