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The Big Sleep (1946)

Directed by Howard Hawks

Film Noir | Crime | Mystery

Most recently watched by loganpm

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.

Rated NR | Length 114 minutes

Actors

Humphrey Bogart | Lauren Bacall | John Ridgely | Martha Vickers | Elisha Cook Jr. | Charles Waldron | Dorothy Malone | Regis Toomey | Peggy Knudsen | Charles D. Brown | Bob Steele | Louis Jean Heydt | Sonia Darrin | Trevor Bardette | Joy Barlow | Max Barwyn | Deannie Best | Tanis Chandler | Jack Chefe | James Conaty | Joseph Crehan | Jack Deery | Carole Douglas | Jay Eaton | Tom Fadden | Bess Flowers | Kenneth Gibson | Joe Gilbert | Stuart Hall | Shep Houghton | Kenner G. Kemp | Pete Kooy | Lorraine Miller | Forbes Murray | William H. O'Brien | Shelby Payne | Jack Perry | Tommy Rafferty | Waclaw Rekwart | Edward Rickard | Jeffrey Sayre | Emmett Vogan | Theodore von Eltz | Wally Walker | Dan Wallace | Paul Weber | Ben Welden | Suzanne Ridgeway

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
05/09/2010TVDVDLibrary7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

I finished the Howard Hawks noir The Big Sleep (1946), which I had started days ago. Bogey & Bacall. Period. Fantastic little film and another case where all the women are simply gorgeous. At least there’s also a great crime thriller to keep it going.

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