The Singing Detective

Penicillin bottles rattling like dice on his nightstand. A fever-sweat soaks the detective pulp pages pressed to his chest. The walls whisper lyrics only he can place. Each fever dream twists Chandler into Chandler—a private eye who smells of menthol and betrayal. Through the haze the pages bleed into reality. A mid-career valentine to pulp fatalism, tricked out in Robert Altman’s jazzy pajamas.

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Keith Gordon directed The Singing Detective in 2003. See Keith Gordon's full filmography, where to start with Keith Gordon, or where to go after you've seen everything by Keith Gordon.

The Singing Detective was released in 2003 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 109 minutes.