The Adventures of Philip Marlowe — 1951

Marlowe heads to Long Beach and finds a shooting gallery -- and murder -- along the rainbow pier.

Marlowe's plan for a lazy Saturday collapses when an elderly woman is swindled by a suspiciously helpful driver -- and a gun ends up in his ribs.

A redhead named Marney Carr approaches Marlowe in a bar and then disappears, plunging him into a murder case.

A tangle on his shared telephone line pulls Marlowe from home into a case of murder, a burglar and the city library.

An elderly man hires Marlowe to find his missing wife, Amy Harper -- the woman who was his whole life.

A burlesque house and skid row set the stage as Marlowe works a case of wine, women and murder.

Already engaged elsewhere, Marlowe agrees to help a lovely young woman whose flock of sheep comes with a flock of trouble.

A woman deep in gambling debt schemes to pawn her insured jewelry behind her husband's back, and Marlowe is drawn into the plan.

In the series finale, a strange tapping sound leads Marlowe to a shooting and a houseful of people all searching for something.