Liam Neeson is the famous film noir detective in the new trailer for Marlowe. Neeson has been an Oscar nominee in his career, but now the veteran actor is mostly associated with B-level action movies, which he continues to churn out with regularity despite having “retired” from the genre on more than one occasion. Neeson’s next film is something of a change of pace, however. Instead of a bruising modern-day action movie, Marlowe is a period-set film noir thriller starring Neeson as Raymond Chandler’s iconic literary detective Philip Marlowe.

In the new trailer for Marlowe from Open Road Films, Neeson shares the screen with Jessica Lange and Diane Kruger in what looks to be a noirish feast for fans of the venerable movie genre.

Echoes of classic noirs like Chinatown can be felt all over the clip, which promises a visually rich and very stylish evocation of 1930s Los Angeles.