The Big Sleep

Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

Humphrey Bogart	Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall	Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely	Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers	Carmen Sternwood
Dorothy Malone	Acme Bookstore proprietress
Peggy Knudsen	Mona Mars
Regis Toomey	Chief Insp. Bernie Ohls
Charles Waldron	Gen. Sternwood
Charles D. Brown	Norris
Bob Steele	Lash Canino

Director	Howard Hawks
Producer	Jack L. Warner; Howard Hawks
Writer	William Faulkner; Leigh Brackett

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.