The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep (1946)

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Mystery Crime Thriller

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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  • Release Date: 1946-08-23
  • Runtime: 1h 54min
  • Director: Howard Hawks

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    Cast

    • 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

    • Charles D. Brown

      Norris the Butler

    • Trevor Bardette

      Art Huck (uncredited)

    • Joy Barlow

      Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    • Max Barwyn

      Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)

    • Deannie Best

      Waitress (uncredited)

    • Tanis Chandler

      Waitress (uncredited)

    • Jack Chefe

      Croupier (uncredited)

    • James Conaty

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    • Joseph Crehan

      Medical Examiner (uncredited)

    • Jack Deery

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    • Carole Douglas

      Librarian (uncredited)

    • Jay Eaton

      Casino Patron (uncredited)

    • Tom Fadden

      Sidney (uncredited)

    • Bess Flowers

      Woman with Bumped Man

    • Kenneth Gibson

      Casino Patron (uncredited)

    • Joe Gilbert

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    • Stuart Hall

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    • Shep Houghton

      Casino Patron (uncredited)

    • Kenner G. Kemp

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    • Pete Kooy

      Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

    • Lorraine Miller

      Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)

    • Forbes Murray

      Furtive Man (uncredited)

    • William H. O'Brien

      Waiter (uncredited)

    • Shelby Payne

      Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

    • Jack Perry

      Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)

    • Tommy Rafferty

      Carol Lundgren (uncredited)

    • Waclaw Rekwart

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    • Edward Rickard

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    • Jeffrey Sayre

      Croupier (uncredited)

    • Emmett Vogan

      Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

    • Theodore von Eltz

      Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)

    • Wally Walker

      Mars' Thug (uncredited)

    • Dan Wallace

      Owen Taylor (uncredited)

    • Paul Weber

      Mars' Thug (uncredited)

    • Ben Welden

      Pete (uncredited)

    • Suzanne Ridgway

      Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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