The Big Sleep

The picture they were born for!

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.

Mystery Crime Thriller

Humphrey Bogart

(Philip Marlowe)

Lauren Bacall

(Vivian Sternwood Rutledge)

John Ridgely

Martha Vickers

(Carmen Sternwood)

Elisha Cook Jr.

Charles Waldron

(General Sternwood)

Regis Toomey

(Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls)

Louis Jean Heydt

Dorothy Malone

(Acme Bookstore Proprietress)

Peggy Knudsen

Charles D. Brown

(Norris the Butler)

Bob Steele

Sonia Darrin

(Agnes Lowzier (uncredited))

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))

Joseph Crehan

(Medical Examiner (uncredited))

Jack Deery

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Carole Douglas

(Librarian (uncredited))

Jay Eaton

(Casino Patron (uncredited))

Tom Fadden

(Sidney (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Woman with Bumped Man)

Kenneth Gibson

(Casino Patron (uncredited))

Joe Gilbert

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Stuart Hall

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Shep Houghton

(Casino Patron (uncredited))

Kenner G. Kemp

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Pete Kooy

(Motorcycle Cop (uncredited))

Lorraine Miller

(Hatcheck Girl (uncredited))

Forbes Murray

(Furtive Man (uncredited))

William H. O'Brien

(Waiter (uncredited))

Shelby Payne

(Cigarette Girl (uncredited))

Jack Perry

(Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited))

Tommy Rafferty

(Carol Lundgren (uncredited))

Waclaw Rekwart

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Edward Rickard

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Jeffrey Sayre

(Croupier (uncredited))

Emmett Vogan

(Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncredited))

Theodore von Eltz

(Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited))

Wally Walker

(Mars' Thug (uncredited))

Dan Wallace

(Owen Taylor (uncredited))

Paul Weber

(Mars' Thug (uncredited))

Ben Welden

(Pete (uncredited))

Suzanne Ridgway

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))