The Big Sleep
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8/23/1946Runtime
114 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$250,000Revenue
$10,682,000Homepage
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A serpentine noir mystery where nothing is quite what it seems and desire lurks beneath every shadowy corner. Watching Marlowe navigate lies, blackmail, and femme fatales feels like being pulled deeper into a rabbit hole of intrigue and ambiguous morality.
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Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody
Charles Waldron
General Sternwood
Regis Toomey
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darrin
Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.
Harry Jones
Bob Steele
Lash Canino
Dorothy Malone
Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen
Mona Mars
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