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Philip Marlowe, a private detective in Los Angeles, is summoned to the mansion of General Sternwood, who wants to resolve a series of personal debts his daughter Carmen owes to bookseller Arthur Geiger. As Marlowe leaves, Sternwood's older daughter Vivian stops him.
The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles .
Philip Marlowe is a private detective who gets involved in a web of blackmail, murder and love in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel. The film features Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who married after filming, and a complex plot with many twists and turns.
Aug 16, 2021 · When The Big Sleep came out in 1946, the New York Times's Bosley Crowther pronounced it "a web of utter bafflement... in which so many cryptic things occur amid so much involved and devious ...
The Big Sleep. Raymond Chandler. 3.95. 157,005 ratings8,011 reviews. When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in.
Jun 22, 1997 · Roger Ebert praises the 1946 version of The Big Sleep, a film noir based on Raymond Chandler's novel, for its witty dialogue and romantic chemistry between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He also compares it with the earlier version and the original novel, and reveals some behind-the-scenes anecdotes.
Private investigator Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is hired by General Sternwood to help resolve the gambling debts of his wild young daughter, Carmen (Martha...
