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The convoluted plot follows the investigation by Marlowe into the gambling debts of young dilettante Carmen Sternwood at the behest of her father, an old, wheelchair-bound millionaire. However, Carmen's older sister, Vivian Regan, claims that the investigation is really about finding what happened to her husband Terrence "Rusty" Regan, who has mysteriously disappeared.
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The convoluted plot follows the investigation by Marlowe into the gambling debts of run up by a young dilettante woman named Carmen Sternwood at the behest of her father, an old, wheelchair-bound millionaire. However, Meanwhile, Carmen's older sister, Vivian Regan, claims that the investigation is really about finding what happened to her husband Terrence "Rusty" Regan, who has mysteriously disappeared.
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There was also a 1978 remake of the film starring Creator/RobertMitchum and it was DarkerAndEdgier with more violence and nudity.
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There was also a 1978 remake of the film directed by Creator/MichaelWinner and starring Creator/RobertMitchum Creator/RobertMitchum. It featured a SettingUpdate to '70s Britain, and it was DarkerAndEdgier with more violence and nudity.
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* FilleFatale: Carmen Sternwood, but in personality only. She's actually about 20 years old. She giggles a lot and has a tendency to suck her thumb in a suggestive manner while flirting with Marlowe.
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* FilleFatale: Carmen Sternwood, but in personality only. She's actually about 20 years old. She giggles a lot and has a tendency to suck her thumb in a suggestive manner while flirting with Marlowe. [[spoiler: The way things shake out she's really more of a PsychopathicWomanchild.]]
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* DumbBlonde: Carmen. In fact, she acts so weirdly childlike that she might be [[invoked]][[AmbiguousDisorder mildly mentally handicapped]] -- [[spoiler: Marlowe is certainly of the opinion that she ought to be placed in a mental institution at the end of the novel.]]
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* DumbBlonde: Carmen. In fact, she acts so weirdly childlike that she might be [[invoked]][[AmbiguousDisorder [[invoked]][[DiagnosedByTheAudience mildly mentally handicapped]] -- [[spoiler: Marlowe is certainly of the opinion that she ought to be placed in a mental institution at the end of the novel.]]
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* ChandlersLaw: Being written by the [[Creator/RaymondChandler Trope Namer]] this naturally occurs in spades, with several scenes kicking into overdrive by the appearance of someone holding a gun.
