The Big Sleep

August. 23,1946      NR
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Humphrey Bogart as  Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall as  Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely as  Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers as  Carmen Sternwood
Elisha Cook Jr. as  Harry Jones
Charles Waldron as  General Sternwood
Regis Toomey as  Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Louis Jean Heydt as  Joe Brody
Dorothy Malone as  Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen as  Mona Mars

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