The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

  • Director: Howard Hawks
  • Writer: William Faulkner,Leigh Brackett,Jules Furthman
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: August 31, 1946
  • Aspect ratio: 1.37 : 1
  • Also known as: Tote schlafen fest
  • "The Big Sleep" is a suspenseful and thriller film of The United States of America directed by Howard Hawks and starring actors such as Humphrey Bogart , Betty Joan Perske and Dorothy Malone . It was held in The United States of America on August 23, 1946. Released.
    The film tells the story of the wealthy Enwood's youngest daughter, Kalman, fell in love with a private detective, but was rejected because of a mental illness. She lost her mind and killed the private detective. This became the handle of the casino owner Masle Thornwood, and after the truth became clear, Mas was hired by Enwood to kill him   .

    Details

    • Release date August 31, 1946
    • Filming locations New York Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies Warner Bros.

    Box office

    Budget

    $250,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $22,356

    Movie reviews

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    • By Sigurd 2021-12-09 08:01:21

      The Big Sleep

      The story originated when Carlman, the youngest daughter of the wealthy Enwood, fell in love with a private detective, but was rejected because she was mentally ill. She lost her mind and killed the private detective. All this became the handle of the casino owner Masle Thornwood. After the truth became clear, Mas was killed by a private detective hired by Enwood. The film’s narrative structure is exquisite and symmetrical, the narrative is clearly organized, and the dialogue in the film is...

    • By Theodora 2021-12-09 08:01:21

      I do not understand

      I always think that traditional Hollywood movies are still easy to understand, so there is no other meaning at all. But when I met Bogart's "The Big Sleep" (The Big Sleep), I almost couldn't cry. When I am not blind to Westerners and sensitive to the names of characters, I really didn't understand or even figure out the plot (poker face). Even... even I want to find a book to write down the order and relationship of the characters (ahaha), I thought I had to watch "Dream of Red Mansions"...

    • By Vinnie 2021-12-09 08:01:21

      "Long Dreams"-The Big Sleep: The most puzzling movie ever

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      Nicholas Barber

      BBC Culture

      September 5, 2021

      After the movie "Long Dreams in the Night" was released 75 years ago, audiences have been puzzled by its plot. Although its...

    • By Alessia 2021-12-09 08:01:21

      Short flirting guide

      It's pretty good-looking, I am happy to see it, although the movie is over, I still don't understand who killed who.

      I generally accept that my occasional plot interpretation is low or even incompetent, so I didn't think there was anything, so I thought about it. As soon as I opened the film review, it turned out that it was not bad for me. The big guys didn't understand it, and they all looked at flirting. The story is actually quite simple. Later, I learned that it was because of...

    • By Meredith 2021-12-09 08:01:21

      It can be classic if you don’t understand it (explain)

      One of the advantages of traditional Hollywood movies should be easy to understand (at least in terms of plot), it is the so-called Closure. The Big Sleep is a different kind of a different kind, especially for a detective film. As for the reasons for the incomprehension, it is generally blamed on the PCA, which is the evil censorship system of the year. Another point is to praise the new star Lauren Bacall, and to use the relationship between her and her newlywed husband Humphery Bogart to...

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    • By Mona 2023-02-21 02:14:20

      The way to use the metaphor of horse racing to test each other is very...

    • By Blaze 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Between me lacking the brains to fathom it out and bad storytelling I choose to believe the...

    • By Jerrell 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Alas... It can be seen that the film's ambitions in characterization, suspense setting, and dialogue design are completely visible. Director Howard Hawks also completely showed the master-level audio-visual level in some scenes, and even praised it indiscriminately. Played one by one beautiful female characters. However, the motives of almost all the characters are quite vague, the details of the information do not match each other, the suspense cannot be answered, the clues are mixed and the...

    • By Ilene 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      Still prefer Bogart's...

    • By Terrill 2022-04-24 07:01:06

      I don't really see...

    Movie plot

    Philip Marlowe ( Humphrey Bogart ) is a private investigator. He was invited to the home of Sternwood (Charles Waldron) on this day. Sternwood asked Marlowe to investigate about his daughter. A debt, his daughter Carmen Sternwood (Marta Wicks) owes a gambling debt to a man named Geiger. When Marlowe was about to leave, Sternwood’s eldest daughter Vivienne ( played by Betty Joan Perske ) placed him in the column and told him that the...
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    Evaluation action

    The love story of the film is a very dizzy story, with suspense as the background, so it is even more confusing and unusual. Few people can understand, just like many people only remember the "femme beauty" and the lonely detective. A group of deadly beauties, represented by Betty Joan Perske, wear broad-shouldered clothes. They are very strong, and they want to get around the omnipotent gods and men in the usual detective dramas. And...
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    Movie quotes

    • General Sternwood: If I seem a bit sinister as a parent, Mr. Marlowe, it's because my hold on life is too slight to include any Victorian hypocrisy. I need hardly add that any man who has lived as I have and who indulges, for the first time, in parenthood, at my age, deserves all he gets.

    • Philip Marlowe: You made a mistake. Mrs. Rutledge didn't want to see me.

      Norris: I'm sorry, sir. I make many mistakes.

    • Philip Marlowe: Hm.

      General Sternwood: What does that mean?

      Philip Marlowe: [laughing] It means, "Hm!"