The Big Sleep

“The picture they were born for!”

7.6/ 10 1,191 votes 1946-08-22 1h 54m 5 popularity

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.

Director: Howard Hawks

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Budget

$250,000

Revenue

$11M

Cast

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Humphrey Bogart

Philip Marlowe

Lauren Bacall

Vivian Sternwood Rutledge

John Ridgely

Eddie Mars

Martha Vickers

Carmen Sternwood

Louis Jean Heydt

Joe Brody

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Charles Waldron

General Sternwood

Regis Toomey

Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

Sonia Darrin

Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)

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