The Big Sleep (1946)
The picture they were born for!
114 min
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.
- Release date
- August 31, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $250,000
- Box office
- $10,682,000
Trailer
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe
- Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge
- John Ridgely as Eddie Mars
- Martha Vickers as Carmen Sternwood
- Dorothy Malone as Acme Book Shop Proprietress
- Peggy Knudsen as Mona Mars
- Regis Toomey as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
- Charles Waldron as General Sternwood
- Charles D. Brown as Norris
- Bob Steele as Lash Canino
Crew
- Howard Hawks · Director
- William Faulkner · Writer
- Leigh Brackett · Writer
- Jules Furthman · Writer
- Raymond Chandler · Writer
- Max Steiner · Composer
- Sidney Hickox · Cinematographer
- Christian Nyby · Editor