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The Big Sleep (1946): Where to Watch & Stream · TV Tonight

The Big Sleep

1946 · 1h 54m · Movie

The Big Sleep

The picture they were born for!

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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.

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In theaters: August 23, 1946

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Humphrey Bogart
Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody
Charles Waldron

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Charles Waldron

General Sternwood

Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

Sonia Darrin

Sonia Darrin

Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Harry Jones

Bob Steele

Bob Steele

Lash Canino

Dorothy Malone

Dorothy Malone

Acme Bookstore Proprietress

Peggy Knudsen

Peggy Knudsen

Mona Mars

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