The Big Sleep
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Malone
Director: Howard Hawks
Writer: William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman
Producer: Howard Hawks
The Big Sleep is a 1946 American film noir directed by Howard Hawks. William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay, which adapts Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story that begins with blackmail and leads to multiple murders.
Trivia
- Based on The Big Sleep (novel by Raymond Chandler).
- Filming was meant to be completed in late November, but was continually delayed due to Bogart's increased drinking.
- Similar to To Have and Have Not, there was no finalized script during filming due to the constant changes during production.
- The composition of the screenplay involved Hawks and three writers.
Filming Locations
- Principal photography on the film took place on the Warner Bros. backlot from October 10, 1944, to January 12, 1945.
Previous Showings
21 Runs • 16 Festivals
36,734 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (October 27, 1946)
Original Run: October 27, 1946 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (21):
- October 27, 1946 (Sunday - Wednesday)Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
- September 16 - 17, 1993 · 1,311 ticketsw/ To Have and Have Not
- April 24 - 26, 1995 · 801 ticketsw/ Casablanca
- January 3 - 6, 1997Featuring Humphrey Bogartw/ To Have and Have Not
- February 6 - 9, 1997 · 3,454 ticketsw/ The Maltese Falcon, Springtime in the Rockies
- January 3 - 6, 1998 · 2,669 ticketsw/ To Have and Have Not
- July 21 - 31, 2001 · 6,116 ticketssummer2k1w/ Casablanca
- January 17 - 30, 2003 · 3,288 ticketsFilmNoirw/ Casablanca
- September 3 - 6, 2005 · 2,653 ticketsSummer 2005w/ Sabrina
- February 2 - 4, 2007 · 1,291 ticketsFilm Noir, Val Lewton, 1930s musicals and more!w/ Double Indemnity
- November 21 - 27, 2008 · 1,845 ticketsHumphrey Bogart Also, Holiday Favoritesw/ In a Lonely Place
- October 9 - 10, 2009 · 876 tickets20th Anniversary Festivalw/ Laura
- October 14 - 15, 2010 · 532 ticketsFall 2010 Featuring film noir every Thursday and Fridayw/ The Blue Dahlia
- May 25 - 27, 2012 · 1,459 ticketsHoward Hawksw/ The Criminal Code
- October 3 - 6, 2013 · 1,929 ticketsThe Best of Bogart and Film Noir Classicsw/ The Third Man
- October 24 - 26, 2014 · 1,221 ticketsRemembering Lauren Bacallw/ Dark Passage
- September 9 - 11, 2017 · 1,426 ticketsWarner Brosw/ To Have and Have Not
- February 13 - 14, 2019 · 582 ticketsHumphrey Bogart Festivalw/ Dark Passage
- September 15 - 17, 2023 · 1,710 ticketsSeptember 2023 Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn every Friday through Sundayw/ Sabrina
- September 6 - 8, 2024 · 1,963 ticketsFilm Noir plus Val Lewtonw/ The Maltese Falcon
- June 3 - 7, 2026 · 1,608 ticketsSummer 2026 including the Films of Marilyn Monroew/ To Have and Have Not