The Big Sleep (1978 film)

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The Big Sleep

Theatrical release poster
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) March 13, 1978
Running time 99 min.
Country UK
Language English
IMDb profile

The Big Sleep (1978) was the second film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. It was directed by Michael Winner and stars Robert Mitchum as the detective Philip Marlowe. James Stewart appears as General Sternwood. The action was set in London, England rather than California. The movie contained material more explicit than what could only be hinted at in the 1946 version, such as homosexuality, pornography and nudity.

The film was distributed theatrically by United Artists, which held the rights to the 1946 version at the time.

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General Sternwood (James Stewart) hires hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe to investigate and learn who is blackmailing him. Marlowe's investigation of the homosexual pornographer Arthur Geiger is a convoluted trail of suspicious characters, many of whom mysteriously die in his wake. In the event, Marlowe discovers the truth about Gen. Sternwood's daughters Charlotte (Sarah Miles) and Carmilla Sternwood (Candy Clark). Richard Boone is the fearsome hitman.

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