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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The Big Sleep
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Movie · Mystery · Crime · NR
1946 · 1h 54m · ★ 84% (182K)
The picture they were born for!
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely
Overview
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.
Director
Howard Hawks
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Louis Jean Heydt, Charles Waldron, Regis Toomey, Sonia Darrin, Elisha Cook Jr., Bob Steele, Dorothy Malone, Peggy Knudsen, Charles D. Brown, Trevor Bardette, Joy Barlow, Max Barwyn, Deannie Best, Tanis Chandler, Jack Chefe, James Conaty