Two friends: a cat and a murdered

“The long good bye” directed by Robert Altman.
“I have two friends in the world. One is a cat. The other is a murderer.” – Elliot Gould as Phillip Marlowe
“The mystery itself isn’t important. Altman’s agenda is targeting LA in something resembling simultaneously satire and in-joke. He uses the anachronistic throwback of a detective in contrast with the health-conscious, weed-smoking, liberal Los Angeles residents of the early Seventies.”