Who was the director of the 1969 neo-noir film starring the actor who played Bret Maverick in the 1950s western comedy series "Maverick" ?
Marlowe (film) Marlowe is a 1969 neo-noir film starring James Garner as Raymond Chandler's private detective Philip Marlowe. Directed by Paul Bogart, the film was written by Stirling Silliphant based on Chandler's 1949 novel "The Little Sister".
Joseph H. Lewis Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907 – August 30, 2000) was an American B-movie film director whose stylish flourishes came to be appreciated by auteur theory-espousing film critics in the years following his retirement in 1966. In a 30-year directorial career, he helmed numerous low-budget westerns, action pictures and thrillers and is remembered for original mysteries "My Name Is Julia Ross" (1945) and "So Dark the Night" (1946) as well as his most-highly regarded feature, 1949's "Gun Crazy", which spotlighted a desperate young couple (Peggy Cummins and John Dall) who embark on a deadly crime spree.