The Big Sleep1946
About
- Runtime
- 1 hour 54 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- The picture they were born for!
- 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.
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Thriller
- Released
- August 22, 1946
- Budget
- $250,000
- Revenue
- $10,682,000
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Credits
Directing
- Howard HawksDirector
Writing
- Raymond ChandlerNovel
- William FaulknerScreenplay
- Leigh BrackettScreenplay
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
Art
- Carl Jules WeylArt Direction
- Fred M. MacLeanSet Decoration
Camera
- Sidney HickoxDirector of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
- Perc WestmoreMakeup Artist
- Leah RhodesWardrobe Designer
Crew
- Roy DavidsonSpecial Effects
- Warren LynchSpecial Effects
Editing
- Christian NybyEditor
Production
- Howard HawksProducer
- Jack L. WarnerExecutive Producer
Sound
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Robert B. LeeSound Designer
- Robert B. LeeSound
- Leo F. ForbsteinMusic Director
Visual Effects
- Paul DetlefsenMatte Painter
Trailers
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