The Big Sleep

Synopsis

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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Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Philip Marlowe

Lauren Bacall

Vivian Sternwood Rutledge

John Ridgely

Eddie Mars

Martha Vickers

Carmen Sternwood

Louis Jean Heydt

Joe Brody

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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

Charles D. Brown

Norris the Butler

Trevor Bardette

Art Huck (uncredited)

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Joy Barlow

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)

Deannie Best

Waitress (uncredited)

Tanis Chandler

Waitress (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Croupier (uncredited)

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James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• Fred M. MacLean Set Decoration
• Carl Jules Weyl Art Direction

Camera

• Sidney Hickox Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Perc Westmore Makeup Artist
• Leah Rhodes Wardrobe Designer

Crew

• Warren Lynch Special Effects
• Roy Davidson Special Effects

Directing

• Howard Hawks Director

Editing

• Christian Nyby Editor

Production

• Howard Hawks Producer
• Jack L. Warner Executive Producer

Sound

• Robert B. Lee Sound Designer
• Max Steiner Original Music Composer
• Robert B. Lee Sound
• Leo F. Forbstein Music Director

Visual Effects

• Paul Detlefsen Matte Painter

Writing

• Leigh Brackett Screenplay
• William Faulkner Screenplay
• Jules Furthman Screenplay
• Raymond Chandler Novel

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