

The Big Sleep
"The picture they were born for!"
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$250K
$250,000
Revenue
$10.7M
$10,682,000
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Key Crew

Howard Hawks
Producer

Howard Hawks
Director

William Faulkner
Screenplay

Jules Furthman
Screenplay

Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
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

Sonia Darrin
Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)

Elisha Cook Jr.
Harry Jones

Bob Steele
Lash Canino

Dorothy Malone
Acme Bookstore Proprietress

Peggy Knudsen
Mona Mars

Charles D. Brown
Norris the Butler

Trevor Bardette
Art Huck (uncredited)
Joy Barlow
Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Max Barwyn
Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)

Deannie Best
Waitress (uncredited)

Tanis Chandler
Waitress (uncredited)

Jack Chefe
Croupier (uncredited)
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)