1946 ["Howard Hawks"]

The Big Sleep

Name: The Big Sleep
Genre: [, ", t, r, l
Released: 1946
Rating: 7.9

★ 7.9 IMDb

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.

Essays and Criticism

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Phillip Marlowe films by William VanWert, Jump Cut In Search of the Female Gaze by Erika Balsom, Cinema Scope

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