Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Charles Waldron, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone, Elisha Cook Jr Jr., Elisha Cook, Regis Toomey, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Charles D. Brown, Sonia Darrin, Louis Jean Heydt, Peggy Knudsen, Tom Rafferty, Bob Steele

Director: Howard Hawks

Summary: Private Detective Philip Marlowe is hired to investigate a blackmail case in which a General's nympho daughter is involved. Bogie finds, several murders later, that he has fallen in love with her elder sister.

Chandler's first novel introduced private detective Philip Marlowe, and THE BIG SLEEP set the standard for private detective movies. Down-at-the-heels private eye Marlowe gets the assignment to clean up after the daughters of a dying millionaire, but dead people have a nasty habit of trailing in their wake. The famously tortuous story line (Hawks supposedly asked Chandler to clarify a plot point about the murder of the family chauffeur; the novelist hadn't a clue as to who did the deed) seems beside the point when Bogart and Bacall are onscreen. The final release was recut to include more of their scenes together. A must! Remade in 1978.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on April 30, 2006 9:10 PM

Even writer Raymond Chandler was baffled by the tangled plot of this unbeatable crime mystery , made in 1946 and directed by Howard Hawks . World - weary private eye Philip Marlowe played to
perfection by the legendary Humphrey Bogart , sidesteps one red herring after another while working on a blackmail case and also eyes up his client's gorgeous daughter ( Lauren Bacall ) . Fine cast
including Dorothy Malone , Elisha Cook Jnr . , Charles Waldron and
John Ridgely .

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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall made screen history together more than once, but they were never more popular than in this 1946 adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, directed by Howard Hawks (To Have and Have Not). Bogart plays private eye Philip Marlowe, who is hired by a wealthy socialite (Bacall) to look into troubles stirred up by her wild, young sister (Martha Vickers). Legendarily complicated (so much so that even Chandler had trouble following the plot), the film is nonetheless hugely entertaining and atmospheric, an electrifying plunge into the exotica of detective fiction. William Faulkner wrote the screenplay. --Tom Keogh

Aspect Ratio:	1.33 Full Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Trailer
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
Year:	1946
Release Date:	July 1, 2000
Runtime:	110 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 065026
Label:	Turner Entertainment Company
Keywords:	Action, Big, Sleep, General, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure