TV series
“HE'S THE REASON CRIME DOESN'T PAY”
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is a British mystery series that aired on ITV in the United Kingdom under the shorter title 'Marlowe, Private Eye' and on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through June 3, 1986. The series features Powers Boothe as Raymond Chandler's titular character, and was the first drama produced for HBO.
2 seasons · 11 episodes
S2 E1Blackmailers Don't Shoot
Apr 27, 198660 min
Marlowe is hired by a mobster to protect his actress girlfriend, who is inadvertently kidnapped.
S2 E2Spanish Blood
May 4, 198660 min
Marlowe's best friend, lawyer Spanish Delaguerra (Leon Elkaim), is running for District Attorney. When Spanish is killed, and the body of the current DA is later discovered at Spanish's hideaway cabin, Marlowe finds himself embroiled with c
S2 E3Pickup on Noon Street
May 11, 198660 min
Token Ware (Robin Givens), is a pretty but naive cigarette girl with dreams of Hollywood stardom. Trimmer Waltz (Al Waxman) offers to help her meet all the right people, but what he really has in mind is to do a favor for Rupert Eaton, a ch
S2 E4Guns at Cyrano's
May 18, 198660 min
Mobster and promoter Benny Cyrano has a sweet deal with the new boxing commissioner, Senator Courtway (John Ireland), and high hopes for his fair-haired boxer of the moment, Duke Targo. When Cyrano hires Philip Marlowe to find out who is th
S2 E5Trouble Is My Business
May 25, 198660 min
Marlowe (Powers Boothe) is hired by a dying millionaire to clean up his spendthrift son's gambling debts by digging up dirt on the pretty shill helping him drink his way through the family fortune. But Harriet Huntress is brighter than your
S2 E6Red Wind
Jun 3, 198660 min
Anything can happen when the Santa Ana wind blows through town, as a late night murder in a bar sets Marlowe off on a new case. There's a woman with a secret, a missing pearl necklace, an affair that could destroy a career, and another corp
