The Big Sleep  

Fri Aug 23 1946

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.

The Movie Database: 7.607/10

Internet Movie Database: 7.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 86/100

Cast and Crew

Directed By, Howard Hawks |

Screenplay By, Jules Furthman | Leigh Brackett | William Faulkner |

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Humphrey Bogart

Philip Marlowe
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Lauren Bacall

Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
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John Ridgely

Eddie Mars
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Martha Vickers

Carmen Sternwood
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Louis Jean Heydt

Joe Brody
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Charles Waldron

General Sternwood
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Regis Toomey

Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
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Sonia Darrin

Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
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Elisha Cook Jr.

Harry Jones
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Bob Steele

Lash Canino
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Dorothy Malone

Acme Bookstore Proprietress
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Peggy Knudsen

Mona Mars
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Charles D. Brown

Norris the Butler
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Trevor Bardette

Art Huck (uncredited)
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Joy Barlow

Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Max Barwyn

Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
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Deannie Best

Waitress (uncredited)
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Tanis Chandler

Waitress (uncredited)
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Jack Chefe

Croupier (uncredited)
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James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Joseph Crehan

Medical Examiner (uncredited)
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Jack Deery

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Carole Douglas

Librarian (uncredited)
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Jay Eaton

Casino Patron (uncredited)
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Tom Fadden

Sidney (uncredited)
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Bess Flowers

Woman with Bumped Man
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Kenneth Gibson

Casino Patron (uncredited)
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Joe Gilbert

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Stuart Hall

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Shep Houghton

Casino Patron (uncredited)
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Kenner G. Kemp

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Pete Kooy

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
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Lorraine Miller

Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
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Forbes Murray

Furtive Man (uncredited)
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William H. O'Brien

Waiter (uncredited)
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Shelby Payne

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
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Jack Perry

Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
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Tommy Rafferty

Carol Lundgren (uncredited)
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Waclaw Rekwart

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Edward Rickard

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Jeffrey Sayre

Croupier (uncredited)
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Emmett Vogan

Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
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Theodore von Eltz

Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
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Wally Walker

Mars' Thug (uncredited)
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Dan Wallace

Owen Taylor (uncredited)
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Paul Weber

Mars' Thug (uncredited)
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Ben Welden

Pete (uncredited)
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Suzanne Ridgway

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Details

Rating

Not Adult

Genres

Mystery
Crime
Thriller

Tagline

The picture they were born for!

Langauge

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Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Runtime

114 minutes

Budget

250.000 Thousand $

Box-Office

10.682 Million $

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