The Big Sleep
1946 • Mystery | Crime
Howard Hawks
Director
Status
Released
Release date
August 23, 1946
Duration
114 Min
Language
en
Popularity
20.858
Budget
$250,000
Revenue
$10,682,000
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
Lauren Bacall
John Ridgely
Martha Vickers
Elisha Cook Jr.
Charles Waldron
Regis Toomey
Louis Jean Heydt
Dorothy Malone
Peggy Knudsen
Charles D. Brown
Bob Steele
Sonia Darrin
Trevor Bardette
Max Barwyn
Deannie Best
Tanis Chandler
Jack Chefe
Joseph Crehan
Jay Eaton
Tom Fadden
Bess Flowers
Shep Houghton
Kenner G. Kemp
Lorraine Miller
Forbes Murray
William H. O'Brien
Jack Perry
Jeffrey Sayre
Emmett Vogan
Theodore von Eltz
Ben Welden
Suzanne Ridgway