The Big Sleep
movie
The picture they were born for!
Released August 22, 1946
Overview
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.
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
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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
Crew
Howard Hawks
as
Director
Raymond Chandler
as
Novel
William Faulkner
as
Screenplay
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Leigh Brackett
as
Screenplay
Jules Furthman
as
Screenplay
Howard Hawks
as
Producer
Jack L. Warner
as
Executive Producer
Max Steiner
as
Original Music Composer
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Sidney Hickox
as
Director of Photography
Christian Nyby
as
Editor
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Carl Jules Weyl
as
Art Direction
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Fred M. MacLean
as
Set Decoration