The Big Sleep
P.I. Philip Marlowe's hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his daughter, Carmen from being blackmailed over gambling debts, Marlowe finds himself deep within a web of love triangles, blackmail, murder, gambling, and organised crime. With help from Vivian (another of the general's daughters), Marlowe hatches a plot to free the family from this web and trap the real culprit.
Director: Howard Hawks
Writer: William Faulkner (screen play), Leigh Brackett (screen play), Jules Furthman (screen play), Raymond Chandler (novel)
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Year: 1946
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 7.9
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 31 Aug 1946
Awards: 2 wins.
Movie Video Clips
00:17
She tried to sit on my lap while I was standing up
00:37
Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains
01:12
I don't like your manners
00:14
You're not very tall
00:15
How do you like your brandy
02:12
Speaking of horses
00:12
Is he as cute as you are
00:53
By the way
00:28
You go too far
00:19
Why did you have to go on
00:27
If you can use me again sometime
00:35
So you do get up
00:16
You're cute
00:37
Do you like orchids
01:07
What will your first step be
00:22
You've forgotten one thing me
00:12
I liked that
01:06
So you're a private detective
00:12
You look like a Pekingese
00:27
Then kick me in the stomach for mumbling
00:21
You made a mistake
00:24
You do sell books
00:20
Is Harry there
00:40
That's what I always draw
00:15
You ought to wean her
00:43
Why should I
00:59
I want to see you
00:17
Wish me luck
00:24
Are you attempting to tell me my duties
01:14
You may smoke
00:55
If I seem a bit sinister as a parent
00:11
What does that mean
00:24
I assume they have all the usual vices
00:19
Thanks for the drink
00:19
Did I hurt you much
00:26
How'd you happen to pick out this place
00:31
What's the matter
00:27
Let me do the talking
00:13
I collect blondes in bottles
00:37
How did you find her
00:29
Do you always think you can handle people like
00:28
I can do what
01:12
Tell you what
00:14
Somebody's always giving me guns
00:15
It wasn't intentional
00:58
You knew him too
00:34
I know he was a good man at whatever he did
00:26
Your story didn't sound quite right
00:19
I can't afford to be seen with you
00:17
She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up
00:21
This is Mars
00:21
This is Marlowe
00:15
I'll have a scotch
Movie Quotes
Movie Cast
Philip Marlowe - Humphrey Bogart
Vivian Rutledge - Lauren Bacall
Eddie Mars - John Ridgely
Carmen Sternwood - Martha Vickers
Acme Book Shop Proprietress - Dorothy Malone
Mona Mars - Peggy Knudsen
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls - Regis Toomey
General Sternwood - Charles Waldron
Norris - the Butler - Charles D. Brown
Lash Canino - Bob Steele
Harry Jones - Elisha Cook Jr.
Joe Brody - Louis Jean Heydt
Art Huck - Trevor Bardette
Taxi Driver - Joy Barlow
Max - Head Waiter - Max Barwyn
Waitress - Deannie Best
Waitress - Tanis Chandler
Croupier - Jack Chefe
Nightclub Patron - James Conaty
Medical Examiner - Joseph Crehan
Agnes Lozelle - Sonia Darrin
Nightclub Patron - Jack Deery
Librarian - Carole Douglas
Casino Patron - Jay Eaton
Sidney - Tom Fadden
Woman with Bumped Man - Bess Flowers
Casino Patron - Kenneth Gibson
Nightclub Patron - Joe Gilbert
Nightclub Patron - Stuart Hall
Casino Patron - Shep Houghton
Nightclub Patron - Kenner G. Kemp
Motorcycle Cop - Pete Kooy
Hatcheck Girl - Lorraine Miller
Furtive Man - Forbes Murray
Waiter - William H. O'Brien
Cigarette Girl - Shelby Payne
Silent Thug Beating Marlowe - Jack Perry
Carol Lundgren - Tommy Rafferty
Nightclub Patron - Waclaw Rekwart
Nightclub Patron - Edward Rickard
Nightclub Patron - Suzanne Ridgway
Croupier - Jeffrey Sayre
Ed - Deputy Sheriff - Emmett Vogan
Arthur Gwynn Geiger - Theodore von Eltz
Mars' Thug - Wally Walker
Owen Taylor - Dan Wallace
Mars' Thug - Paul Weber
Pete - Ben Welden