The Big Sleep
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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.
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Cast
48 people
Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
Known for
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
Known for
Misery
Murder on the Orient Express
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
Known for
Air Force
Arsenic and Old Lace
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
Also in
The Burglar
The Big Bluff
Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody
Known for
The Great McGinty
Make Way for Tomorrow
Charles Waldron
General Sternwood
Known for
Stranger on the Third Floor
Remember the Night
Regis Toomey
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Known for
His Girl Friday
Spellbound
Sonia Darrin
Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Also in
Bury Me Dead
Federal Agent at Large
Elisha Cook Jr.
Harry Jones
Known for
Salem's Lot
Rosemary's Baby
Bob Steele
Lash Canino
Known for
Hang 'em High
Of Mice and Men
Dorothy Malone
Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Known for
Basic Instinct
Written on the Wind
Peggy Knudsen
Mona Mars
Known for
Humoresque
A Stolen Life
Howard Hawks Director · Jules Furthman Screenplay Leigh Brackett Screenplay
Worldwide gross $11M · Budget $250K · United States release August 23, 1946
Box office
Budget
$250,000
Worldwide gross
$10,682,000
Gross vs. budget
42.7×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Spain · August 22, 1946
Theatrical
United States · August 23, 1946
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
August 22, 1946 · Premiere · Atlantic City, New Jersey
August 31, 1946 · Theatrical
Denmark
May 2, 1962 · Theatrical
Finland
August 23, 1946 · Theatrical
France
August 6, 1947 · Theatrical
Germany
September 29, 1969 · Theatrical
Greece
December 15, 1947 · Theatrical
September 12, 2024 · Limited theatrical · Re-Issue
Ireland
October 3, 1946 · Theatrical
Italy
December 10, 1947 · Theatrical
Japan
April 3, 1955 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 26, 2000 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
February 5, 2018 · Digital
Sweden
August 23, 1946 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
October 3, 1946 · Theatrical · London
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