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The Big Sleep

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Continues the season of Hollywood classics by Howard Hawks, one of America's greatest directors. starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall

Humphrey Bogart gives a masterly performance as the private detective Philip Marlowe , in Hawks' famous thriller based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.
When Marlowe is summoned to the home of a bedridden millionaire General Sternwood, his visit marks the start of a complex investigation involving blackmail, drugs, murder and the General s two beautiful but enigmatic daughters...
Films: page 83

Contributors

Screenplay:
William Faulkner
Screenplay:
Leigh Brackett
Screenplay:
Jules Furthman
From the novel by:
Raymond Chandler
Producer/Director:
Howard Hawks
Phil 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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