Humphrey Bogart
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Private detective Philip Marlowe investigates a web of blackmail, murder and love involving a wealthy family and their daughters. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this classic film.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Howard Hawks
- 1946-08-31
The Big Sleep is a 1946 American film noir directed by Howard Hawks. [4] [5] William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay, which adapts Raymond Chandler 's 1939 novel. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story that begins with blackmail and ...
The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles.
- Raymond Chandler
- 1939
Aug 16, 2021 · 16 August 2021. By Nicholas Barber,Features correspondent. Alamy. Film noir The Big Sleep was released 75 years ago. While its plot has been criticised as 'cryptic' and 'confusing', that can...
Jun 22, 1997 · Roger Ebert praises the 1946 version of The Big Sleep, a film noir based on Raymond Chandler's novel, for its witty dialogue and romantic chemistry between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He also compares it with the earlier version and the original novel, and reveals some behind-the-scenes anecdotes.
Private investigator Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is hired by General Sternwood to help resolve the gambling debts of his wild young daughter, Carmen (Martha Vickers).
- (68)
- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
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May 20, 2024 · The Big Sleep, classic hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1939. It was the first of seven novels to feature the famed detective Philip Marlowe. The story was filmed twice, in 1946 and 1978.
