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font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">The High Window <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+High+Window&rft.author=%5B%5BRaymond+Chandler%5D%5D&rft.date=1942&rft.pub=%5B%5BAlfred+A.+Knopf%5D%5D&rft.place=United+States&rft.pages=240+pp&rft.series=%5B%5BPhilip+Marlowe%5D%5D"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:RaymondChandler_TheHighWindow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/22/RaymondChandler_TheHighWindow.jpg/220px-RaymondChandler_TheHighWindow.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/RaymondChandler_TheHighWindow.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="264" data-file-height="376" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cover of the first edition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Chandler" title="Raymond Chandler">Raymond Chandler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Marlowe" title="Philip Marlowe">Philip Marlowe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detective_fiction" title="Detective fiction">Detective</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crime" title="Crime">Crime</a>, <a href="/wiki/Novel" title="Novel">Novel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf" title="Alfred A. Knopf">Alfred A. Knopf</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1942</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (<a href="/wiki/Hardcover" title="Hardcover">Hardcover</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">240 pp</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Farewell,_My_Lovely" title="Farewell, My Lovely">Farewell, My Lovely</a> </i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Followed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lady_in_the_Lake" title="The Lady in the Lake">The Lady in the Lake</a> </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The High Window</b></i> is a 1942 novel written by <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Chandler" title="Raymond Chandler">Raymond Chandler</a>. It is his third novel featuring the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> <a href="/wiki/Private_investigator" title="Private investigator">private detective</a> <a href="/wiki/Philip_Marlowe" title="Philip Marlowe">Philip Marlowe</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_High_Window&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Private detective <a href="/wiki/Philip_Marlowe" title="Philip Marlowe">Philip Marlowe</a> is hired by wealthy widow Elizabeth Bright Murdock to recover a missing <a href="/wiki/Brasher_Doubloon_(coin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brasher Doubloon (coin)">Brasher Doubloon</a>, a rare and valuable coin. Mrs. Murdock suspects it was stolen by her son's estranged wife, former singer Linda Conquest. Returning to his office, Marlowe is followed by a blond man in a coupe. </p><p>Mrs. Murdock's son Leslie visits Marlowe and tries to learn why his mother hired him. He reveals that he owes nightclub owner Alex Morny a large sum of money. Marlowe learns that Linda had two friends: Lois Magic and a Mr. Vannier; Magic is now married to Morny. Marlowe visits Mrs. Morny at home and finds her with Vannier, who acts suspiciously. He is again tailed by the blond in the coupe and confronts him. The man identifies himself as George Anson Phillips, an amateurish private detective, who wants to enlist Marlowe's help on a case he cannot handle. Marlowe agrees to meet him at his apartment later. </p><p>Marlowe visits a rare coin dealer, Mr. Morningstar, who confirms that someone tried to sell him a Brasher Doubloon. Marlowe agrees to buy it back the next day, and after leaving overhears Morningstar trying to call Phillips. Marlowe keeps his appointment with Phillips but finds him dead. Police arrest the drunk next door for the murder and give Marlowe an <a href="/wiki/Ultimatum" title="Ultimatum">ultimatum</a> to reveal all he knows. </p><p>Marlowe receives an unaddressed package containing the coin. He calls Mrs. Murdock, but she claims the coin has already been returned to her. Marlowe returns to Morningstar and finds him dead. Morny's henchman invites Marlowe to visit Morny at his nightclub, where Linda is singing. Morny demands to know why Marlowe visited his wife, but eventually realizes he is not Marlowe's quarry. Morny offers to hire Marlowe to investigate Vannier, giving him a suspicious receipt for dentistry chemicals that Vannier lost. Marlowe also talks to Linda and decides she is probably not involved in the theft. </p><p>Returning to the Murdocks, Marlowe is told a story he doesn’t believe: Leslie gave the coin to Morny to secure his debts, then changed his mind and retrieved it. Marlowe leaves, beginning to suspect a dark secret involving Merle, the timid family secretary, and Mrs. Murdock's first husband, Horace Bright, who died falling out of a window. The police say the drunk has confessed to the murder of Phillips, but Marlowe discovers he is covering for his landlord and is unlikely to be the real murderer. