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The Big Sleep

The picture they were born for!

1946 1h 54m ★ 7.6 (1,203 votes) Released

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: Howard Hawks (Director) · William Faulkner (Screenplay) · Leigh Brackett (Screenplay) · Jules Furthman (Screenplay)

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Philip Marlowe

Lauren Bacall

Vivian Sternwood Rutledge

John Ridgely

Eddie Mars

Martha Vickers

Carmen Sternwood

Louis Jean Heydt

Joe Brody

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

Keywords

based on novel or bookgamblingpoisonblackmaildetectivedrug addictionsisterfilm noirmurderprivate investigator

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