Film
The Big Sleep
1946 · 1h 54m · Mystery · Crime · Thriller
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- IMDb
- 7.9
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 96%
- Metacritic
- 86
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Overview
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.
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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
Charles D. Brown
Norris the Butler
Trevor Bardette
Art Huck (uncredited)
Joy Barlow
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Crew
- Howard HawksProducer · Director
- Leigh BrackettScreenplay
- William FaulknerScreenplay
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
- Raymond ChandlerNovel
- Jack L. WarnerExecutive Producer
- Sidney HickoxDirector of Photography
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Christian NybyEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 22, 1946
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $250,000
- Revenue
- $10,682,000
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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