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The Big Sleep

The picture they were born for!

  • Movie
  • 1946
  • NR
  • 1h 54m

Directed by Howard Hawks

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 1,219 votes

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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 and crew

  • Humphrey Bogart

    Humphrey BogartPhilip Marlowe

  • Lauren Bacall

    Lauren BacallVivian Sternwood Rutledge

  • John Ridgely

    John RidgelyEddie Mars

  • Martha Vickers

    Martha VickersCarmen Sternwood

  • Louis Jean Heydt

    Louis Jean HeydtJoe Brody

  • Charles WaldronGeneral Sternwood

  • Regis Toomey

    Regis ToomeyChief Inspector Bernie Ohls

  • Sonia Darrin

    Sonia DarrinAgnes Lowzier (uncredited)

  • Elisha Cook Jr.

    Elisha Cook Jr.Harry Jones

  • Bob Steele

    Bob SteeleLash Canino

  • Dorothy Malone

    Dorothy MaloneAcme Bookstore Proprietress

  • Peggy Knudsen

    Peggy KnudsenMona Mars

  • Charles D. Brown

    Charles D. BrownNorris the Butler

  • Trevor Bardette

    Trevor BardetteArt Huck (uncredited)

  • Joy BarlowTaxi Driver (uncredited)

  • Max Barwyn

    Max BarwynMax - Head Waiter (uncredited)

  • Deannie Best

    Deannie BestWaitress (uncredited)

  • Tanis Chandler

    Tanis ChandlerWaitress (uncredited)

Director
Howard Hawks
Writer
Leigh Brackett, William Faulkner and Jules Furthman
Music
Max Steiner
Cinematography
Sidney Hickox