The Long Goodbye

Philip Marlowe is hired by Eileen Wade, the platinum-blonde trophy wife of Roger Wade, an alcoholic novelist with writer's block, whose macho, Hemingway-like persona is proving self-destructive. Eileen confesses that Roger had been having an affair with Sylvia, and might have killed her. He shoots and kills Terry Lennox, then walks away, passing Eileen on her way to meeting Terry.