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1787_Brasher_Doubloon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/1787_Brasher_Doubloon.jpg/220px-1787_Brasher_Doubloon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/1787_Brasher_Doubloon.jpg/330px-1787_Brasher_Doubloon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/1787_Brasher_Doubloon.jpg/440px-1787_Brasher_Doubloon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3392" data-file-height="1750" /></a><figcaption>A 1787 <a href="/wiki/Brasher_Doubloon" title="Brasher Doubloon">Brasher Doubloon</a>, the same type featured in <i>The High Window</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Merle arrives at Marlowe's apartment having a <a href="/wiki/Nervous_breakdown" class="mw-redirect" title="Nervous breakdown">nervous breakdown</a>. She claims to have shot Vannier, although her story doesn’t make sense. Marlowe visits Vannier's home, finds him dead and discovers a photo of a man falling from a window with a woman behind him. Morny and Magic arrive, and Marlowe hides while Morny tricks his wife into leaving her fingerprints on the gun near the body to incriminate her. After they leave, Marlowe puts the dead man's prints on the gun instead. </p><p>Marlowe visits Mrs. Murdock and tells her he has figured out that Bright once tried to force himself on Merle, and she either pushed him or allowed him to fall out of a window to his death. Vannier knew this and was <a href="/wiki/Blackmail" title="Blackmail">blackmailing</a> the family. Mrs. Murdock says Marlowe is right and that she regrets ever hiring him. Marlowe then confronts Leslie, revealing that he knew Leslie and Vannier had a plot to <a href="/wiki/Counterfeiting" class="mw-redirect" title="Counterfeiting">duplicate the coin</a> using dental technology. They had Magic hire Phillips to sell the fakes, but Phillips was frightened by the assignment and mailed the coin to Marlowe. Vannier killed Phillips and Morningstar to cover his tracks. Leslie then killed Vannier when he threatened to ruin Leslie if their scheme ever got out. Leslie confirms the plot, but Marlowe declines to turn him in. The police discover Vannier's role in the counterfeiting and the murders of Phillips and Morningstar, but they rule his death a suicide. </p><p>Marlowe shows Merle the photograph of Bright being pushed out the window, which shows it was actually Mrs. Murdock who killed her husband and then blamed Merle for it. Marlowe drives her cross country, to the home of her parents, safely away from Mrs. Murdock. He watches her and her family as he drives away and says, "I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Themes">Themes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_High_Window&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Themes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the themes of Chandler's novels that differentiate Philip Marlowe from his <a href="/wiki/Hardboiled" title="Hardboiled">hardboiled</a> colleagues is that in spite of his cynicism, Marlowe exhibits the idealism of a <a href="/wiki/Romantic_hero" title="Romantic hero">Romantic hero</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nowhere is this more evident than in <i>The High Window</i>, in which Marlowe rescues a <a href="/wiki/Damsel_in_distress" title="Damsel in distress">damsel in distress</a> in the form of Merle. Chandler hints at the theme of Marlowe as a romantic knight in the language he uses in the novel to describe Marlowe, such as "shop-soiled <a href="/wiki/Sir_Galahad" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Galahad">Sir Galahad</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chandler often wrote about corruption in high places. The "Cassidy Case", which Marlowe relates to Breeze in chapter 15,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is actually a retelling of the real-life murder in Los Angeles of Ned Doheny, son of oil tycoon <a href="/wiki/Edward_Doheny" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Doheny">Edward Doheny</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_High_Window&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_High_Window&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two film adaptations of the novel have been made: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_to_Kill_(1942_film)" title="Time to Kill (1942 film)">Time to Kill</a></i> (1942), re-written to feature the series character <a href="/wiki/Michael_Shayne" title="Michael Shayne">Michael Shayne</a> (played by <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Nolan" title="Lloyd Nolan">Lloyd Nolan</a>) directed by Herbert I. Leeds</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brasher_Doubloon" title="The Brasher Doubloon">The Brasher Doubloon</a></i> (1947), directed by <a href="/wiki/John_Brahm" title="John Brahm">John Brahm</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/George_Montgomery_(actor)" title="George Montgomery (actor)">George Montgomery</a> as Marlowe</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_High_Window&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two radio adaptations of the novel have been made, as well: </p> <ul><li>17 October 1977 on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>, adapted by Bill Morrison, directed by <a href="/wiki/John_Tydeman" title="John Tydeman">John Tydeman</a>, and starring <a href="/wiki/Ed_Bishop" title="Ed Bishop">Ed Bishop</a> as Marlowe<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>8 October 2011, also on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a>, dramatized by Robin Brooks, directed by <a href="/wiki/Sasha_Yevtushenko" title="Sasha Yevtushenko">Sasha Yevtushenko</a>, and starring <a href="/wiki/Toby_Stephens" title="Toby Stephens">Toby Stephens</a>; it is available on CD<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_High_Window&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFChandler2002" class="citation book cs1">Chandler, Raymond (11 June 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HnUsTH0a6C4C&q=%22I+had+lost+it+and+would+never+remember+it+again%22"><i>The High Window: A Novel</i></a>. