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Big Sleep, The

The Big Sleep (1978)

Thriller | 99 minutes
2,52 32 votes

Genre: Thriller

Duration: 99 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Michael Winner

Stars: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles and Richard Boone

IMDb score: 5,8 (6.204)

Releasedate: 13 March 1978

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The Big Sleep plot

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

Philip Marlowe visits England to start an investigation into the British upper class. On behalf of a sick war veteran, the detective must track down a blackmailer who is attacking the ex-general's two daughters. Marlowe can prove that the man's long-missing son-in-law was murdered.

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Robert Mitchum Robert Mitchum

Philip Marlowe

Sarah Miles Sarah Miles

Charlotte Sternwood

Richard Boone Richard Boone

Lash Cansino

Candy Clark Candy Clark

Camilla Sternwood

Joan Collins Joan Collins

Agnes Lazelle

Edward Fox Edward Fox

Joe Brody

John Mills John Mills

Inspector Carson

James Stewart James Stewart

General Sternwood

Oliver Reed Oliver Reed

Eddie Mars

Harry Andrews Harry Andrews

Norris

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