The Big Sleep
75.89 %|Aug 23, 1946|Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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.
Featured Crew
Howard Hawks
Producer
Howard Hawks
Director
Leigh Brackett
Screenplay
Christian Nyby
Editor
Fred M. MacLean
Set Decoration
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Robert B. Lee
Sound Designer
William Faulkner
Screenplay
Cast
Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
Elisha Cook Jr.
Harry Jones
Charles Waldron
General Sternwood
Regis Toomey
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody
Dorothy Malone
Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen
Mona Mars
Charles D. Brown
Norris the Butler
Bob Steele
Lash Canino
Sonia Darrin
Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Art Huck (uncredited)
Joy Barlow
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Deannie Best
Waitress (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Croupier (uncredited)
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Carole Douglas
Librarian (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
Sidney (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman with Bumped Man
Kenneth Gibson
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Pete Kooy
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Lorraine Miller
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Furtive Man (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter (uncredited)
Shelby Payne
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
Tommy Rafferty
Carol Lundgren (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edward Rickard
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Croupier (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
Wally Walker
Mars' Thug (uncredited)
Dan Wallace
Owen Taylor (uncredited)
Paul Weber
Mars' Thug (uncredited)
Ben Welden
Pete (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)