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781400030170" title="Special:BookSources/9781400030170"><bdi>9781400030170</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+High+Window%3A+A+Novel&rft.pub=Knopf+Doubleday+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2002-06-11&rft.isbn=9781400030170&rft.aulast=Chandler&rft.aufirst=Raymond&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHnUsTH0a6C4C%26q%3D%2522I%2Bhad%2Blost%2Bit%2Band%2Bwould%2Bnever%2Bremember%2Bit%2Bagain%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+High+Window" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGross1978" class="citation book cs1">Gross, Miriam (1978). "Preface". In Gross, Miriam (ed.). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/worldofraymondch00miri"><i>The World of Raymond Chandler</i></a></span>. New York: A & W Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89479-016-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89479-016-4"><bdi>978-0-89479-016-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Preface&rft.btitle=The+World+of+Raymond+Chandler&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=A+%26+W+Publishers&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=978-0-89479-016-4&rft.aulast=Gross&rft.aufirst=Miriam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fworldofraymondch00miri&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+High+Window" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNewman" class="citation web cs1">Newman, Robert. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://home.comcast.net/~mossrobert/html/criticism/newman.htm">"The Dialectic Aspect of Raymond Chandler's Novels"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Dialectic+Aspect+of+Raymond+Chandler%27s+Novels&rft.aulast=Newman&rft.aufirst=Robert&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.comcast.net%2F~mossrobert%2Fhtml%2Fcriticism%2Fnewman.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+High+Window" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChandler1976" class="citation book cs1">Chandler, Raymond (1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/highwindow00chan"><i>The High Window</i></a>. New York: Vintage Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-72141-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-394-72141-1"><bdi>0-394-72141-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+High+Window&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Vintage+Books&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-394-72141-1&rft.aulast=Chandler&rft.aufirst=Raymond&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhighwindow00chan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+High+Window" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChandler1995" class="citation book cs1">Chandler, Raymond (1995). <i>Stories & Early Novels</i>. 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Goodbye</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Playback_(novel)" title="Playback (novel)">Playback</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poodle_Springs" title="Poodle Springs">Poodle Springs</a></i> (unfinished)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Marlowe" title="Philip Marlowe">Philip Marlowe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short stories<br />and collections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Blackmailers_Don%27t_Shoot" title="Blackmailers Don't Shoot">Blackmailers Don't Shoot</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nevada_Gas" title="Nevada Gas">Nevada Gas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smart-Aleck_Kill" title="Smart-Aleck Kill">Smart-Aleck Kill</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simple_Art_of_Murder" title="The Simple Art of Murder">The Simple Art of Murder</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Killer_in_the_Rain" title="Killer in the Rain">Killer in the Rain</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Chandler_Speaking" title="Raymond Chandler Speaking">Raymond Chandler Speaking</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Screenplays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Indemnity" title="Double Indemnity">Double Indemnity</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/And_Now_Tomorrow" title="And Now Tomorrow">And Now Tomorrow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Unseen_(1945_film)" title="The Unseen (1945 film)">The Unseen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Dahlia" title="The Blue Dahlia">The Blue Dahlia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strangers_on_a_Train_(film)" title="Strangers on a Train (film)">Strangers on a Train</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_to_Kill_(1942_film)" title="Time to Kill (1942 film)">Time to Kill</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Falcon_Takes_Over" title="The Falcon Takes Over">The Falcon Takes Over</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder,_My_Sweet" title="Murder, My Sweet">Murder, My Sweet</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Sleep_(1946_film)" title="The Big Sleep (1946 film)">The Big Sleep</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_in_the_Lake" title="Lady in the Lake">Lady in the Lake</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brasher_Doubloon" title="The Brasher Doubloon">The Brasher Doubloon</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marlowe_(1969_film)" title="Marlowe (1969 film)">Marlowe</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Long_Goodbye_(film)" title="The Long Goodbye (film)">The Long Goodbye</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Farewell,_My_Lovely_(1975_film)" title="Farewell, My Lovely (1975 film)">Farewell, My Lovely</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Sleep_(1978_film)" title="The Big Sleep (1978 film)">The Big Sleep</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poodle_Springs_(film)" title="Poodle Springs (film)">Poodle Springs</a></i> (1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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