The Big Sleep

Name: The Big Sleep
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1946
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 7.6

1946 · 114 min

Mystery · Crime · Thriller

★ 7.6

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Trailer

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

Crew

Director Howard Hawks
Screenplay Leigh Brackett
Screenplay William Faulkner
Screenplay Jules Furthman
Director of Photography Sidney Hickox

Cast

Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody
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Charles Waldron
General Sternwood
Regis Toomey
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darrin
Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.
Harry Jones
Bob Steele
Lash Canino
Dorothy Malone
Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen
Mona Mars

Crew

Director — Howard Hawks
Screenplay — Leigh Brackett
Screenplay — William Faulkner
Screenplay — Jules Furthman
Director of Photography — Sidney Hickox

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