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The Big sleep

Title
The Big sleep / Warner Bros.
Publication
Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, [1991], ©1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977.
  • Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
  • Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957.
  • Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014.
  • Warner Bros. Pictures.
Description
1 videodisc (LaserVision) (114 min.) : sound, black and white, 1800 rpm; 12 in.
Summary
In this twisting tale of blackmail and murder, Bogart plays Philip Marlowe, a tough private detective, who is hired to protect a millionaire\u0027s daughter being blackmailed by an unknown racheteer. As he solves the case, Marlowe and the older daughter in the family (Lauren Bacall) fall in love.
Uniform Title
Big sleep (Motion picture)
Subjects
Note
  • Based on the novel of the same title by Raymond Chandler.
  • Extended play.
Credits (note)
  • Screenplay, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman ; director, Howard Hawks ; music, Max Steiner ; photography, Sid Hickox.
Performer (note)
  • Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, John Ridgely, Dorothy Malone.
Event (note)
  • Originally produced in 1946 as a motion picture by Warner Bros.
ISBN
0792809327
OCLC
  • ocm25328522
  • SCSB-3502489
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries