The Big Sleep
The picture they were born for!
1946-08-23 | 114 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Humphrey BogartPhilip Marlowe
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Lauren BacallVivian Sternwood Rutledge
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John RidgelyEddie Mars
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Martha VickersCarmen Sternwood
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Elisha Cook Jr.Harry Jones
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Charles WaldronGeneral Sternwood
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Regis ToomeyChief Inspector Bernie Ohls
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Louis Jean HeydtJoe Brody
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Dorothy MaloneAcme Bookstore Proprietress
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Peggy KnudsenMona Mars
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Charles D. BrownNorris the Butler
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Bob SteeleLash Canino
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Sonia DarrinAgnes Lowzier (uncredited)
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Trevor BardetteArt Huck (uncredited)
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Max BarwynMax - Head Waiter (uncredited)
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Deannie BestWaitress (uncredited)
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Tanis ChandlerWaitress (uncredited)
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Jack ChefeCroupier (uncredited)
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