The Big Sleep (1946) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Howard Hawks.

Cast

• Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe
• Lauren Bacall as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
• John Ridgely as Eddie Mars
• Martha Vickers as Carmen Sternwood
• Louis Jean Heydt as Joe Brody
• Charles Waldron as General Sternwood
• Regis Toomey as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
• Sonia Darrin as Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
• Elisha Cook Jr. as Harry Jones
• Bob Steele as Lash Canino
• Dorothy Malone as Acme Bookstore Proprietress
• Peggy Knudsen as Mona Mars
• Charles D. Brown as Norris the Butler
• Trevor Bardette as Art Huck (uncredited)
• Joy Barlow as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• Max Barwyn as Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
• Deannie Best as Waitress (uncredited)
• Tanis Chandler as Waitress (uncredited)
• Jack Chefe as Croupier (uncredited)
• James Conaty as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• Joseph Crehan as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
• Jack Deery as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• Carole Douglas as Librarian (uncredited)
• Jay Eaton as Casino Patron (uncredited)
• Tom Fadden as Sidney (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Woman with Bumped Man
• Kenneth Gibson as Casino Patron (uncredited)
• Joe Gilbert as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• Stuart Hall as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• Shep Houghton as Casino Patron (uncredited)
• Kenner G. Kemp as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• Pete Kooy as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
• Lorraine Miller as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
• Forbes Murray as Furtive Man (uncredited)
• William H. O'Brien as Waiter (uncredited)
• Shelby Payne as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
• Jack Perry as Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
• Tommy Rafferty as Carol Lundgren (uncredited)
• Waclaw Rekwart as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• Edward Rickard as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Crew

• Howard Hawks — Director
• Raymond Chandler — Novel
• William Faulkner — Screenplay
• Leigh Brackett — Screenplay
• Jules Furthman — Screenplay
• Howard Hawks — Producer
• Max Steiner — Original Music Composer
• Sidney Hickox — Director of Photography

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• Crooked House (2017)
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