The Big Sleep (1946)
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.
- Date of release
- 1946-08-22
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (1210)
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Thriller
- Director
- Howard Hawks
Casting
- 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
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