Additional information for The Big Sleep, which has a domestic theatrical release set for August 23, 1946. The film is being distributed by Warner Bros Pictures and has not yet been rated. The Big Sleep has a total running time of 114 minutes.
16
Argentina
PG
Australia
14A
Canada
18
Chile
K-16
Finland
16
Germany
16
Norway
(Banned)
Sweden
PG
UK
Not Rated
USA
12
Iceland
M/12
Portugal
PG
New Zealand
16
West Germany
(Banned)
Malaysia
114min
116min
À Beira do Abismo
Brazil
À Beira do Abismo
Portugal
Le grand sommeil
Belgium
Le grand sommeil
France
Tote schlafen fest
West Germany
Tote schlafen fest
West Germany
Πάθος και Αίμα
Greece
Големият сън
Bulgaria
A hosszú álom
Hungary
Al borde del abismo
Argentina
Birlesen kalpler
Turkey
De diepe slaap
Belgium
Den djupa sömnen
Finland
Den store søvnen
Norway
Der tiefe Schlaf
Austria
El gran sueño
Mexico
El sueño eterno
Spain
Hluboký spánek
Czech Republic
Hosszú álom
Hungary
Il grande sonno
Italy
La gran dormida
Spain
Marlowe går til sagen
Denmark
Pathos kai aima
Greece
Somnul de Veci
Romania
Sternwood-mysteriet
Denmark
Syvä uni
Finland
Utpressning
Sweden
Veliki san
Serbia
Wielki sen
Poland
August 23, 1946
USA
August 31, 1946
USA
August 06, 1947
France
December 10, 1947
Italy
, 1948
Turkey
January 14, 1948
Portugal
July 01, 1949
Finland
May 22, 1952
Hong Kong
April 03, 1955
Japan
June 13, 1958
Austria
October 23, 1961
Sweden
May 02, 1962
Denmark
March 06, 1964
Finland
September 29, 1967
West Germany
April 04, 1972
Spain
November , 1977
Austria
June 09, 1979
East Germany
September 14, 1984
Finland
July 22, 2010
Greece
December 31, 2010
UK
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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.
First, the Raymond Chandler novel: he took hold of LA like it was one of those glass balls of a winter scene filled with water - he turned it upside down and shook it well, then put it back down and described the action. The book had everything in the hard boiled mystery novel of that time, and many elements that had been deleted from others, plus it was extremely well written. He included (then illegal) homosexuality, (then) illegal sex photos, (then) illegal gambling, corrupt police; Chandler used Marlowe like a pinball, bouncing among the rich, the corrupt, the criminals, the scam artists, the thugs, the vulnerable, andthe protected playgrounds of the rich, to track down an extortion attempt that rapidly escalates into several murders. It was a densely written work that demonstrated superior skills at the same time also knowledge of relatively unknown subjects and how these all fit together in the LA of 1939 (unseen and unknown, for the most part, by the local population or anyone else in the US, which made it great reading and obviously eye popping at the theatres.)The movie is a brilliant and straightforward use of the novel to present a complex and compelling set of mysteries, solved by Marlowe using methods subtle and grim. One of the mysteries is never obviously solved in the movie, but like most viewers, no one seems to care. Bogart and Bacall were brilliant in this film; Hawks knew exactly how to direct them; the work of the whole was and remains amazing to watch. Bogart did for Marlowe what Gable did for Rhett Butler.It is also interesting to watch the 1945 version of the film - as well as the documentary prepared by UCLA which detailed the differences between the two - all changes wrought by the strengthening of the Bacall character to leverage the chemistry between her and Bogart. The scene in the book store was also quite a display of chemistry between Bogart and Dorothy Malone.The Big Sleep is worth watching about a dozen times.
Howard Hawks
Director(s)
William Faulkner
Leigh Brackett
Jules Furthman
Raymond Chandler
Writer(s)
Jack L. Warner
executive producer
Howard Hawks
producer (uncredited)
Producer(s)
Max Steiner
Composer(s)
Philip Marlowe
Humphrey Bogart
Vivian Rutledge
Lauren Bacall
Eddie Mars
John Ridgely
Carmen Sternwood
Martha Vickers
Acme Book Shop Proprietress
Dorothy Malone
Mona Mars
Peggy Knudsen
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Regis Toomey
General Sternwood
Charles Waldron
Norris the Butler
Charles D. Brown
Lash Canino
Bob Steele
Harry Jones
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joe Brody
Louis Jean Heydt
Mona Mars (scenes deleted)
Pat Clark
Capt. Cronjager (scenes deleted)
James Flavin
District Attorney White (scenes deleted)
Thomas E. Jackson
Art Huck (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Joy Barlow
Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
Waitress (uncredited)
Deannie Best
Waitress (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
Croupier (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Sonia Darrin
Librarian (uncredited)
Carole Douglas
Man in Casino (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Sidney (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
Woman with Bumped Man (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Pete Kooy
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Lorraine Miller
Furtive Man (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Shelby Payne
Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Carol Lundgren (uncredited)
Tommy Rafferty
Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Mars' Thug (uncredited)
Wally Walker
Owen Taylor (uncredited)
Dan Wallace
Mars' Thug (uncredited)
Paul Weber
Pete (uncredited)
Ben Welden
Director(s)
Leigh Brackett
Jules Furthman
Raymond Chandler
Writer(s)
executive producer
Howard Hawks
producer (uncredited)
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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