The Big Sleep
"The picture they were born for!"
Cast & Crew
Humphrey Bogart
as Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
as Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
as Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt
as Joe Brody
Charles Waldron
as General Sternwood
Regis Toomey
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darrin
as Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Harry Jones
Howard Hawks
Director
Overview
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.
