---
title: 'The Big Sleep (1946)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1946-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-big-sleep-1946'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Big Sleep (1946)

1946 · 114 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Big Sleep is a 1946 American film noir directed by Howard Hawks. William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay, which adapts Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story that begins with blackmail and leads to multiple murders.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Producer:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Screenplay:** [William Faulkner](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-faulkner), [Raymond Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-chandler), [Leigh Brackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-brackett), [Jules Furthman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-furthman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sidney Hickox](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-hickox)
- **Editor:** [Christian Nyby](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-nyby)

## Cast

- [Bob Steele](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-steele)
- [Jack Chefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-chefe)
- [Louis Jean Heydt](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jean-heydt)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Peggy Knudsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/peggy-knudsen)
- [Charles D. Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-d-brown)
- [Emmett Vogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-vogan)
- [Tom Fadden](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-fadden)
- [Humphrey Bogart](https://cinepixo.com/people/humphrey-bogart) as Philip Marlowe
- [Lauren Bacall](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauren-bacall)
- [Joseph Crehan](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-crehan)
- [Jay Eaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-eaton)
- [Elisha Cook Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisha-cook-jr)
- [Charles Waldron](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-waldron)
- [Dorothy Malone](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-malone)

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