The Big Sleep (1978 film)
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The Big Sleep | |
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Directed by | Michael Winner |
Produced by | Jerry Bick Lew Grade Elliott Kastner Bernard Williams Michael Winner |
Written by | Raymond Chandler (novel) Michael Winner |
Narrated by | Robert Mitchum |
Starring | Robert Mitchum Sarah Miles Richard Boone Candy Clark |
Music by | Jerry Fielding |
Cinematography | Robert Paynter |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date(s) | 1978 |
Running time | 99 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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The Big Sleep (1978) was the second movie version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. It was directed by Michael Winner and starred Robert Mitchum as the detective Philip Marlowe. James Stewart appeared as General Sternwood. The action was set in London, England rather than California. The movie contained material more explicit that what could only be hinted at in the 1946 version, such as homosexuality, pornography and nudity.
The plot concerns General Sternwood hiring hard-boiled private detective Marlowe as he is being blackmailed by a homosexual pornographer named Arthur Geiger. The convoluted trail involves Marlowe following various suspicious characters, many of whom mysteriously die in his wake. Eventually Marlowe discovers the truth concerning Charlotte and Carmilla Sternwood (played by Sarah Miles and Candy Clark respectively), the General's daughters. Richard Boone makes an appearance as a fearsome hitman.
[edit] Trivia
- Robert Mitchum (Philip Marlowe) died on July 1, 1997 while James Stewart (General Sternwood) died the very next day, on July 2, 1997.