Which crime writer created the private detective Philip Marlowe?
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye the show set in the 1930s, true to the original Raymond Chandler stories. The series chronicles the cases of private detective Philip Marlowe. Set in Los Angeles during the 1930s, storylines were adapted from Chandler's short stories. "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" aired in two short runs beginning in April 1983 to June 1983 in the US and May 1984 in the UK. The second run began in April 1986 and ended in June 1986. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is an American mystery series that aired on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through
Philip Marlowe names of the protagonists to Philip Marlowe. His first two stories, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot" and "Smart-Aleck Kill" (with a detective named Mallory), were never altered in print but did join the others as Marlowe cases for the television series "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye". Marlowe's character is foremost within the genre of hardboiled crime fiction that originated in the 1920s, notably in "Black Mask" magazine, in which Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op and Sam Spade first appeared. Underneath the wisecracking, hard-drinking, tough private eye, Marlowe is quietly contemplative and philosophical and enjoys chess and poetry. While he is not afraid to