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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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
Year
1946
Minutes
114
Movie Rate
7.90
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Movie
The Big Sleep
Director: Howard Hawks
Country: USA
Year: 1946
Length: 1h54m
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Year
1939
Pages
231
Book Rate
7.96
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Book
The Big Sleep
Author: Raymond Chandler
Country: USA
First published in: 1939
Length: 231 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Philip Marlowe
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Series by Raymond Chandler
Movie by Michael Winner
TV Series by Peter Hunt, Robert Iscove
Movie by Joel Coen
Movie by Václav Marhoul
Movie by Rob Bowman
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“I’ve had nine of my books adapted to film, and almost all were enjoyable. I’ve been very lucky with Hollywood.”
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