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The Big Sleep

Duration: 1 hour, 49 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 12 months

LA detective Philip Marlowe is hired to deal with a series of debts incurred by a general's daughter. But as Marlowe gets deeper, he finds himself at the centre of a story of murder and blackmail. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlowe:
Humphrey Bogart
Vivian Rutledge:
Lauren Bacall
Eddie Mars:
John Ridgely
Carmen Sternwood:
Martha Vickers
Acme Book Shop Proprietess:
Dorothy Malone
Bernie Ohls:
Regis Toomey
Mona Mars:
Peggy Knudsen
Director:
Howard Hawks

BBC Two England

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