The Big Sleep (1946)

Name: The Big Sleep
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1946-08-22
Duration: 114 min
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Louis Jean Heydt

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.

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Released 1946-08-22 · 114 min · Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Directed by Howard Hawks

Cast

Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely as Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers as Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt as Joe Brody
Charles Waldron as General Sternwood
Regis Toomey as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darrin as Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr. as Harry Jones
Bob Steele as Lash Canino
Dorothy Malone as Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen as Mona Mars
Charles D. Brown as Norris the Butler
Trevor Bardette as Art Huck (uncredited)
Joy Barlow as Taxi Driver (uncredited)