The Big Sleep
1946 · 1 hr 54 min
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P.I. Philip Marlowe's hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his daughter, Carmen from being blackmailed over gambling debts, Marlowe finds himself deep within a web of love triangles, blackmail, murder, gambling, and organised crime. With help from Vivian (another of the general's daughters), Marlowe hatches a plot to free the family from this web and trap the real culprit.
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Directed By
Howard HawksWritten By
Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett, Raymond Chandler, William FaulknerStudio
Warner Bros. PicturesCast of The Big Sleep
Humphrey BogartPhilip Marlowe
Lauren BacallVivian Sternwood Rutledge
John RidgelyEddie Mars
Martha VickersCarmen Sternwood
Dorothy MaloneAcme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy KnudsenMona Mars
Regis ToomeyChief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Charles WaldronGeneral Sternwood
Charles D. BrownNorris the Butler
Bob SteeleLash Canino
Elisha Cook Jr.Harry Jones
Louis Jean HeydtJoe Brody
Trevor BardetteArt Huck (uncredited)
Joy BarlowTaxi Driver (uncredited)
Max BarwynMax - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Deannie BestWaitress (uncredited)
Tanis ChandlerWaitress (uncredited)
Jack ChefeCroupier (uncredited)
James ConatyNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joseph CrehanMedical Examiner (uncredited)
Sonia DarrinAgnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Jack DeeryNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Carole DouglasLibrarian (uncredited)
Jay EatonCasino Patron (uncredited)
Tom FaddenSidney (uncredited)
Bess FlowersWoman with Bumped Man
Kenneth GibsonCasino Patron (uncredited)
Joe GilbertNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Stuart HallNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shep HoughtonCasino Patron (uncredited)
Kenner G. KempNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Pete KooyMotorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Lorraine MillerHatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Forbes MurrayFurtive Man (uncredited)
William H. O'BrienWaiter (uncredited)
Shelby PayneCigarette Girl (uncredited)
Jack PerrySilent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
Tommy RaffertyCarol Lundgren (uncredited)
Waclaw RekwartNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edward RickardNightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jeffrey SayreCroupier (uncredited)
Emmett VoganEd - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Theodore von EltzArthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
Wally WalkerMars' Thug (uncredited)
Dan WallaceOwen Taylor (uncredited)
Paul WeberMars' Thug (uncredited)
Ben WeldenPete (uncredited)
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