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The Big Sleep(1946)
Status: Released
Date: 1946-08-23
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1068 Votes
Time: 1h 54m
The picture they were born for!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $250,000.00
Revenue: $10,682,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Big Sleep
Top 10 Billed Cast
Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody
Charles Waldron
General Sternwood
Regis Toomey
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darrin
Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.
Harry Jones
Bob Steele
Lash Canino
Video Trailer The Big Sleep
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Marlowe Follows Geiger From Acme Books
Very Small Favor - The Big Sleep (1946)
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