this amusing and sometimes poignant look at the hollywood detective genre of the 1940 and 1950 star robert sacci a an unnamed former cop who retire and use his life saving to pay for plastic surgery to transform his image into that of his idol and humphrey bogart and then set up shop a a private eye under the name sam marlowe . robert sacchi and incidentally and be one of the rare few bogart impersonator who get the lisp exactly right while more to the point and the body and facial language be there . for awhile and sam only client be his landlady and who want him to find her undersized boyfriend and and his only conversational foil be his secretary and simply call dutchess ( misty rowe ) and who in his own word and look like marilyn monroe and make about as much sense a gracie allen and and have a passion for banana split . then he encounter elsa ( olivia hussey ) and the plain and sweet and virginal daughter of a retired prop master who have be murder for no discernible reason . in the process of investigate the murder and sam shortly run across represent the gene tierney lookalike daughter ( michelle phillips ) of anastas and an avaricious and obscenely wealthy greek shipping tycoon ( victor buono and turning in a creditable sidney greenstreet ) and his hapless and long suffer second wife ( yvonne decarlo and who manage to play a variety of put upon emotion without say a word ) and his two smarmy henchman ( herbert lom and channel peter lorre and and jay robinson and do a reasonably accurate lionel atwill ) and and anastas vicious and amoral middle eastern potentate ( franco nero ) who come complete with a glamorus and bafflingly loyal mistress ( sybil danning ) and all of whom would give anything to acquire the eye of alexander and two huge and perfectly match star sapphire . when elsa be murder and marlowe interest in solve the case become personal and and he set out through a labyrinth of los angeles landmark and include the hollywood bowl and the scatological and esoteric attraction of hollywood boulevard and and santa catalina island in pursuit of the rock and determine to get at them before either of the two wealthy competitor . throw in cameo by mike mazurki and assorted others and the traditional dumb but sympathetic ally on the police force and and a plethora of nicely draw character turn that provide dimension to practically all player and and despite an unfortunate title song and you have and to my mind and a thoroughly enjoyable movie experience .