Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by millionaire Sternwood to take down a gang of blackmailers. Before he begins his work, he meets Sternwood's two eccentric daughters, Vivian and Carmen. Shortly thereafter, after tracking down a swarming trade in pornographic literature, he finds Carmen, who is under the influence of narcotics, next to the body of one of the blackmailers. Afterwards, the bodies pile up and Marlowe himself narrowly escapes death before he can finally embrace Vivian.

Print from the collection of Kino im Blauen Salon (HfG KA)