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The Big Sleep

7.619461h 54mNRMovieMysteryCrimeThriller

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.

DirectorHoward Hawks
WritersWilliam Faulkner·Leigh Brackett
ProducersHoward Hawks·Jack L. Warner

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Cast · Directed by Howard Hawks

HBHumphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
LBLauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
JRJohn Ridgely
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
MVMartha Vickers
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
LHLouis Jean Heydt
Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody
CW
Charles Waldron
General Sternwood
RTRegis Toomey
Regis Toomey
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
SDSonia Darrin
Sonia Darrin
Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
EJElisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr.
Harry Jones
BSBob Steele
Bob Steele
Lash Canino
DMDorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone
Acme Bookstore Proprietress
PKPeggy Knudsen
Peggy Knudsen
Mona Mars

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