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    The Big Sleep

    1946 · Mystery · 1h 54m

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  1. 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 ...

    • $4.9 million
    • Howard Hawks
  2. 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.

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    • Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
    • Howard Hawks
    • 1946-08-31
  3. Aug 16, 2021 · The Big Sleep was released 75 years ago, and its plot has been puzzling viewers ever since. There is no disputing that Howard Hawks's Los Angeles-set noir classic is one of the most entertaining ...

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  5. 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.

    • 113 min
  6. Jun 22, 1997 · In the original version of "The Big Sleep," the relationship between Bogart and Bacall is problematical: Marlowe isn't sure whether he trusts this cool, elegant charmer. The 1946 version commits to their romance, and adds among other scenes one of the most daring examples of double entendre in any movie up until that time.

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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). Sternwood's older ...

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    • Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
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