Characters in Playback

Philip Marlowe

The world-weary private investigator, older and more tender in his final case.

Also in The Big Sleep, The Raymond Chandler omnibus, Farewell, My Lovely, The High Window, The Lady in the Lake, The Little Sister, The Long Goodbye, Ο κίνδυνος είναι η δουλειά μου, The Finger Man

Betty Mayfield

The young woman Marlowe is hired to follow, running from her past.

Clyde Umney

Linda Loring

Also in The Long Goodbye

Larry Mitchell

Clark Brandon

Helen Vermilyea

Ross Goble

Ceferino Chang

Henry Cumberland

Henry Clarendon IV

Major Javonen

Margo West

Richard Harvest