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The Big Sleep

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1946
1h 54m
NR
English
Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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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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1946
1h 54m
English
Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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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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Cast

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Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
Elisha Cook Jr
Harry Jones
Charles Waldron
General Sternwood
Dorothy Malone
Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Regis Toomey
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Peggy Knudsen
Mona Mars
Charles D Brown
Norris the Butler
Bob Steele
Lash Canino
Louis Jean Heydt
Sonia Darrin
Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Art Huck (uncredited)
Joy Barlow
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Deannie Best
Waitress (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Croupier (uncredited)
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Carole Douglas
Librarian (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
Sidney (uncredited)
Directed By: Howard Hawks
Written By: Leigh Brackett (Screenplay), Raymond Chandler (Novel), + 2 more

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christopher_brink says...
11 years ago
Great fun to watch Bogie and Bacall, but there's not much to recommend the movie beyond their chemistry.
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soonertbone says...
4 months ago
Points for mood and atmosphere, but minus points for being utterly incomprehensible. Even reading the Wikipedia plot summary after having watched the movie is pretty rough--maybe I'm just dense, but I struggled to follow anything that happened here, which was unfortunate.
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alexlimberg says...
2 years ago
Who honestly cares about the - let's say convoluted - story? It just looks beautiful and I can't stop watching Bogart doing his thing: wearing his hat, rocking his trench coat, bantering with virtually every women he encounters. Plus: the cars. It's just beautiful. Most interesting detail: instead of licence plates those cars had some kind of registration card attached to their steering wheel (but seemingly no door locks).
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simonynwa says...
6 years ago
There comes a point in the film where trying to follow the plot becomes secondary to just watching Bogart spar with just about every secondary character in the film. That’s probably for the best since the actual plot and mystery become incredibly confusing and it’s the interplay between the characters that keeps this entertaining. It’s no surprise that the scenes between Bogart and Bacall are the highlight as Bacall is pretty much the only one in the film that can hold her own with Bogart, but this is primarily a showcase for Bogart’s charisma and star power that few have been able to replicate.
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drqshadow
5/10  10 months ago
“Bogart and Bacall” shouts the poster, and that’s precisely what we get. Long, heavy doses of both stars, just as their very public off-screen romance was at its peak. For Bogart, it’s just another day at the office. He growls through two novels’ worth of witty dialogue, wears a trench coa More
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Andres Gomez
6 years ago
Oh, man, what a movie!

Perfect on every sense. Great cast, with terrific Bogart and Bacall. Complex and interesting plot and smart dialogues. Only "funny" thing, if we want to say something, is the "perception" of the women roles in the movie. They are strangely all sexy and attracted to and temp More
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talisencrw
6 years ago
This continues the incredible run of films Bogie made with now-wife Lauren Bacall. Crackling script ran to perfection by Howard Hawks. Essential, especially for fans of detective thrillers or simply well-made movies.
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CinemaSerf
3 weeks ago
"General Sternwood" (Charles Waldron) has two daughters and poor old private detective "Philip Marlowe" (Humphrey Bogart) might be forgiven for ever getting involved with a case that sees him employed to investigate a case of blackmail against his youngest - "Carmen" (Martha Vickers). It looks like More
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