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The big sleep [videorecording] / Turner Entertainment Co. ; Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents a Warner Bros. ; First National picture ; a Howard Hawks production ; [director], Howard Hawks.

Contributor(s): Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 | Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 | Bacall, Lauren, 1924- | Vickers, Martha, 1925-1971 | Malone, Dorothy | Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. Big sleep | Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) | First National Pictures | Warner Home Video (Firm).
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2005Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 114 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 1419817647; 9781419817649.Uniform titles: Big sleep (Motion picture : 1946) Subject(s): Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) -- Drama | Extortion -- Drama | Private security services -- Drama | Man-woman relationships -- Drama | Sisters -- Drama | Feature films | Detective and mystery films | Thrillers (Motion pictures) | Film noirDDC classification: 791.4372 Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy MaloneSummary: L.A. private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled by murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich - just to name a few. Marlowe is hired to protect a young woman and in the process, he falls in love with the woman's older sister
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791.4372 BIG 2005 (Browse shelf) DVD Video 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000524984

Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.

From the novel by Raymond Chandler.

Special features: documentary The big sleep comparisons 1945/1946, featuring Robert Gitt of UCLA analyzing scene differences between versions; interactive menus; production notes; theatrical trailer; scene access.

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone

L.A. private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled by murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich - just to name a few. Marlowe is hired to protect a young woman and in the process, he falls in love with the woman's older sister

DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital.

English dialogue, English or French subtitles ; closed-captioned