Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

Seasons

1983

Canada

7.7

Private detective Philip Marlowe solves many crimes in Los Angeles during the 1930s.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Pencil

Philip Marlowe, a one time cop with an unfortunate habit of being too honest and too broke for his own good, takes the job of protecting a former mob accountant on the run. When two hit men arrive in town he has to do some fancy dancing to keep his client safe and breathing.

S1 • E2

The King in Yellow

King Leopardi was a big celebrity and an even bigger ladykiller, but when he winds up dead in a singer's boudoir all the evidence points to her. Marlowe is hired to find the real killers before his client is thrown in the slammer. The trail becomes dangerous as more bodies drop the closer he gets to the truth.

S1 • E3

Finger Man

Marlowe is subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating the mob murder of a district attorney he was hired to bodyguard. Throw in a femme fatale and Marlowe has his hands full trying to shake himself loose from the murder rap of a former client killed with his gun.

S1 • E4

Nevada Gas

Mops Parisi is out of the joint and out for revenge. First on the list is his crooked lawyer, Hugo Candless, then the ex-cop who arrested him, one Philip Marlowe. It comes as a surprise when a familiar face is involved and Marlowe has to think fast.

S1 • E5

Smart Aleck Kill

Marlowe finds himself in grave danger when he discovers that a popular young Hollywood actor he was hired to protect has been murdered and the movie studio that the guy worked for wants to cover it up.