The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired to track down the blackmailers hounding a socialite who is now reaping the consequences of her own sexual indiscretions - but his inquiries start to unravel in a complicated intrigue involving jealousy, murder and extortion. Thriller adapted from the novel by Raymond Chandler, starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely and Dorothy Malone
The Big Sleep airs on BBC Two HD at 10:55 AM, Thursday 26 December. (Subtitles.)
Certificate
PG
Topics
Movie ➝ Drama
Detective ➝ Thriller
Literary Adaptation
Mystery
Humphrey Bogart
Actor
Lauren Bacall
Actor
John Ridgely
Actor