Le Grand Sommeil
The Big Sleep
« La photo pour laquelle ils sont nés ! »
Le général Sternwood engage le détective privé Philip Marlowe pour régler une affaire de chantage dont il est victime. Un dénommé Geiger possèderait des photos compromettantes de sa fille cadette, Carmen. Mais Marlowe découvre que le maître chanteur a été assassiné. Rapidement, les cadavres s'accumulent et l'intrigue se complique. De nombreux personnage entrent en scène, dont Vivian, la sœur aînée de Carmen.
- Budget
- $250,000
- Recettes
- $10,682,000
- Statut
- Released
Humphrey Bogart
— Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall
— Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
John Ridgely
— Eddie Mars
Martha Vickers
— Carmen Sternwood
Louis Jean Heydt
— Joe Brody
Charles Waldron
— General Sternwood
Regis Toomey
— Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darrin
— Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
Elisha Cook Jr.
— Harry Jones
Bob Steele
— Lash Canino
Dorothy Malone
— Acme Bookstore Proprietress
Peggy Knudsen
— Mona Mars
Charles D. Brown
— Norris the Butler
Trevor Bardette
— Art Huck (uncredited)
Joy Barlow
— Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
— Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Deannie Best
— Waitress (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
— Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
— Croupier (uncredited)
James Conaty
— Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
— Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Jack Deery
— Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Carole Douglas
— Librarian (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
— Casino Patron (uncredited)
Tom Fadden
— Sidney (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
— Woman with Bumped Man
Kenneth Gibson
— Casino Patron (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
— Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
— Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
— Casino Patron (uncredited)