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The Big Sleep

7.6Aug 22, 19461h 54mMysteryCrimeThriller

Directed by Howard Hawks

Written by Raymond Chandler, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, Howard Hawks

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

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Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Philip Marlowe

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Vivian Sternwood Rutledge

John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Eddie Mars

Martha Vickers

Martha Vickers

Carmen Sternwood

Louis Jean Heydt

Louis Jean Heydt

Joe Brody

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Charles Waldron

General Sternwood

Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

Sonia Darrin

Sonia Darrin

Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Harry Jones

Bob Steele

Bob Steele

Lash Canino

Dorothy Malone

Dorothy Malone

Acme Bookstore Proprietress

Peggy Knudsen

Peggy Knudsen

Mona Mars

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