Raymond Chandler Studios. Four chapters of a novel, unfinished at his death, were transformed into a final Philip Marlowe novel, "Poodle Springs", by the mystery writer and Chandler admirer Robert B. Parker, in 1989. Parker shares the authorship with Chandler. Parker subsequently wrote a sequel to "The Big Sleep" entitled "Perchance to Dream", which was salted with quotes from the original novel. Chandler's final Marlowe short story, circa 1957, was entitled "The Pencil". It later provided the basis of an episode of the HBO miniseries (1983–86), "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye", starring Powers Boothe as Marlowe. In 2014, "The Princess and the Pedlar"
The Killers (1946 film) Europe, then years later in America. Scenes from "The Killers" were used in the Carl Reiner film noir spoof "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982). starring Steve Martin. "Seven" screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker has written a screenplay for a new adaptation of "The Killers". The Killers (1946 film) The Killers (also known as A Man Alone) is a 1946 American film noir directed by Robert Siodmak and based in part on the 1927 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. It stars Burt Lancaster in his film debut, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, and Sam Levene. The film also