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Big Sleep, The (1946)  link to Big Sleep, The on IMDb  

Number: 2078

cover Big Sleep, The

IMDb Rating:
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8.0/10 (68.9K votes)

Country: United States, 114 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir

Director(s): Howard Hawks

Storyline:
The Big Sleep is the story of a private investigator, named Philip Marlowe, hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his youngest daughter, Carmen, from being blackmailed about her gambling debts; things almost immediately unravel and blow up from here, as Marlowe finds himself deep within a web of love triangles, blackmail, murder, gambling, and organized crime. Marlowe, with the help of the General's eldest daughter, Vivian, skillfully plot to free the family from this web and trap the main main behind much of this mischief, Eddie, to meet his end at the hands of his own henchmen.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall Vivian Rutledge
John Ridgely Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers Carmen Sternwood
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Medium: DVD5,

Location: Drawer 17 Slot 29

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3