Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.
Videodisc release of the 1973 motion picture.
Special features include widescreen format; "Rip Van Marlowe" featurette with Robert Altman and Elliot Gould; Vilmos Zsigmond flashes The long goodbye; American Cinematographer reprint of 1973 article; radio spots; original theatrical trailer.
Leigh Brackett, screenplay ; Elliott Kastner, executive producer ; Jerry Bick, producer ; music composed and conducted by John T. Williams.
Soundtracks in English or French; English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.