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The Big Sleep
ID:
1946
Comments:
Director: Howard Hawks
Screenplay: Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett, Raymond Chandler, William Faulkner
Producer: Howard Hawks, Jack L. Warner
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone
Genre: Classics

Running Time: 114
Aspect Ratio:  1.33:1 (NTSC )
Sound:
Subtitles: English, French
Features: Black and White
Studio:  Warner Home Video DVD Region:  1 NR
DVD Release:  Jul 2006 Discs:  1 (Cloud) [$19.98]
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Reviews:  Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall made screen history together more than once, but they were never more popular than in this 1946 adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, directed by Howard Hawks ("To Have and Have Not"). Bogart plays private eye Philip Marlowe, who is hired by a wealthy socialite (Bacall) to look into troubles stirred up by her wild, young sister (Martha Vickers). Legendarily complicated (so much so that even Chandler had trouble following the plot), the film is nonetheless hugely entertaining and atmospheric, an electrifying plunge into the exotica of detective fiction. William Faulkner wrote the screenplay. "--Tom Keogh"


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