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The Big Sleep

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7.6/10 • 1.1K

1946-08-23 • 1h 54m

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The picture they were born for!

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.

Directors
Howard Hawks
Editors
Christian Nyby

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  1. Humphrey Bogart

    Humphrey Bogart

    Philip Marlowe

  2. Lauren Bacall

    Lauren Bacall

    Vivian Sternwood Rutledge

  3. John Ridgely

    John Ridgely

    Eddie Mars

  4. Martha Vickers

    Martha Vickers

    Carmen Sternwood

  5. Louis Jean Heydt

    Louis Jean Heydt

    Joe Brody

  6. Charles Waldron

    Charles Waldron

    General Sternwood

  7. Regis Toomey

    Regis Toomey

    Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

  8. Sonia Darrin

    Sonia Darrin

    Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)

  9. Elisha Cook Jr.

    Elisha Cook Jr.

    Harry Jones

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Andres Gomez

Dec 9, 2012

10/10

Oh, man, what a movie! Perfect on every sense. Great cast, with terrific Bogart and Bacall. Complex and interesting plot and smart dialogues. Only "funny" thing, if we want to say something, is the "perception" of the women roles in the movie. They are strangely all sexy and attracted to and tempting Philip Marlow.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$250,000.00
Revenue
$10,682,000.00
Keywords
based on novel or bookgamblingpoisonblackmaildetectivedrug addictionsisterfilm noirmurderprivate investigatorwhodunitlos angeles, californiaprivate detectivebook storemissing personprank telephone callwealthy family