Philip Marlowe

Season

1959

USA

7.1

A short-lived crime series, featuring the cases of the fictional detective Philip Marlowe. The series was based on the detective novels of Raymond Chandler,, but failed to find an audience.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Ugly Duckling

Donna Raymond is a vixen who has her claws in David Jordan, a married man. He is a lawyer who looks after his wealthy wife's interests. Donna arranges to have a friend, Frank Rossi, run Mrs. Jordan off the road but she survives. At this point Marlowe is called in by Paul Howard who is Mrs. Jordan's father. It is decided that Marlowe will offer $10,000 to Miss Raymond to leave town. Marlowe goes to her apartment makes his pitch and leaves her the ten grand. As he is leaving her room Marlowe runs into Hank the hotel dick who is an old friend. He agrees to call Marlowe if Miss Raymond doesn't check out. Later that night Marlowe gets a call from Hank telling him Miss Raymond hasn't checked out. He calls her and she denies that he gave her the money. We also see that Mrs. Jordan is in the room with her. When Marlowe gets back to the hotel he finds Miss Raymond dead. Marlowe makes an an anonymous tip about the murder and goes to leave. Before he can get away he is knocked out and dragged back into the room. We are next at police headquarters where Marlowe is in the clear but Mrs. Jordan has been arrested when she denies having been there when her fingerprints are found their. We next find Marlowe back at the Jordan house where he finds Mr. Jordan, who is supposed to be out of town. Also there is Mr. Howard who we find out is carrying a .38 the same caliber as was used in the murder. So now we have three suspects. Marlowe then returns to Miss Raymond's room Hank has let him back in so he can look for the missing ten grand. Who should turn up at that point but Rossi who gets the drop on Marlowe when he pulls a .38. Marlowe manages to get the gun away from Rossi and we go back to police headquarters. There we find that Rossi has an alibi for the murder and that the gun that was used in the murder was Marlowe's backup which has has hidden in his car. It is suspected that Mrs. Jordan had access to the gun so Marlowe isn't held. We next see Hank on the phone with Mr. Howard who can't believe that Marlowe hasn't been charged. When Hank hangs up the phone we see Marlowe is also there and he's solved the case. Hank had the passkey and knew Miss Raymond had been paid off. In addition Hank knew about Marlowe's backup gun. First he tries threatening then bribing Marlowe. There is a brief struggle Marlowe gets the gun away from Hank and the case is closed.

S1 • E2

Prescription for Murder

Dr. Steve Vincent notices that his wife seems very tense and asks Philip Marlowe to try to learn the cause.

S1 • E3

Buddy Boy

Robert Daniels is beaten up when he is unable to pay his mounting gambling debts. He tells his wife Janice that he fell down a flight of stairs, but Janice doesn't believe him and she hires Philip Marlowe to find out what really happened.

S1 • E4

Death in the Family

Movie executive Dick Shepherd's secretary is the victim of an acid-throwing incident, and Shepherd hires Philip Marlowe to investigate. He tells Marlowe that he has reason to believe that his wife is behind the crime.

S1 • E5

Mama's Boy

Rich Mrs. Harrison Bartlett hires Philip Marlowe to investigate her son's fiancee. Marlowe uncovers some shady people who have an interest in the approaching marriage.

S1 • E6

Child of Virtue

A wealthy ex-gangster becomes irritated when a tennis bum romances his daughter.

S1 • E7

Bum Wrap

A man hires Philip Marlowe to clear him of a robbery charge. Marlowe turns up proof of his innocence, but finds that the man has been murdered.

S1 • E8

Temple of Love

Stuart Baker hires Philip Marlowe to bring back his wife, who has left to join a religious cult.

S1 • E9

The Mogul

A movie executive hires Marlowe to investigate the connection between his girl friend and an agent.

S1 • E10

Hit and Run

A prominent architect is accused of manslaughter in a hit-and-run case. The architect's fiancee believes that he is innocent and asks Philip Marlowe for help.

S1 • E11

Mother Dear

A hidden wall safe in the home of wealthy Luis Sandoval is robbed of money and jewels. The location of the safe was known only to Sandoval, his wife and their son.

S1 • E12

The Hunger

Frankie Harper, imprisoned for stealing a fortune in bonds from his employer Dick Coolidge, escapes from jail.Harper discovers that Coolidge framed him for the theft, and sets out to kill him.

S1 • E13

Ricochet

Frankie Harper, imprisoned for stealing a fortune in bonds from his employer Dick Coolidge, escapes from jail. Harper discovers that Coolidge framed him for the theft, and sets out to kill him.

S1 • E14

The Scarlet A

The daughter of a university professor seeks the help of Philip Marlowe when het father discovers that he has been used by a confidence man to swindle his colleagues and now plans to kill the con-artist.

S1 • E15

A Standard for Murder

Philip Marlowe is asked to prove that a man's son is being mistreated by his ex-wife's present husband.

S1 • E16

Poor Lilli, Sweet Lilli

When Marlowe's friend is murdered, he begins a search to find the killer.

S1 • E17

Death Takes a Lover

Marlowe is asked to find a woman's missing husband, who acted as her bodyguard.

S1 • E18

One Ring for Murder

The ex-wife of a wealthy man hires Marlowe to prove that one of her servants is innocent of a jewel theft.

S1 • E19

Gem of a Murder

A man who stole jewels from his employer wants to return them and seeks the help of Philip Marlowe.

S1 • E20

Time to Kill

A man is worried that his ex-wife, a noted screenwriter, may be in danger and seeks Marlowe's help, after hearing disquieting rumors about the man she is now dating.

S1 • E21

Murder in the Stars

A movie idol disappears after he was attacked by thugs. Marlowe investigates and discovers the man had planned his own disappearance and finally finds the star murdered.

S1 • E22

Murder by the Book

Marlowe hunts for a fortune in stolen stocks and discovers that he is stalking a killer.

S1 • E23

Murder Is a Grave Affair

A star struck young woman is involved with a famous Hollywood director, then dies under mysterious circumstances. A Lothario, suicide disguised as murder, murder disguised as suicide and an empty coffin later, Marlowe cracks the case.