Big Sleep, The (1946)
poster 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

Writer(s):William Faulkner

Video Codec:RealMedia

Number: 2078

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:

photo Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart Philip Marlowe
photo Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall Vivian Rutledge
photo John Ridgely
John Ridgely Eddie Mars
photo Martha Vickers
Martha Vickers Carmen Sternwood
photo Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone Acme Book Shop Proprietress

Medium: DVD5,

Location: Drawer 17 Slot 29

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3