#144 Poodle Springs - Philip Marlowe (BBC)

Philip Marlowe's been married less than a month and already the honeymoon is over. He's tired of being a "kept man" and ready to get back to being a private eye. Now living in Poodle Springs with his wealthy new bride Marlowe sets off to find an office to work out of. Before he can set up shop a local gambling boss enlists his aid in tracking down a man who owes a $100,000 on illegal gambling marker. If the boss doesn't collect asap he's going to be food for the fish. Marlowe sets out to find the deadbeat gambler and finds more than he bargained for.

Poodles Springs is full of twists, turns and detective action. Toby Stephens plays the tough guy role to the hilt and the BBC puts forth another well made audio drama production in the Philip Marlowe series. Noir fans are sure to enjoy this final tale from the pen of Raymond Chandler (and Robert Parker who finished the story several years after Chandler's death.)

From the BBC:
Fresh from his honeymoon with heiress Linda Loring, Philip Marlowe has set up shop in the upmarket Californian town of Poodle Springs. But the life of a kept man soon loses its charm, and when he's asked to find a gambler on the run from his debts, Marlowe can't resist. Toby Stephens plays iconic detective Philip Marlowe.

The eighth and final Philip Marlowe novel, Raymond Chandler's Poodle Springs was unfinished at the time of the author's death in 1959. It remained so for another 30 years, until crime writer Robert B. Parker completed the novel to mark the centenary of Chandler's birth.
Cast:
Philip Marlowe . . . . . Toby Stephens
Linda Marlowe . . . . . Lorelei King
Larry Victor . . . . . Stephen Campbell Moore
Muffy Valentine . . . . . Laurel Lefkow
Manny Lipshultz . . . . . Peter Polycarpou
Angel Victor . . . . . Sasha Pick
Bernie Ohls . . . . . Gerard McDermott
Film Director . . . . . James Lailey
Eddie Garcia . . . . . Alun Raglan
Clayton Blackstone . . . . . Sean Baker
Leonard . . . . . Carl Prekopp
Turn Key . . . . . Simon Bubb
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko
Produced by Claire Grove

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