Nina Van Pallandt

Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.

This 24-character tragic comedy runs several simultaneous plot lines with director Robert Altman's signature mastery, featuring Lillian Gish, Carol Burnett, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Mia Farrow are among the stars. 

Elliott Gould is private eye Philip Marlowe in Robert Altman's wry, neo-noir adaptation of Raymond Chandler. Altman updates the '50s Hollywood of Chandler's novel to the 1970s.