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The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

7.6/ 10

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1946

Release Year

114 min

Runtime

Mystery
Crime
Thriller

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.

Keywords

based on novel or book
gambling
poison
blackmail
detective
drug addiction
sister
film noir
murder
private investigator
whodunit
los angeles, california
private detective
book store
missing person
prank telephone call
wealthy family

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Reviews(4)

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Andres Gomez

@tanty

December 9, 2012

10
10/10

Oh, man, what a movie! Perfect on every sense. Great cast, with terrific Bogart and Bacall. Complex and interesting plot and smart dialogues. Only "funny" thing, if we want to say something, is the "perception" of the women roles in the movie. They are strangely all sexy and attracted to and temp

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talisencrw

February 20, 2016

10
10/10

This continues the incredible run of films Bogie made with now-wife Lauren Bacall. Crackling script ran to perfection by Howard Hawks. Essential, especially for fans of detective thrillers or simply well-made movies.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 26, 2023

7
7/10

"General Sternwood" (Charles Waldron) has two daughters and poor old private detective "Philip Marlowe" (Humphrey Bogart) might be forgiven for ever getting involved with a case that sees him employed to investigate a case of blackmail against his youngest - "Carmen" (Martha Vickers). It looks like

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

February 8, 2024

6
6/10

**A film that would be truly memorable if the script wasn't so poorly written.** In general, I really like noir films, it's a style that I like. However, despite the great reputation, I didn't particularly like this film. It's good, and from a style point of view, it gives us everything we like t

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