The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

114 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 23, 1946

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.

The Big Sleep

114 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 23, 1946

The Big Sleep
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Big Sleep
Directors Howard Hawks
Writers William Faulkner, Raymond Chandler, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

as Philip Marlowe

Lauren Bacall

as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge

John Ridgely

as Eddie Mars

Martha Vickers

as Carmen Sternwood

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Harry Jones

Charles Waldron

as General Sternwood

Dorothy Malone

as Acme Bookstore Proprietress

Regis Toomey

as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

Peggy Knudsen

as Mona Mars

Charles D. Brown

as Norris the Butler

Bob Steele

as Lash Canino

Louis Jean Heydt

as Joe Brody

Sonia Darrin

as Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

as Art Huck (uncredited)

Joy Barlow

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

as Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)

Deannie Best

as Waitress (uncredited)

Tanis Chandler

as Waitress (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

as Croupier (uncredited)

James Conaty

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Jack Deery

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Carole Douglas

as Librarian (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Tom Fadden

as Sidney (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Woman with Bumped Man

Kenneth Gibson

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Stuart Hall

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Pete Kooy

as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Lorraine Miller

as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

as Furtive Man (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Waiter (uncredited)

Shelby Payne

as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Jack Perry

as Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)

Tommy Rafferty

as Carol Lundgren (uncredited)

Waclaw Rekwart

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Edward Rickard

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

as Croupier (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

as Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)

Wally Walker

as Mars' Thug (uncredited)

Dan Wallace

as Owen Taylor (uncredited)

Paul Weber

as Mars' Thug (uncredited)

Ben Welden

as Pete (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)