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The Big Sleep (1946)
Directed by Howard Hawks
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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.
Rated NR | Length 114 minutes
Actors
Humphrey Bogart | Lauren Bacall | John Ridgely | Martha Vickers | Louis Jean Heydt | Charles Waldron | Regis Toomey | Sonia Darrin | Elisha Cook Jr. | Bob Steele | Dorothy Malone | Peggy Knudsen | Charles D. Brown | 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 Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/05/2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 stars |
| (Average) 4 stars |
Viewing Notes
The Big Sleep is an intensely complicated noir, starring Humphrey Bogart. He plays detective Philip Marlowe, the same character in The Long Goodbye, both written by Raymond Chandler. He’s unorthodox. He’s persuasive. And he knows that everyone around him shelters secrets.
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