The Big Sleep

★★★★★

Turkish title: Birleşen Kalpler

“The picture they were born for!”

1946 · 1 h 54 min

Directed by Howard Hawks

CrimeDramaFilm-Noir

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Cast

Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall

Credits

Written by: William Faulkner

Plot

Detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a general and is drawn into blackmail and murder.

Sinekatalog’s take

Howard Hawks's noir puts Bogart's Philip Marlowe in a tangled case. The plot is famously hard to follow, but the Bogart-Bacall chemistry and banter make the confusion enjoyable.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (95,200 votes)
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