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The big sleep
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- Summary
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L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues and the spoiled rich.
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- Creator
- Warner Bros. ; First National Picture ; a Howard Hawks production
- Included Title
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- Big sleep comparisons 1945/1946 versions
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977
- Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957
- Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014
- Vickers, Martha, 1925-1971
- Malone, Dorothy
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
- Brackett, Leigh
- Furthman, Jules
- Hickox, Sid, 1895-1982
- Steiner, Max, 1888-1971
- Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. Big sleep
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
- First National Pictures, Inc
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Publication
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- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2000]
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (230 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0790746980, 9780790746982
- OCLC
- ocm53214979, ocm43543301
- Credits
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- Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone
- Screenplay, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman ; photography, Sid Hickox ; music, Max Steiner ; directed and produced by Howard Hawks
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.
- Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.
- Selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress.
- Special features include: Documentary "The Big Sleep comparisons 1945/1946 versions" ; theatrical trailer; production notes.
- DVD.
- English dialogue, English and French subtitles; Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Side A: The 1946 theatrical release version -- Side B: The 1945 prerelease version