Chandler (film)

Chandler also known as Open Shadow is a 1971 neo noir film directed by Paul Magwood and based on a story of his own creation. The film stars Warren Oates as a man with the single name of Chandler as in Raymond, he says at one point. It costars Leslie Caron, married at the time to the films producer, Michael Laughlin. Cameo roles feature Gloria Grahame and Scatman Crothers.

After quitting a position as a security guard, Chandler is offered a job by old friend Bernie Oakman, unaware that Bernies been asked by Carmady to find a suitable patsy. Chandler gets his gun back from a pawn shop and follows the French woman Creighton from the moment of her arrival in Los Angeles. He becomes acquainted with her on a train to Monterey, California without revealing that he is tailing her, but soon intervenes when Creighton is assaulted and thrown into the trunk of a car.Chandler becomes romantically involved with the woman, against his better judgment, repeatedly telling her, Youll do. The two of them end up trapped near an isolated beach, ambushed by Carmady and his associate Kincaid, shooting it out. ........

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