The Big Sleep

About The Big Sleep

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

Michael Winner's The Big Sleep is a 1978 crime mystery film. Released in March 1978, it runs 100 minutes.

Its themes are daughter, blackmail, general, and murder. The story is adapted from a novel.

Robert Mitchum takes the lead as Philip Marlowe, Sarah Miles as Charlotte Sternwood, Richard Boone as Lash Cansino, and Candy Clark as Camilla Sternwood. The screenplay is by Michael Winner. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.

The Revenant, The Godfather Part II, and Murder on the Orient Express make useful companions to The Big Sleep. TMDB voters put it at 5.9 out of 10 across 106 votes and it carries a R rating.