a remote garage, where he is overpowered and taken prisoner. Mars' supposedly missing wife Mona (Diana Quick) is there as well. At a moment when Canino is out, Marlowe persuades her to set him free. In a shootout, he then kills Canino. Camilla appears to be grateful to Marlowe and asks him to teach her how to use the gun so that she can protect herself. He takes her to a wood and sets up an empty can on the ruins of a Roman castle for her to use as a target. She points the gun at him and pulls the trigger repeatedly, but Marlowe was prepared for this and had given her a gun loaded with blanks. She becomes hysterical at the ruse and he takes her home. It turns out that the emotionally disturbed Camilla had murdered her sister's husband Rusty and that Charlotte had covered everything up with Eddie Mars' help. After confronting Charlotte with the facts, Marlowe tells her to have Camilla hospitalized. He then drives away from the Sternwood residence the same way he came in, hoping that the gravely ill general will never know the complete truth. Cast Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe Sarah Miles as Charlotte Sternwood Regan Richard Boone as Lash Canino Candy Clark as Camilla Sternwood Joan Collins as Agnes Lozelle Edward Fox as Joe Brody John Mills as Inspector Jim Carson James Stewart as General Sternwood Oliver Reed as Eddie Mars Harry Andrews as Norris the butler Colin Blakely as Harry Jones Richard Todd as Commander Barker Diana Quick as Mona Grant James Donald as Inspector Gregory John Justin as Arthur Geiger Simon Fisher Turner as Karl Lundgren Martin Potter as Owen Taylor Production The film was originally developed for United Artists, as when that studio bought the Warner Bros. library they obtained the remake rights. It went to the Rank Organisation before eventually finding finance via Lew Grade. Michael Winner said an American was meant to adapt it but did not agree with changing the locale to Britain so Winner did it first. "I've changed the storyline far less than in the Hawks film", said Winner. Diana Quick performs the song "Won't Somebody Dance with Me", a ballad composed by Lynsey De Paul. Critical response Roger Ebert gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that "despite all the great costumes and sets and London locations they’re