Peel off your trench coat, pour yourself a stiff whiskey, and get ready to learn the dark, dirty secrets of Deco Era Hollywood from the private dick who knows them all. HBO's <I>Philip Marlowe, Private Eye</I> takes Raymond Chandler's grittiest short stories and transforms them into stylish, atmospheric production pieces. This installment of the three-video set starts with "Trouble Is My Business"--a twisted tale of inheritance and revenge. Marlowe (brilliantly played by Powers Boothe) is hired by a dying millionaire to clean up his spendthrift son's gambling debts by digging up dirt on the pretty shill helping him drink his way through the family fortune. But Harriet Huntress is brighter than your average gold digger, and when Marlowe's information merchant turns up a few choice facts about her past, she begins glittering in a whole new light--and skeletons begin turning up in the most unexpected closets.<P>The touching, tough-minded tale "Spanish Blood" opens with Marlowe en route to the 10th wedding anniversary of his best girl, Belle, and his best friend, successful straight-arrow prosecutor Spanish Delaguerra. But when the would-be city attorney turns up dead, Marlowe puts his nose where it doesn't belong--Mayor Big John Masters's corrupt campaign. The dogged detective gets caught between conflicting cover-ups as he follows a trail of bodies, bus lockers, and broken hearts, and discovers even victims have their secrets. <I>--Grant Balfour</I>

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Price: $9.98 Updated on 5-25-2009.