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1946 Certificate PG
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Chandler's first novel introduced private detective Philip Marlowe, and THE BIG SLEEP set the standard for private detective movies. Down-at-the-heels private eye Marlowe gets the assignment to clean up after the daughters of a dying millionaire, but dead people have a nasty habit of trailing in their wake. The famously .. Read more

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Charles Waldron, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone
Director Howard Hawks
Genres Thriller

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    • Chandler's first novel introduced private detective Philip Marlowe, and THE BIG SLEEP set the standard for private detective movies. Down-at-the-heels private eye Marlowe gets the assignment to clean ...