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Uniform Title Big sleep (Motion picture : 1946)
Title The big sleep / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. ; executive producer, Jack L. Warner presents ; a Howard Hawks production ; a Warner Bros. First National picture ; screen play by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett & Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2016]

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Media Room  BLU RAY DVD BIG    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (230 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details Blu-ray; All regions ; NTSC ; Full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono.
Blu-ray player required to view this disc.
Language In English, Spanish or French with optional English, Spanish, or French subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Cast Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Peggy Knudsen, Regis Toomey, Charles Waldron, Charles D. Brown, Bob Steele, Elisha Cook, Jr., Louis Jean Heydt.
Credits Director of photography, Sid Hickox ; film editor, Christian Nyby ; art director, Carl Jules Weyl ; sound by Robert B. Lee ; set decorations by Fred M. MacLean ; wardrobe by Leah Rhodes ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein ; music by Max Steiner.
Note From the novel by Raymond Chandler.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.
Audience Not rated by the MPAA.
Summary Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
Note Special features: 1945 alternate versions ; The Big Sleep comparisons 1945/1946 ; Introduction by Robert Gitt ; theatrical trailer.
Subject Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Extortion -- Drama.
Private security services -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959 -- Film adaptations.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. (OCoLC)fst00043566
Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01010370
Extortion. (OCoLC)fst00918984
Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
Private security services. (OCoLC)fst01077603
Genre/Form Crime films. (OCoLC)fst01710477
Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst01710476
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
Film noir. (OCoLC)fst01710306
Gangster films. (OCoLC)fst01710308
Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Detective and mystery films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Crime films.
Gangster films.
Film noir.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Added Author Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977. Director.
Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978. Producer.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Screenwriter.
Brackett, Leigh. Screenwriter.
Furthman, Jules. Screenwriter.
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957. Actor.
Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014. Actor.
Ridgley, John, 1909-1968. Actor.
Vickers, Martha, 1925-1971. Actor.
Malone, Dorothy. Actor.
Knudsen, Peggy, 1923-1980. Actor.
Toomey, Regis, 1898-1991. Actor.
Waldron, Charles, 1877-1946. Actor.
Brown, Charles D., 1887-1948. Actor.
Steele, Bob, 1907-1988. Actor.
Cook, Elisha, Jr. Actor.
Heydt, Louis Jean, 1903-1960. Actor.
Hickox, Sid, 1895-1982. Cinematographer.
Nyby, Christian, 1913-1993. Film editor.
Weyl, Carl Jules. Artistic director.
Lee, Robert B. Sound designer.
MacLean, Fred. Set designer.
Rhodes, Leah. Costume designer.
Forbstein, Leo F. Musical director.
Steiner, Max, 1888-1971. Composer.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. Big sleep.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), production company.
First National Pictures, Inc., production company.
Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor.
Standard No. 888574379421
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