Every minute is perfect but the first thirteen are even better than that.

THE BIG SLEEP

Howard Hawks

1946

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone

Screenplay by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman; adapted from the novel The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Title: THE BIG SLEEP

Year: 1946

Director: Howard Hawks

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone

Writing: Screenplay by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman; adapted from the novel The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

Genre tags: THRILLER, NOIR