The Big Sleep
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
The picture they were born for!
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.
1946-08-22
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Cast
Director
Howard Hawks
Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely as Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers as Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt as Joe Brody
Regis Toomey as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darrin as Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr. as Harry Jones
Bob Steele as Lash Canino
Dorothy Malone as Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen as Mona Mars
Charles D. Brown as Norris the Butler
Trevor Bardette as Art Huck (uncredited)
Max Barwyn as Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Deannie Best as Waitress (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler as Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Chefe as Croupier (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Jay Eaton as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Tom Fadden as Sidney (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Woman with Bumped Man
Shep Houghton as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Lorraine Miller as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Forbes Murray as Furtive Man (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien as Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Perry as Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre as Croupier (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan as Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz as Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
Ben Welden as Pete (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)