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The Big Sleep (1946)
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Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. Director:Howard Hawks |
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Title: The Big Sleep (1946)
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Cast
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Humphrey Bogart | ... | |
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Lauren Bacall | ... | |
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John Ridgely | ... | |
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Martha Vickers | ... | |
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Dorothy Malone | ... |
Acme Book Shop Proprietress
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Peggy Knudsen | ... | |
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Regis Toomey | ... | |
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Charles Waldron | ... | |
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Charles D. Brown | ... | |
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Bob Steele | ... | |
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Elisha Cook Jr. | ... | |
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Louis Jean Heydt | ... | |
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Pat Clark | ... |
Mona Mars
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James Flavin | ... |
Capt. Cronjager
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Thomas E. Jackson | ... |
District Attorney White
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Storyline
Summoned by the dying General Sternwood, Philip Marlowe is asked to deal with several problems that are troubling his family. Marlowe finds that each problem centers about the disappearance of Sternwood's favoured employee who has left with a mobster's wife. Each of the problems becomes a cover for something else as Marlowe probes. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
À Beira do Abismo See more »Filming Locations:
New York Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Philip Marlowe: I'm not very tall either. Next time I'll come on stilts wear a white tie and carry a tennis racket.
Vivian: I doubt if even that will help.
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(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Played when Vivian Rutledge pays off Marlowe over drinks See more »
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Rumors that Andy Williams dubbed Lauren Bacall's singing voice are untrue. Both director Howard Hawks and Bacall confirm that she did her own singing. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: When Philip dials the phone (twice), the first time he dials 5 numbers and the second time, 6 numbers. See more »Quotes
Vivian: So you're a private detective. I didn't know they existed, except in books, or else they were greasy little men snooping around hotel corridors. My, you're a mess, aren't you?Philip Marlowe: I'm not very tall either. Next time I'll come on stilts wear a white tie and carry a tennis racket.
Vivian: I doubt if even that will help.
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"I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan"(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Schwartz
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