The Big Sleep
1946/08/23 (US) | Mystery, Crime, Thriller
The picture they were born for!
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.
Howard Hawks
Director
Jules Furthman
Screenplay
Leigh Brackett
Screenplay
William Faulkner
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody
Charles Waldron
General Sternwood
Regis Toomey
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Budget
$ 250,000
Revenue
$ 10,682,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Crews
Sidney Hickox
Director of Photography
Carl Jules Weyl
Art Direction
Raymond Chandler
Novel
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Robert B. Lee
Sound Designer
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist