Top cast:Jason Bateman,Rebecca Hall,Joel Edgerton
Director:Lem B. Parker
Genre:Romance
Region:Lebanon
Year:2008
Storyline:There isn""t one.Marlowe: The girl in Geiger""s bookstore didn""t know that.Clerk: Oh, I see.You begin to interest me - vaguely.Marlowe: I""m a private dick on a case.Perhaps I""m asking too much, although it doesn""t seem too much to me somehow.Clerk: Well, Geiger""s in his early forties, medium height, fattish, soft all over, Charlie Chan mustache, well-dressed, wears a black hat, affects a knowledge of antiques and hasn""t any, and, oh yes, I think his left eye is glass.It was adapted for a Broadway stage play (by producer Charles Laughton) with Lloyd Nolan as Captain Queeg and Henry Fonda as Lt.Tracy, we must just be ourselves.Very much ourselves."As part of the deal, Connor and Liz are not informed hat Tracy, Dinah, and Mrs.Lord know about their true identities and what they are really there for.Dexter gives a brief description of the two reporters: "The girl""s quite nice.He writes short stories, very down-to-earth."In the parlor, Mike (with his research cards) begins questioning Dexter about Tracy""s fiancee, George Kittredge.] Without the film""s theme music to convey additional meaning to the scene, McPherson sees the portrait for the first time and reacts cooly and bluntly: "Not bad.