Howard HawksDirector
Humphrey BogartPhilip Marlowe
Lauren BacallVivian Sternwood Rutledge
John RidgelyEddie Mars
Martha VickersCarmen Sternwood
Louis Jean HeydtJoe Brody
Charles WaldronGeneral Sternwood
Regis ToomeyChief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia DarrinAgnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.Harry Jones
Bob SteeleLash Canino
Dorothy MaloneAcme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy KnudsenMona Mars
The Big Sleep
- mystery
- crime
- thriller
22 Aug 1946
7.6
5
1h 54min
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.
