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The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep1946

★7.6114 minMysteryCrimeThriller

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.

Director

Writer

William Faulkner Leigh Brackett Jules Furthman Howard Hawks

Score

Stars

Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall John Ridgely

Cast48

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
C
Charles Waldron
as General Sternwood
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)
J
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)
J
James Conaty
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
J
Jack Deery
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
C
Carole Douglas
as Librarian (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
as Sidney (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman with Bumped Man
K
Kenneth Gibson
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
J
Joe Gilbert
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
S
Stuart Hall
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
P
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)
S
Shelby Payne
as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Jack Perry
as Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
T
Tommy Rafferty
as Carol Lundgren (uncredited)
W
Waclaw Rekwart
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
E
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)
W
Wally Walker
as Mars' Thug (uncredited)
D
Dan Wallace
as Owen Taylor (uncredited)
P
Paul Weber
as Mars' Thug (uncredited)
Ben Welden
as Pete (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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