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The Big Sleep (1946)
Director: Howard Hawks
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of the finest mainstream noir-thrillers ever made. As Bogart's Marlowe gets involved with the Sternwood family's many problems (drugs, blackmail, nymphomania and murder), Hawks never allows the plot to get in the way of his real interest: the growing love, based on remarkably explicit sexual attraction, between Bogie and Bacall, and the way that emotion causes both of them to modify their initial positions regarding the criminal goings-on. In fact, the story is virtually incomprehensible at points, but who cares when the sultry mood, the incredibly witty and memorable script, and the performances are so impeccable?Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Howard Hawks
Producer: Howard Hawks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey, Elisha Cook Jr, Peggy Knudsen full cast
Genre(s): Film Noir
Duration: 114 mins
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