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Release year: 1971

Storyline

A hardboiled aging private eye is hired to find and protect a missing government witness sought after by the gangsters. The witness is a beautiful French woman and even the cops can't be trusted. The case is tough, but so is Chandler.

Top credits

Directors

Paul Magwood

Writers

Cast

Warren Oates — Chandler
Leslie Caron — Katherine
Alex Dreier — Carmady
Mitchell Ryan — Kincaid

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Did you know

• According to "Uprising at MGM," a Time Magazine article of Dec. 27, 1971, director Paul Magwood and producer Michael Laughlin placed a black-bordered ad in the Hollywood Reporter apologizing for the movie, claiming that MGM studio chief James T. Aubrey had severely re-cut Chandler (1971) and added previously deleted scenes, in Aubrey's judgment, to simplify the plot. Aubrey also allegedly changed the film score from 1940s-type music to something more contemporary. The producer and director also claimed that Magwood was denied entry to the editing room while Aubrey revised the film.

• Some scenes of the film were shot in Leslie Caron's home, in LA.

• As of 2016, the Toro Place Cafe was still there and in business at 665 Monterey Salinas Highway in Salinas, California, USA.