Philip Marlowe - The Lady in the Lake

Raymond Chandler's world-weary Philip Marlowe must leave the smog of Los Angeles on the trail of a killer.

Blonde, beautiful and wild, Crystal Kingsley had never exactly been the faithful little wife.

But when she's missing for a month and a woman's body surfaces in an isolated mountain lake, Murder-A-Day Marlowe is back in business.

Ed Bishop stars as the private-eye in this powerfully atmospheric drama.

Marlowe is a cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking private detective whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again - in search of some kind of justice.

Raymond Chandler's detective novel, first published in 1943.

Dramatised by Bill Morrison.

Philip Marlowe …. Ed Bishop
Lieutenant Al Degarmo …. Harry Towb
Crystal Kingsley …. Toby Robins
Adrienne Fromsett …. Margaret Robertson
Derace Kingsley …. Don Fellows
Bill Chess …. Paul Maxwell
Constable Jim Patton …. Ramsay Williams
Captain Webber …. William Roberts
Chris Lavery …. Peter Marinker
Birdie Keppel …. Nicolette McKenzie
Mrs Talley …. Tucker McGuire
Mildred Haviland/Mrs Fallbrook …. Toby Robins
Tex …. Paul Meier
Dobbs …. Bruce Beeby
Cooney …. Michael Harbour
Hotel Clerk …. Kenneth Shanley

Director: John Tydeman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.