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The Big Sleep

1946 · Howard Hawks · 114 min

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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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7.6/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database1,219 votes

Humphrey BogartPhilip Marlowe

Lauren BacallVivian Sternwood Rutledge

John RidgelyEddie Mars

Martha VickersCarmen Sternwood

Louis Jean HeydtJoe Brody CCharles WaldronGeneral Sternwood

Regis ToomeyChief Inspector Bernie Ohls

Sonia DarrinAgnes Lowzier (uncredited)

Elisha Cook Jr.Harry Jones

Bob SteeleLash Canino

Dorothy MaloneAcme Bookstore Proprietress

Peggy KnudsenMona Mars

Charles D. BrownNorris the Butler

Trevor BardetteArt Huck (uncredited)JJoy BarlowTaxi Driver (uncredited)

Cast

Humphrey BogartPhilip Marlowe

Lauren BacallVivian Sternwood Rutledge

John RidgelyEddie Mars

Martha VickersCarmen Sternwood

Louis Jean HeydtJoe Brody CCharles WaldronGeneral Sternwood

Regis ToomeyChief Inspector Bernie Ohls

Sonia DarrinAgnes Lowzier (uncredited)

Elisha Cook Jr.Harry Jones

Bob SteeleLash Canino

Dorothy MaloneAcme Bookstore Proprietress

Peggy KnudsenMona Mars

Charles D. BrownNorris the Butler

Trevor BardetteArt Huck (uncredited)JJoy BarlowTaxi Driver (uncredited)

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