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Apr 7, 1978 · The Big Sleep: Directed by Michael Winner. With Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark. Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.
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The Big Sleep is a hard-boiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler, first published in 1939. It introduces private detective Philip Marlowe, who is hired to untangle a web of deception involving the wealthy Sternwood family. As Marlowe delves into the underworld of 1930s Los Angeles, he encounters a labyrinth of crime, corruption, and seduction ...
Vivian Sternwood. The elder of General Sternwood's wild daughters. Vivian is seductive but dangerous, a beautiful and smart temptress whose dark eyes hide many secrets. She is a gambler and a drinker and an accomplice to murder. Vivian is a spoiled brat who always gets her way, and she is capable of cruelty.
The Big Sleep is a 1978 neo-noir film, the second film version of Raymond Chandler 's 1939 novel of the same name. The picture was directed by Michael Winner and stars Robert Mitchum in his second film portrayal of the detective Philip Marlowe (following Farewell, My Lovely three years earlier). The cast includes Sarah Miles, Candy Clark, Joan ...
L.A. private eye Phillip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case...and a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more. 3,069 IMDb 7.9 1 h 53 min 1946. X-Ray 13+. Suspense · Drama · Cerebral · Compelling. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie.
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The Big Sleep Full Book Summary. The novel opens on an overcast morning in mid-October. It is thundering, foreboding rain. Philip Marlowe, a tough, cynical, yet honest private detective, is hired by the old, ailing General Sternwood to help him "take care of" Arthur Gwynn Geiger, a homosexual (possibly bisexual) pornographer who has been ...
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall ignite the screen in this classic film noir adaptation of Raymond Chandler's steamy detective novel. When private investiga...
