The Big Sleep (1946)

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NR | 1 hr 56 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Released: 8/31/1946

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Synopsis:

Called into a case involving a wealthy family, detective Philip Marlowe discovers blackmail and murder as he falls for the eldest daughter in the family.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
8/31/1946

Studio	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Howard Hawks	Director
Cast	Credit
Humphrey Bogart	Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall	Vivian
Martha Vickers	Carmen
Dorothy Malone	Bookshop Girl
John Ridgely	Eddie Mars
Peggy Knudsen	Mona Mars
Regis Toomey	Bernie Ohls
Charles Waldren	General Sternwood
Charles D Brown	Norris
Bob Steele	Canino
Elisha Cook Jr	Harry Jones
Louis Jean Heydt	Joe Brody
Sonia Darrin	Agnes
James Flavin	Captain Cronjager
Thomas Jackson	Wilde
Theodore Von Eltz	Arthur Gwynne Geiger
Dan Wallace	Owen Taylor
Joy Barlowe	Taxi Driver
Forbes Murray	Furtive Man
Pete Kooy	Motorcycle Officer
Emmett Vogan	Deputy Sheriff
Joseph Crehan	Medical Examiner
Carole Douglas	Librarian
Jack Chefe	Croupier
Tom Fadden	Sidney
Ben Welden	Pete
Paul Anthony Weber	Eddie Mars's Thug
Jack Perry	Eddie Mars's Thug
Wally Walker	Eddie Mars's Thug
Lorraine Miller	Hatcheck Girl
Shelby Payne	Cigarette Girl
Trevor Bardette	Art Huck
Tanis Chandler	Waitress
Deannie Best	Waitress
Production Credits	Credit
Howard Hawks	Producer
Distribution Companies	Credit
MGM/UA Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Turner Entertainment Group	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
William Faulkner	Screenplay
Raymond Chandler	Source Material (from novel)
Leigh Brackett	Screenplay
Jules Furthman	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Fred M MacLean	Set Decorator
Carl Jules Weyl	Art Director - art direction
Film Camera	Credit
Sidney Hickox	Cinematographer - cinematography
Music	Credit
Max Steiner	Music
Production Management	Credit
Chuck Hansen	Assistant Director
Robert Vreeland	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Robert B Lee	Sound
Visual Effects	Credit
Roy Davidson	Special Effects
Warren E Lynch	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Leah Rhodes	Costumes

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