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Jun 22, 1997 · Unlike modern crime movies which are loaded with action, "The Big Sleep" is heavy with dialogue--the characters talk and talk, just like in the Chandler novels; it's as if there's a competition to see who has the most verbal style.
This review of "The Big Sleep" is based on the 1946 final version, as personally I find it superior to the less convoluted original (but definitely less fun) cut. In "The Big Sleep", private detective Philip Marlowe (Bogart) makes a visit to Gen. Sternwood (Charles Waldron), an old handicapped man who has a mission for him.
A perfect match of screenplay, director, and leading man, The Big Sleep stands as a towering achievement in film noir whose grim vitality remains undimmed. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC....
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- Humphrey Bogart
- Howard Hawks
- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
The Big Sleep: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers. Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Howard Hawks
- 1946-08-31
Plot. Philip Marlowe, a private detective in Los Angeles, is summoned to the mansion of General Sternwood, who wants to resolve a series of personal debts his daughter Carmen owes to bookseller Arthur Geiger. As Marlowe leaves, Sternwood's older daughter Vivian stops him.
The Big Sleep Reviews. Winner’s bland direction makes The Big Sleep look like a tv drama about estate-agents; there’s more detail in the scummy-looking maisonettes than in the...
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The Big Sleep. 86. Metascore. 19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com. 100. Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert. It is one of the great film noirs, a black-and-white symphony that exactly reproduces Chandler's ability, on the page, to find a tone of voice that keeps its distance, and yet is wry and humorous and cares. 100. Empire Kim Newman.
