The Big Sleep (1946) Movie poster and book cover compared.

The Big Sleep

Howard Hawks, 1946

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The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler, 1939

The Big Sleep is a movie directed by Howard Hawks in 1946 and based on the book of the same name by Raymond Chandler, first published in 1939. The movie features Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey, and others.

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RATING

7.9

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Movie Poster: The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks, 1946)

7.9

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Book Cover: The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler, 1939)

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AUDIOBOOK

Audiobook cover of The Big Sleep, the 1939 book by Raymond Chandler.

The Big Sleep

Read by: Ray Porter

Storyline

Private detective Philip Marlowe is summoned to the mansion of General Sternwood, who wants to resolve ‘gambling debts’ that his daughter Carmen owes to bookseller Arthur Geiger. She suspects her father’s true motive for hiring a detective is to find his protégé Sean Regan who had mysteriously disappeared a month earlier.

Movie vs Book

Poster of The Big Sleep, the 1946 movie by Howard Hawks

Year

1946

Minutes

114

Movie Rate

7.90

Source: IMDb

Movie

The Big Sleep

Country: USA

Year: 1946

Length: 1h54m

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Cover of The Big Sleep, the 1939 book by Raymond Chandler

Year

1939

Pages

231

Book Rate

7.96

S: Goodreads

Book

The Big Sleep

Country: USA

First published in: 1939

Length: 231 pages

Genre: Fiction

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Other screen adaptations of the book

TV Series poster
Philip Marlowe (1959-1960)
TV Series by Raymond Chandler
Movie poster
The Big Sleep (1978)
Movie by Michael Winner
TV Series poster
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983-1986)
TV Series by Peter Hunt, Robert Iscove
Movie poster
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Movie by Joel Coen
Movie poster
Smart Philip (2003)
Movie by Václav Marhoul
Movie poster
Marlowe: Choices (2007)
Movie by Rob Bowman
Movie poster
Marlowe (2022)
Movie by Neil Jordan

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2 votes

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IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of The Big Sleep, the 1939 book by Raymond Chandler

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9 votes

4 votes

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