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The Big Sleep
The picture they were born for!
Aug 22, 1946 · 1h 54m
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Mystery
Crime
Thriller
PLOT
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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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)
Directed by
Howard Hawks
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$250,000
Revenue
$10,682,000
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Country
US
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