Radio adaptation of Raymond Chandler's 1940 novel.
First broadcast 19th February 2011.
When Philip Marlowe sees a huge, loudly dressed man casually throwing a bouncer out onto the pavement as he goes into a bar, he knows it's time to walk away. So he follows him inside.... The big guy is Moose Molloy, recently released from an eight year prison sentence and now on the hunt for his old sweetheart, a red-haired nightclub singer named Velma Valento.
Philip Marlowe: Toby Stephens
Moose Malloy: Richard Ridings
Mrs Grayle: Madeleine Potter
Morrison: Pat Starr
Randall: Jude Akuwudike
Nulty/Amthor: Sean Baker
Jessie Florian: Joanna Monro
Galbraith: Lloyd
Thomas Marriott: Iain Batchelor
Ann Riordan: Claire
Harry Sonderborg: Adeel Akhtar
Brunette/Second Planting: Sam Dale
Adapted by Robin Brooks
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast 19th February 2011.
When Philip Marlowe sees a huge, loudly dressed man casually throwing a bouncer out onto the pavement as he goes into a bar, he knows it's time to walk away. So he follows him inside.... The big guy is Moose Molloy, recently released from an eight year prison sentence and now on the hunt for his old sweetheart, a red-haired nightclub singer named Velma Valento.
Philip Marlowe: Toby Stephens
Moose Malloy: Richard Ridings
Mrs Grayle: Madeleine Potter
Morrison: Pat Starr
Randall: Jude Akuwudike
Nulty/Amthor: Sean Baker
Jessie Florian: Joanna Monro
Galbraith: Lloyd
Thomas Marriott: Iain Batchelor
Ann Riordan: Claire
Harry Sonderborg: Adeel Akhtar
Brunette/Second Planting: Sam Dale
Adapted by Robin Brooks
Director: Mary Peate
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