Build a movie plot around this: How much money does Lindsay Marriott offer Marlowe? $100
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Marlowe is in a police station, a bandage over his eyes. He explains what happened in a flashback.Moose Malloy comes in to Marlowe's office. He's just got out of prison and wants Marlowe to find his ex-girlfriend, who he's not seen in eight years. Malloy takes him to a place called Florian's, where his ex used to work. They go into the bar. The bar goes quiet as they walk in. The boss comes over and warns them that he wants no trouble. Malloy walks over to a girl in the bar but the boss warns him not to bother the customers. The man throws the boss across the room. Marlowe tries to intervene, but Moose doesn't remember him. The take a couple of bottles from the bar and leave. Malloy tells Marlowe that they were to be married. Her name was Velma Valento.Marlowe traces the wife of the previous owner of Florian's. She appears to be very drunk. She gives him a file of clippings but tries to hide a picture of Valento. Marlowe takes it. Mrs. Florian tells him she's never heard of Moose Malloy and demands that he leave. He does, but then watches her through the window as she makes a phone call, apparently not as drunk as she seemed.Marlowe returns to his office to find Lindsay Marriott waiting in his office. He hires Marlowe to accompany him to a rendezvous to make a business transaction, exchanging a jade necklace for cash. Arriving at the spot, Marlowe gets out to look around. Gun drawn, he walks some distance into the bushes. Finding nothing but a deer, he returns to the car, where he is coldcocked by a blackjack.When he awakens, a woman asks if he is all right, then, apparently recognizing him, runs. Marriott has been killed and dumped in the back seat.Cut to a police station where Marlowe is being interrogated about the murder. They argue and then Marlowe is released, but tell Marlowe they think Jules Amthor is mixed up in this.This time, returning to his office, a woman is waiting. She tells him her name is Miss Allison, but he grabs her purse and finds she is actually Ann Grayle. She tries to storm out but...