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. Details Casts Videos Galleries Posters Title The Big Sleep Release Date 1946-08-23 Runtime 01 Hours 54 Minutes Genres Mystery Crime Thriller Production Companies Warner Bros. Pictures Production Countries United States of America Humphrey Bogart... Philip Marlowe... Lauren Bacall... Vivian Sternwood Rutledge... John Ridgely... Eddie Mars... Martha Vickers... Carmen Sternwood... Elisha Cook Jr.... Harry Jones... Charles Waldron... General Sternwood... Regis Toomey... Chief Inspector Bernie Oh... Louis Jean Heydt... Joe Brody... Dorothy Malone... Acme Bookstore Proprietre... Peggy Knudsen... Mona Mars... Charles D. Brown... Norris the Butler... Bob Steele... Lash Canino... Sonia Darrin... Agnes Lowzier (uncredited... Trevor Bardette... Art Huck (uncredited)... Joy Barlow... Taxi Driver (uncredited)... Max Barwyn... Max - Head Waiter (uncred... Deannie Best... Waitress (uncredited)... Tanis Chandler... Waitress (uncredited)... Jack Chefe... Croupier (uncredited)... James Conaty... Nightclub Patron (uncredi... Joseph Crehan... Medical Examiner (uncredi... Jack Deery... Nightclub Patron (uncredi... Carole Douglas... Librarian (uncredited)... Jay Eaton... Casino Patron (uncredited... Tom Fadden... Sidney (uncredited)... Bess Flowers... Woman with Bumped Man... Kenneth Gibson... Casino Patron (uncredited... Joe Gilbert... Nightclub Patron (uncredi... Stuart Hall... Nightclub Patron (uncredi... Shep Houghton... Casino Patron (uncredited... Kenner G. Kemp... Nightclub Patron (uncredi... Pete Kooy... Motorcycle Cop (uncredite... Lorraine Miller... Hatcheck Girl (uncredited... Forbes Murray... Furtive Man (uncredited)... William H. O'Brien... Waiter (uncredited)... Shelby Payne... Cigarette Girl (uncredite... Jack Perry... Silent Thug Beating Marlo... Tommy Rafferty... Carol Lundgren (uncredite... Waclaw Rekwart... Nightclub Patron (uncredi... Edward Rickard... Nightclub Patron (uncredi... Jeffrey Sayre... Croupier (uncredited)... Emmett Vogan... Ed - Deputy Sheriff (uncr... Theodore von Eltz... Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncr... Wally Walker... Mars' Thug (uncredited)... Dan Wallace... Owen Taylor (uncredited)... Paul Weber... Mars' Thug (uncredited)... Ben Welden... Pete (uncredited)... Suzanne Ridgway... Nightclub Patron (uncredi... The Big Sleep (1946) Original Trailer [FHD] (Trailer) Larry Cohen on THE BIG SLEEP (Featurette) Big Sleep, The (Trailer) Very Small Favor - The Big Sleep (1946) (Clip) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1377x775) Original Size (2050x1154) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (2803x1577) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (2000x1125) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (1920x1080) Original Size (3500x1968) Original Size (2000x1126) Original Size (3840x2160) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (2000x3000) Original Size (988x1482) Original Size (2000x3000) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (500x750) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (2000x3000) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1446) Original Size (720x1080) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (500x750) Original Size (1347x1897) Original Size (1313x1970) Original Size (960x1293) Original Size (960x1428) Original Size (960x1352) Original Size (960x1367) Original Size (960x1346) Original Size (1333x2000) Original Size (500x750) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (986x1395) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (631x924) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1450x2175) Original Size (600x900) Original Size (666x1000) Original Size (1011x1414) Original Size (1509x2166) Original Size (895x1280) Original Size (1062x1535) Original Size (663x1000) Original Size (1471x2154) Original Size (1528x2160) Original Size (1500x2038) Original Size (2000x3000) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1339x2000) Original Size (989x1497) Original Size (2000x3000) Original Size (792x1188) Original Size (500x750) Original Size (840x1260) Original Size (824x1236) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (1000x1500) Original Size (2000x3000) Original Size (736x1104) Original Size (2000x3000)