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The big sleep

Bacall, Lauren, 1924- (Added Author). Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 (Added Author). Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Big sleep. (Added Author). Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 (Added Author). Malone, Dorothy. (Added Author). Steiner, Max, 1888-1971 (Added Author). Vickers, Martha, 1925-1971 (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), (production company.). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone. (Cast).

Summary: L.A. private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled by murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich - just to name a few. Marlowe is hired to protect a young woman and in the process, he falls in love with the woman's older sister.

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  • Physical Description: remote
    1 streaming video file (114 min.) : digital, sound, black and white
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
From the novel by Raymond Chandler.
Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros., 1946.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music, Max Steiner.
Participant or Performer Note: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone.
Target Audience Note:
CHV rating: PG.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
French language version also available.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed March 14, 2015).
Subject: Extortion -- Drama
Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) -- Drama
Private security services -- Drama
Sisters -- Drama
Genre: Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Streaming video.
Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Feature films.
Mystery films.
Suspense films.

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