The Big Sleep
The picture they were born for!
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen.Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $11M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
25 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Big Sleep actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Big Sleep appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Detective Movies Ranked #39
Placed at #39 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Big Sleep returned 42.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $250,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $11M
- Release date
- Aug 22, 1946
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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