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Genre: Crime / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller /  more » Awards: 1 win  more » User Ratings: 8.2 (43,556 votes)  more »   Also rated #175 in the Top 250 Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.  more »

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Filmmakers: Howard Hawks - Director, William Faulkner - Writer (screenplay), Leigh Brackett - Writer (screenplay), Jules Furthman - Writer (screenplay), Raymond Chandler - Writer (novel "The Big Sleep"), Sid Hickox¹ - Cinematographer, Max Steiner - Composer, Christian Nyby - Editor  more »

Complete credited cast (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Humphrey Bogart ... Philip Marlowe	1,523
	Lauren Bacall ... Vivian Rutledge	1,932
	John Ridgely ... Eddie Mars	27,829
	Martha Vickers ... Carmen Sternwood	5,416
	Dorothy Malone ... Acme Book Shop Proprietress	4,210