[2] Like the Marlowe in Chandler's novels, the detective worked alone in the TV show, but he "had become a much more gentlemanly sort than on the printed page.
"[2] In at least one episode, "Murder is a Grave Affair", Marlowe says he was an "ex-cop", a departure from Chandler where his working background was the district attorney's office.
As each episode progressed, viewers had the same information that Marlowe had, enabling them to try to solve the crime along with him.
The directors were Irvin Kershner, Robert Ellis Miller, and Paul Stewart.
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