The Big Sleep
7.607
1089 reviews
Mystery/Crime
1h 54m
1946
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...
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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.
- DirectorHoward Hawks
- Release23 August 1946
- Genre
- Duration1h 54m
- Budget$250,000
- Revenue$10,682,000
- Rate7.6071089 reviews
- Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
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)
Max Barwyn
Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Deannie Best
Waitress (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Croupier (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
Sidney (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman with Bumped Man
Shep Houghton
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lorraine Miller
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Furtive Man (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Croupier (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
Ben Welden
Pete (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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