Howard Hawks

L.A. private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled by murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich - just to name a few. Marlowe is hired to protect a young woman and in the process, he falls in love with the woman's older sister.

On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.

Charade: Reggie Lambert returns from a ski trip to find her husband murdered and several strangers after he. One of them offers to help her, but is he hero, spy or murderer? Penny serenade: The story of a couple who seem to have everything, but must overcome a great tragedy to learn the value of true love. His girl Friday: A comedy about a big city newspaper editor and his star reporter. The amazing adventure: Upon inheriting a fortune, a man begins...