The Big Sleep

Mar 13, 1978

1h 40m

★ 5.9

Meet Philip Marlowe. The toughest private eye who ever wore a trench coat, slapped a dame and split his knuckles on a jawbone.

Overview

Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

ITC Entertainment

Winkast Film Productions

The Big Sleep Trailers

Cast

Philip Marlowe

Robert Mitchum

Charlotte Sternwood

Sarah Miles

Lash Cansino

Richard Boone

Camilla Sternwood

Candy Clark

Agnes Lazelle

Joan Collins

Joe Brody

Edward Fox

Inspector Carson

John Mills

General Sternwood

James Stewart

Eddie Mars

Oliver Reed

Norris

Harry Andrews

Harry Jones

Colin Blakely

Commander Barker

Richard Todd

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7.0

Targets

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6.3

The Laramie Project

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6.4

The Man Who Knew Too Little

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5.8

Disturbing Behavior

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Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they're a little too perfect. When Steve's rebellious friend Gavin mysteriously joins their ranks, Steve searches for the truth with fellow misfit Rachel.

7.0

Go

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6.5

Kiss the Girls

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5.6

The Nameless

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6.8

The Bone Collector

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Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.

5.6

Runaway

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6.7

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6.8

Chopper

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5.9

The Anchor

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5.0

The Important Witness

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5.8

The Voice of the City

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7.5

The Actress

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4.7

They/Them

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7.1

Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century

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This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches). In this version the entire plot of the story “Bruce-Partington Drawings” was deleted.

4.6

The Xposé

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This is a dramatic chain of events in the most glamorous ,swinging era of Hindi films... the 1960s. It was a decade when film stars tasted success and carried their larger than life screen image on to real life with unbridled pomp and splendour. It was during this time that two ambitious films were made... Ujwal Nirmal Sheetal and Reena Mera Naam. The latter became a runaway hit while the former was struggling at the box office.

6.4

Heaven

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Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police with information about Turin's biggest drug dealer but, complicit in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides to dole out her own form of justice with a homemade bomb -- setting her off on a journey from young widow to fugitive on the run.