Fresh from his honeymoon, Philip Marlowe returns to investigating in corrupt Poodle Springs, confronting blackmail, bigamy, and murder.
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Fresh from his honeymoon, Philip Marlowe returns to investigating in corrupt Poodle Springs, confronting blackmail, bigamy, and murder.
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Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the 1940s and 1950s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. In Poodle Springs, Marlowe is fresh from his honeymoon with heiress Linda Loring, and living a life of idle leisure in the upmarket Californian town of the title. But being a kept man soon loses...
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Sexual content
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Honeymoon marriage subplot with implied intimacy
Violence & gore
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Murder and blackmail drive the central investigation
Profanity
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Mild period-appropriate language in dialogue
Substance use
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Alcohol use depicted as part of detective lifestyle
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Portrayal of societal corruption and moral compromise
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Blackmail, bigamy, and murder involve coercion
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