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This is one of only two movies that Bruce Lee did where he speaks with his own natural voice. The other is Enter the Dragon (1973). This is also the only film in which Lee played a villain.
James Garner and Rita Moreno first met and became great friends on this project. She'd later have a recurring role in Garner's The Rockford Files (1974).
In the nightclub, Marlowe (James Garner) takes a sip of wine and, smirking, judges it to be; "impertinent. . .even baroque." These were the exact words which a character in Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge (published a year earlier) had used to describe Garner's butt in an excerpt from an obtuse film journal which appeared in the novel. Obviously, an inside joke and from Garner's smarmy delivery of what was otherwise a pointless remark, he was very much in on the gag.
Although the movie was released as Marlowe (1969), the end credits list the picture's title as "The Little Sister" (the Raymond Chandler 1949 novel on which the film is based). The novel "The Little Sister" was set in 1940's Los Angeles. The film retains the book's setting, but its time period was updated to 1960's L.A. The book was the fifth Phillip Marlowe novel in Raymond Chandler's series. Writer Stirling Silliphant said he had to create "90% of the dialogue" because he felt Chandler's original was "dated."
The phone number seen in the opening scene in the hotel, 555-2368, is the same number seen in the opening credits on The Rockford Files (1974).
"Winslow Wong: May I reach for my pocket? Philip Marlowe: It would give me great pleasure to see you do something foolish."
"Thug: [blocking Marlowe and gesturing toward the parking lot] Car. Philip Marlowe: [condescendingly] Beep, beep. [Marlowe tries to walk away, but is blocked by two more thugs] Thug: Car. Philip Marlowe: For a guy with a limited vocabulary, you do make your point."
