"Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" The King in Yellow (1983)

Director:

Bryan Forbes

Writers:

Raymond Chandler (novels)
Jesse Lasky Jr. (writer)

TV Series:

"Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" (1984)

Original Air Date:

23 April 1983 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Private Detective

Cast

Powers Boothe	...	Philip Marlowe
Kathryn Leigh Scott	...	Annie Riordan
Billy Kearns	...	Lt. Victor "Violets" Magee (as William Kearns)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Alderson	...	Gaff Talley
Michael Billington	...	King Leopardi
Joel Cutrara	...	Disc jockey
Sandra Dickinson	...	Blossom
Jim Dunk	...	Detective Baker
Mike Edmonds	...	Page boy
Susannah Fellows	...	Agatha
Peter Frye	...	Jumbo Walters
Renee Wayne Golden	...	Poodle lady
Lise Hilboldt	...	Dolores Chiozza
James O'Connell	...	Jake
Michael Ross	...	Barman
Marc Smith	...	George Millar
Nancy Wood	...	Kitty Delorme

Quotes:

[a phone conversation between Marlowe and Magee]
Lt. Victor "Violet" Magee: [picks up the phone] Magee.
Philip Marlowe: What do you know about a guy named King Leopardi?
Lt. Victor "Violet" Magee: Never heard of him. Who is he?
Philip Marlowe: Top-line horn blower out of Chicago. Last night, he hits town, and already there's somebody around who thinks Leopardi shouldn't be.
Lt. Victor "Violet" Magee: What's that got to do with me?
Philip Marlowe: Well, I thought you might check him out for me with the Windy City, any connection with the mob, dope, the usual list.
Lt. Victor "Violet" Magee: You got a lot of nerve, Marlowe. What do you think I'm running here, some kind of an information bureau?
[pops a breath mint into his mouth]
Philip Marlowe: You said you owed me one for the Spencer case.
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