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← Back to season. Series Cast 17. Michael Gambon. Philip Marlow (6 Episodes)
The Singing Detective (TV Mini Series 1986– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Singing Detective: With Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley, David Ryall. Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
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- 1986-11-16
- Drama, Musical, Mystery
- 70
As a result of constant pain, a fever caused by the condition and his refusal to take medication, Marlow falls into a fantasy world involving his Chandleresque novel The Singing Detective, an escapist and noir adventure about a detective (also named "Philip Marlow") who sings at a dance hall and takes the jobs refused by "the guys who don't sing". Marlow is "plot-dreaming", trying out various ...
Philip E. Marlow 2 Episodes 1986. Patrick Malahide. Mark Binney/Mark Finney/Raymond 4 Episodes 1986. Janet Suzman. Nicola 3 Episodes 1986. Alison Steadman. Mrs. Marlow/Lili 2 Episodes 1986. Joanne ...
- Jon Amiel
- 1
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90 %. November 16, 1986 • 1h 10m. Pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow is in hospital with the skin complaint psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future. His memories, his 1930s-style gumshoe fiction and his disease weave him an altered reality. Expand.
