Zlecenie, jakie Philip Marlowe, prywatny detektyw, dostaje od generała Sternwooda, wydaje się proste. Ten bliski śmierci, poruszający się na wózku, bogaty weteran wielu wojen, ma dwie córki. A jedna

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