Film Noir

Most of the women Marlowe comes across only play minor roles.

There are various beautiful women among the cast that were just drawn to Marlowe. ll the multiple people he interacted with. At times it is a little hard to see the affection between the two being real but it is the remarks between the two that makes it work. She was so intrigued by Marlowe that it’s unexplainable. I bet most men wish they had the swiftness of Marlowe. There is Martha Vickers as Carmen Sternwood who seemed like she was always drugged or drunk when we saw her, she tries to jump into his lap while he's still standing.

Joy Barlow, the brunette who plays the female tax-driver who appears in one brief scene seems like more of a tough girl. Carmen is beautiful but childish, every time she saw Marlowe she would flirt with him saying how cute he was.

It seems like every female in the cast wants to get her hands on Marlowe, including a quick and easy Dorothy Malone, bored in her specs while clerking at a book store. He has so much effect on her that she closes her store early and changers her appearance so quickly to astonish Marlowe, and then brings out some liquor to drink with him. The private eye is in a tough spot, falling for the beautiful dame with a secret she does not want to share. The interconnection across the whole film is immaculate.