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The Big Sleep ()

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Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.
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Philip Marlowe
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Vivian Rutledge
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Eddie Mars
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Carmen Sternwood
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Acme Book Shop Proprietress
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Mona Mars
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Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Charles Waldron ...
General Sternwood
Charles D. Brown ...
Norris
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Lash Canino
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Harry Jones
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Joe Brody
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Art Huck (uncredited)
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Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Max (uncredited)
Deannie Best ...
Waitress (uncredited)
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Casino Patron (uncredited)
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Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Chefe ...
Croupier (uncredited)
James Conaty ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Medical Examiner (uncredited)
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Agnes Lozelle (uncredited)
Jack Deery ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Carole Douglas ...
Librarian (uncredited)
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Casino Patron (uncredited)
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Sidney (uncredited)
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Woman with Bumped Man (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson ...
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton ...
Casino Patron (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Pete Kooy ...
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Paula Kyle ...
Blonde at Book Shop (uncredited)
King Lockwood ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
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Furtive Man (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
Shelby Payne ...
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
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Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
Tommy Rafferty ...
Carol Lundgren (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edward Rickard ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Croupier (uncredited)
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Ed (uncredited)
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Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
Wally Walker ...
Mars' Thug (uncredited)
Dan Wallace ...
Owen Taylor (uncredited)
Paul Weber ...
Mars' Thug (uncredited)
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Pete (uncredited)

Directed by

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Howard Hawks

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William Faulkner ... (screen play) &
Leigh Brackett ... (screen play) &
Jules Furthman ... (screen play)
 
Raymond Chandler ... (novel)

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Howard Hawks ... producer (uncredited)
Jack L. Warner ... executive producer

Music by

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Max Steiner

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Sidney Hickox ... director of photography (as Sid Hickox)

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Christian Nyby

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Matt McFarland ... colorist

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Carl Jules Weyl
Max Parker ... supervising art director (uncredited)

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Fred M. MacLean

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Perc Westmore ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Eric Stacey ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Chuck Hansen ... assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Vreeland ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Dorothea Fischer-Nosbisch ... poster artist : West Germany (uncredited) (1967)
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)
Hans Hillmann ... poster artist : West Germany (uncredited) (1972)

Sound Department

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Robert B. Lee ... sound
Gerald W. Alexander ... re-recording mixer (uncredited) / sound effects mixer (uncredited)
Robert G. Wayne ... re-recording mixer (uncredited) / sound effects mixer (uncredited)

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Roy Davidson ... special effects director (as E. Roy Davidson)
Warren Lynch ... special effects (as Warren E. Lynch)
Robert Burks ... special effects (uncredited)
William C. McGann ... special effects (uncredited)
Willard Van Enger ... special effects (uncredited)

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Paul Detlefsen ... matte paintings (uncredited)

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Mike Joyce ... second camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Leah Rhodes ... wardrobe
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Leo F. Forbstein ... musical director
Simon Bucharoff ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles David Forrest ... music mixer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

P.I. Philip Marlowe's hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his daughter Carmen from being blackmailed over gambling debts, Marlowe finds himself deep within a web of love triangles, blackmail, murder, gambling, and organized crime. With help from Vivian (another of the general's daughters), Marlowe hatches a plot to free the family from this web and trap the real culprit. Written by Alec

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Taglines The type of man she hated . . . was the type she wanted ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le grand sommeil (France)
  • Tote schlafen fest (Germany)
  • El sueño eterno (Spain)
  • La gran dormida (Spain, Catalan title)
  • 夜长梦多 (China, Mandarin title)
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Runtime
  • 114 min
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Box Office

Budget $250,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $10,682,000

Did You Know?

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Trivia Due to Humphrey Bogart's affair with co-star Lauren Bacall, his marital problems escalated during filming, and his drinking often resulted in his being unable to work. Three months after the film was finished, Bacall and Bogart were married. See more »
Goofs After finding a corpse at the Geiger house, Marlowe gets his fingerprints on nearly everything. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Money Trap (1965). See more »
Soundtracks And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine See more »
Crazy Credits During the opening credits, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are seen in silhouette, placing cigarettes in an ashtray. At the end, two cigarettes are in an ashtray. See more »
Quotes Philip Marlowe: She tried to sit on my lap while I was standing up.
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