The Big Sleep
1946 · TMDB 7.6
Directed by Howard Hawks
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.
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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.
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- Runtime
- 114 min
- Released
- 1946-08-22
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.6
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Key contributors
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Howard Hawks
Director
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Leigh Brackett
Writer
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William Faulkner
Writer
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Jules Furthman
Writer
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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)