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1. Apr 07,  · Directed by Michael Winner. With Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark. Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster/10(K).

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2. The Big Sleep () is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in and again in The story is set in Los Angeles. The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the theilearusneygeda.barlipimofluhenetparadecepli.co by: 4.

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3. Aug 31,  · Directed by Howard Hawks. With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers. Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love/10(K).

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4. Dec 04,  · Probably the best-known remark about the famously scrambled plot of “The Big Sleep” belongs to Raymond Chandler, author of the novel on which the Author: JAN HERMAN.

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5. Jun 13,  · Directed by Andrew Currie. With Jason Priestley, Kristin Booth, Natar Ungalaaq, Makka Kleist. An Inuit man is accused of the brutal double murder of his mother and brother, but he claims no memory of the crime. Big city lawyer Peter Radwell (Priestley) is sent up North to defend .

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6. Geiger, who is homosexual (or perhaps bisexual), blackmails General Sternwood, and murdered in the act of attempting to further his blackmail by taking nude pictures of Carmen Sternwood. Though Geiger is murdered early on in the novel, his death causes a series of events that set the plot in motion.

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7. Read a Plot Overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter Summary and Analysis. See a complete list of the characters in The Big Sleep and in-depth analyses of Philip Marlowe, Eddie Mars, and Carmen Sternwood. Find the quotes you need to support your essay, or refresh your memory of the book.

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8. Plot. Private detective Philip Marlowe is summoned to the mansion of General Sternwood, who wants to resolve ‘gambling debts’ that his daughter Carmen owes to bookseller Arthur Geiger. As Marlowe is leaving, Sternwood's older daughter Vivian stops him.

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