Film · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The Big Sleep (1946)
The picture they were born for!
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
- Writers
- Raymond Chandler, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- August 22, 1946
Cast
Humphrey BogartPhilip Marlowe
Lauren BacallVivian Sternwood Rutledge
John RidgelyEddie Mars
Martha VickersCarmen Sternwood
Louis Jean HeydtJoe Brody- Charles WaldronGeneral Sternwood
Regis ToomeyChief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia DarrinAgnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.Harry Jones
Bob SteeleLash Canino
Dorothy MaloneAcme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy KnudsenMona Mars
Charles D. BrownNorris the Butler
Trevor BardetteArt Huck (uncredited)- Joy BarlowTaxi Driver (uncredited)
Max BarwynMax - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Deannie BestWaitress (uncredited)
Tanis ChandlerWaitress (uncredited)
Jack ChefeCroupier (uncredited)- James ConatyNightclub Patron (uncredited)
