The Big Sleep
(1946)
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Synopsis
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall ignite the screen in this classic film noir adaptation of Raymond Chandler's steamy detective novel. When private investigator Philip Marlowe (Bogart) accepts the blackmail case of one of Los Angeles' wealthiest men, his probe leads deep into a web of lies, drugs, pornography and murder woven around his client's two beautiful daughters. But Marlowe's most startling discovery is his inexorable attraction to one of the sisters. Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner collaborated on the screenplay. Based on the novel by William Chandler.
Directors
Howard Hawks, Howard Hawks, Leo F. Forbstein, Christian Nyby, Leigh Brackett, Jack L. Warner, Sidney Hickox, Max Steiner, Robert Burks, Robert Wayne, Perc Westmore, Robert Burks, Perc Westmore, Warner Bros., Warner Bros.
Production year
1946
Rating
TV-PG
Studio
Warner Bros.
Runtime
114 minutes
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, John Ridgely