Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe?s got his work cut out - and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse ... Starring Toby Stephens as Philip Marlowe - our lonely, restless, hard-drinking hero. From James Bond baddie to star of BBC2's popular new comedy drama VEXED, featuring two maverick sleuths. Toby Stephens' previous credits include Prince John in ROBIN HOOD and Mr Rochester in the acclaimed BBC adaptation of JANE EYRE.