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Film · Crime, Mystery

The Big Sleep (1978)

★ 5.9 · 106 votes1 h 40 minCrime, Mystery1978

Meet Philip Marlowe. The toughest private eye who ever wore a trench coat, slapped a dame and split his knuckles on a jawbone.

Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.

Director
Michael Winner
Writers
Raymond Chandler, Michael Winner
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Release date
March 13, 1978

The Big Sleep cast

  • Robert MitchumPhilip Marlowe
  • Sarah MilesCharlotte Sternwood
  • Richard BooneLash Cansino
  • Candy ClarkCamilla Sternwood
  • Joan CollinsAgnes Lazelle
  • Edward FoxJoe Brody
  • John MillsInspector Carson
  • James StewartGeneral Sternwood
  • Oliver ReedEddie Mars
  • Harry AndrewsNorris
  • Colin BlakelyHarry Jones
  • Richard ToddCommander Barker
  • Diana QuickMona Grant
  • James DonaldInspector Gregory
  • John JustinArthur Geiger
  • Simon Fisher-TurnerKarl Lundgren
  • Martin PotterOwen Taylor
  • David SavileRusty Regan
  • Dudley SuttonLanny
  • Don HendersonLou
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