Directed by:
Howard HawksCinematography:
Sidney HickoxComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Peggy Knudsen, Regis Toomey, Charles Waldron, Charles D. Brown, Bob Steele (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A dangerous blackmailer has targeted the Sternwoods, a wealthy family once tucked away in the safety of their Los Angeles mansion. But while private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) works on the case, he ends up falling for the clan's fiery daughter (Lauren Bacall). (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Humphrey Bogart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/186/164186707_30a2c4.jpg)
Humphrey Bogart
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Casablanca (1942)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Lauren Bacall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267931_425136.jpg)
Lauren Bacall
USA
Best movies:
Misery (1990)
Dogville (2003)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![John Ridgely](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353552_ae1be6.jpg)
John Ridgely
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Martha Vickers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/321/321875_4362f0.jpg)
Martha Vickers
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
![Dorothy Malone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/416/165416231_ce93ad.jpg)
Dorothy Malone
USA
Best movies:
Basic Instinct (1992)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Colorado Territory (1949)
![Peggy Knudsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/374/159374546_278ef5.jpg)
Peggy Knudsen
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Stolen Life (1946)
Humoresque (1946)
![Regis Toomey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587337_59d49f.jpg)
Regis Toomey
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Charles Waldron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/426/161426240_cabaea.jpg)
Charles Waldron
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Bernadette (1943)
![Charles D. Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011760_6d6ab6.jpg)
Charles D. Brown
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Notorious (1946)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
![Bob Steele](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058613_b453fa.jpg)
Bob Steele
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Elisha Cook Jr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276596_631f46.jpg)
Elisha Cook Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Killing (1956)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
![Louis Jean Heydt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/932/159932719_f1f93a.jpg)
Louis Jean Heydt
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Sonia Darrin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416780_de0198.jpg)
Sonia Darrin
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Caught (1949)
![Lorraine Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058642_8530af.jpg)
Lorraine Miller
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
![Theodore von Eltz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/153/626/153626377_4dd69f.jpg)
Theodore von Eltz
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![James Flavin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000167_c82328.jpg)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Ben Welden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/207/159207107_55dc82.jpg)
Ben Welden
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
![Forbes Murray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185624_51416d.gif)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Vertigo (1958)