
The Big Sleep

The picture they were born for!
Rating: 7.6 out of 10TMDB(1.2K votes)
Overview
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.
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Box office
Grossed $10.7M worldwide, about 42.7 times its $250K budget
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Leigh BrackettScreenplay
- William FaulknerScreenplay
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
- Raymond ChandlerNovel
- Howard HawksScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 22, 1946
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $250K
- Revenue
- $10.7M
- Countries
- United States of America
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