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The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep(1946)

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Director

Howard Hawks Director
Robert Vreeland Assistant Director
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Cast

Humphrey Bogart Philip Marlowe
Lauren Bacall Vivian Rutledge
John Ridgely Eddie Mars
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Martha Vickers Carmen Sternwood
Dorothy Malone Bookstore proprietress
Peggy Knudson Mona Mars
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Regis Toomey Bernie Ohls
Charles Waldron General Sternwood
Charles D. Brown Norris, the butler
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Bob Steele Canino
Elisha Cook Jr. Harry Jones
Louis Jean Heydt Joe Brody
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Sonia Darrin Agnes
James Flavin Captain Cronjager
Thomas Jackson Wilde
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Thomas Rafferty Carol Lundgren
Theodore Von Eltz Arthur Gwynne Geiger
Dan Wallace Owen Taylor
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Joy Barlowe Taxicab driver
Forbes Murray Furtive man
Pete Kooy Motorcycle officer
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Emmett Vogan Deputy sheriff
Joseph Crehan Medical examiner
Carole Douglas Librarian
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Jack Chefe Croupier
Tom Fadden Sidney
Ben Weldon Pete
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Paul Weber Eddie Mars's thug
Jack Perry Eddie Mars's thug
Wally Walker Eddie Mars's thug
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Lorraine Miller Hat check girl
Shelby Payne Cigarette girl
Trevor Bardette Art Huck
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Tanis Chandler Waitress
Deannie Best Waitress
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Cinematography

Sid Hickox Director of Photography
Michael P. Joyce 2nd Camera
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Writer

William Faulkner Screenwriter
Leigh Brackett Screenwriter
Jules Furthman Screenwriter
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Producer

Jack L. Warner Executive Producer
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Editing

Christian Nyby Film Editor
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Music

Leo F. Forbstein Music Director
Max Steiner Music
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Art Director

Carl Jules Weyl Art Director
Max Parker Supv art dir
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Visual Effects

E. Roy Davidson Spec eff dir
Warren E. Lynch Special Effects
William McGann Special Effects
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Willard Van Enger Special Effects
Robert Burks Special Effects
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Make-Up

Perc Westmore Makeup Artist
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Costume-Wardrobe

Leah Rhodes Wardrobe
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Art Department

Fred M. MacLean Set Decoration
Paul Detlefsen Matte paintings
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Sound

Robert B. Lee Sound
Gerald W. Alexander Re-rec and eff mixer
Robert G. Wayne Re-rec and eff mixer
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Charles David Forrest Mus mixer
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Production Companies

Howard Hawks Company
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Film Production - Main

Eric Stacey Production Manager
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