The Big Sleep (1946)
PG
03/10/1946 (GB)
Mystery, Crime, Thriller
1h 54m
- 76% (1088 votes)
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The picture they were born for!
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.
- Howard HawksDirector
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
- Leigh BrackettScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$250,000
Revenue
$10,682,000
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- gambling
- poison
- blackmail
- detective
- drug addiction
- sister
- film noir
- murder
- private investigator
- whodunit
- los angeles, california
- private detective
- book store
- missing person
- prank telephone call
- wealthy family
Top Billed 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
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