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The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

UR
1h 54m
1946

Certified Fresh

97%

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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall ignite the screen in this classic film noir adaptation of Raymond Chandler's steamy detective novel. When private investigator Philip Marlowe (Bogart) accepts the blackmail case of one of Los Angeles' wealthiest men, his probe leads deep into a web of lies, drugs, pornography and murder woven around his client's two beautiful daughters. But Marlowe's most startling discovery is his inexorable attraction to one of the sisters.

Director:

Producer:

Writer:

William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman

Cast:

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

© 1946 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

Certified Fresh

97%

Critics Consensus: A perfect match of screenplay, director, and leading man, The Big Sleep stands as a towering achievement in film noir whose grim vitality remains undimmed.

Reviews

Fresh

This is the best plot I’ve ever seen pull this many threads together in such a way where you don’t always have to know what’s going on to know what’s going on. The magic of Bogart.

August 30, 2022

Stream on Demand

Fresh

... an American classic, arguably the greatest film made for a Chandler novel, and the definitive pairing of legendary screen team Bogie and Bacall.

Gone With The Twins

Fresh

Just when a few solutions are offered up, further conundrums arise, as if fate dictates that Marlowe can never really be finished with a case.

Washington Star

Harry MacArthur

Fresh

For all the untidiness of its plot, The Big Sleep is, however, an enjoyable melodrama, exciting most of the time and comic when it chooses to be.

October 22, 2019

Daily Telegraph (Australia)

Fresh

There has probably never been so much plot in a film -- but it doesn't seem to matter. It, all looks very exciting, and if you follow half of it you'll get through.

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Additional Info

Release Date:August 31, 1946
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
Stereo
Screen Pass Eligible:Yes

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