Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
| Editing | Gene Ruggiero | Editor |
| Writing | Steve Fisher | Screenplay |
| Camera | Paul Vogel | Director of Photography |
| Production | George Haight | Producer |
| Writing | Raymond Chandler | Novel |
| Writing | Raymond Chandler | Screenplay |
| Sound | David Snell | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Robert Montgomery | Director |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Crew | A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| Art | E. Preston Ames | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Dawn | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Sound | Maurice Goldman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Robert E. Barnes | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Dolph Zimmer | Assistant Director |
| Art | Thomas Theuerkauf | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Camera | J. Harper | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Wally Heglin | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Rudolph G. Kopp | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Robert Spencer | Stand In |
