The Big Sleep (1946)
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.
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Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
Dorothy Malone
Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen
Mona Mars
Regis Toomey
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Charles Waldron
General Sternwood
Charles D. Brown
Norris the Butler
Bob Steele
Lash Canino
Elisha Cook Jr.
Harry Jones
Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody
Keywords
Based on novel or bookDetectiveMurderMissing personSisterWealthy familyLos angeles, californiaDrug addictionWhodunitGamblingBlackmailPrivate detectivePrivate investigatorPoisonBook storeDrug addictPrank telephone callPhilip marloweFilm noir
