The Big Sleep (1946)

7.6/10 114 min Mystery Crime Thriller

Overview

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.

Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Philip Marlowe

Lauren Bacall

Vivian Sternwood Rutledge

John Ridgely

Eddie Mars

Martha Vickers

Carmen Sternwood

Louis Jean Heydt

Joe Brody

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)

Max Barwyn

Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)

Deannie Best

Waitress (uncredited)

Tanis Chandler

Waitress (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Croupier (uncredited)

Recommendations

Crooked House
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Gone Baby Gone
The Long Goodbye
Inherent Vice
L.A. Confidential
Farewell, My Lovely
Kiss the Girls
Secret Window
D.O.A.
Devil in a Blue Dress
Righteous Kill
Dead Man's Folly
Cult Killer
Wonderland
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Sea of Love
Killing Them Softly
2 Days in the Valley
Blood Work