Directed by:
Paul MagwoodScreenplay:
John Sacret YoungCinematography:
Alan StensvoldComposer:
George RomanisCast:
Warren Oates, Leslie Caron, Alex Dreier, Mitchell Ryan, Gordon Pinsent, Charles McGraw, Gloria Grahame, Scatman Crothers, Royal Dano, Marianne McAndrew (more)Plots(1)
Detectives - some officers of the law, some outside the law and all of them modern knight errants caught up in a jigsaw puzzle of death and dark deeds - were out in force on 1971 screens in Dirty Harry, The French Connection, Get Carter, Klute, Shaft and in the lesser-known but intriguing tale of hard-luck, old-school shamus Chandler. Warren Oates (The Wild Bunch) portrays the non romantic ex-P.I. (the name is an homage to detective novelist Raymond Chandler), who ditches his rent-a-cop job to return to sleuthing. His first gig: meet a woman (Leslie Caron) arriving at L.A.'s Union Station. But it turns out there's more to the job, a lot more. Like keeping the woman and himself alive. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Warren Oates
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Leslie Caron
France
Best movies:
Chocolat (2000)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Alex Dreier
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Mitchell Ryan
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Hot Shots! 2 (1993)
Magnum Force (1973)
Gordon Pinsent
Canada
Best movies:
Saint Ralph (2004)
The Shipping News (2001)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Charles McGraw
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Gloria Grahame
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Scatman Crothers
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Roots (1977) (series)
Royal Dano
USA
Best movies:
The Right Stuff (1983)
Moby Dick (1956)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Marianne McAndrew
USA
Best movies:
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
James Sikking
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Ordinary People (1980)
John Mitchum
USA
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Stalag 17 (1953)
El Dorado (1966)
Richard Loo
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Walter Burke
USA
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Mystery Street (1950)
Eugene Jackson
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)