The Big Sleep
Summary:
The definitive Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall vehicle, The Big Sleep casts Bogart as Raymond Chandler's cynical private eye Philip Marlowe. Summoned to the home of the fabulously wealthy General Sternwood (Charles Waldron), Marlowe is hired to deal with a blackmailer shaking down the General's sensuous, thumb-sucking daughter Carmen (Martha Vickers). This earns Mar... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Humphrey Bogart - (Philip Marlowe)
Lauren Bacall - (Vivian Sternwood Rutledge)
John Ridgely - (Eddie Mars)
Martha Vickers - (Carmen Sternwood)
Charles D. Brown - (Norris, The Butler)
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Review:
Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep is one of the most influential detective movies ever to come out of Hollywood, ranking with John Huston's The Maltese Falcon, which also starred Humphrey Bogart. What makes the film's success astonishing is that it had a troubled post-production history, requiring extensive reshooting, and a script that, i... Continue >>
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