Summary
L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and wears out his gumshoes trailing murderers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich, and more.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Private investigators
-- Drama.
Extortion -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Drama. Detective and mystery films. Crime films. Film noir. Film adaptations. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Burbank, CA :Warner Home Video,2009 |
| Edition | Full screen. |
| Other Titles | Big sleep. |
| Contributors |
Hawks, Howard,
1896-1977, film producer, film director. Faulkner, William, 1897-1962, screenwriter. Brackett, Leigh, screenwriter. Furthman, Jules, screenwriter. Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957, actor. Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014, actor. Vickers, Martha, 1925-1971, actor. Malone, Dorothy, actor. Steiner, Max, 1888-1971, composer. Hickox, Sid, 1895-1982, director of photography. Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959. Big sleep. Warner Bros. Entertainment, presenter, production company. First National Pictures, Inc., production company. Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Max Steiner ; director of photograpy, Sid Hickox ; editor, Christian Nyby. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
English French In English; with optional English and French subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1946. From the novel by Raymond Chandler. Special features: Cast & crew; 1945/1946 comparisons (with UCLA archivist Robert Gitt); behind the scenes; theatrical trailer. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |