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Tuesday Cinema: Howard Hawks's The Big Sleep

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
with Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone

Private detective Philip Marlowe, summoned to the home of bed-ridden General Sternwood, learns that one of the General's two daughters is being blackmailed. from the novel by RAYMOND CHANDLER Producer and director HOWARD HAWKS

Contributors

From the novel By:
Raymond Chandler
Producer/Director:
Howard Hawks
Philip Marlowe:
Humphrey Bogart
Vivian:
Lauren Bacall
Eddie Mars:
John Ridgely
Carmen:
Martha Vickers
Proprietress:
Dorothy Malone
Mona Mars:
Peggy Knudsen
Bernie Ohls:
Regis Toomey
General Sternwood:
Charles Waldron
Norris:
Charles D. Brown
Canino:
Bob Steele
Harry Jones:
Elisha Cook Jr.
Source: Radio Times

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