The Big Sleep - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "The Big Sleep"
The Big Sleep (1946)
Timing:
1:54 (114 min)
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Actors and characters
Louis Jean Heydt
Character Joe Brody
Charles Waldron
Character General Sternwood
Joy Barlow
Character Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Max Barwyn
Character Max - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Deannie Best
Character Waitress (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
Character Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Character Croupier (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Character Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Carole Douglas
Character Librarian (uncredited)
Jay Eaton
Character Casino Patron (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Character Casino Patron (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Character Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Character Casino Patron (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Character Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Pete Kooy
Character Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Lorraine Miller
Character Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Shelby Payne
Character Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Character Silent Thug Beating Marlowe (uncredited)
Tommy Rafferty
Character Carol Lundgren (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Character Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edward Rickard
Character Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Character Croupier (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Character Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited)
Wally Walker
Character Mars' Thug (uncredited)
Dan Wallace
Character Owen Taylor (uncredited)
Paul Weber
Character Mars' Thug (uncredited)
Ben Welden
Character Pete (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- The image of the main character in the film 'Blade Runner,' played by Harrison Ford, is based on Philip Marlowe as portrayed by Bogart.
- In the late 1990s, a pre-release version of the 1945 film was discovered in the Film and Television Archive of the University of California. Hugh M. Hefner organized fundraising for its restoration. In 1997, the pre-release version was shown in art house cinemas alongside a documentary comparing Hawks' original film and the reworked 'star version.' Although the overall duration of the pre-release version is only two minutes longer, it contains approximately 20 minutes of excised material.
- William Faulkner came to the film set in Hollywood to work on this film, but he didn't like it there and asked director Howard Hawks (1896-1977) if he could work "from home." Hawks agreed, assuming Faulkner would work in his Hollywood apartment, and only later learned that Faulkner had returned home to Mississippi.
- After seeing Humphrey Bogart in John Huston's (1906-1987) crime melodrama *The Maltese Falcon* (1941), Leigh Brackett wrote her first detective story, which impressed Hawks so much that he instructed his secretary to contact "this – what's her name – Brackett" to "help" with the screenplay for *The Big Sleep*.
- By the time the film was supposed to be completed, Hawks had shot less than half the script. Some delays were caused by Humphrey Bogart's family problems, but mostly they fell behind schedule due to constant script rewrites. When the studio announced Christmas vacation, Hawks and screenwriter Jules Furthman (1888-1966) shortened the script to finish the project as quickly as possible, cutting entire scenes. Filming was eventually completed 34 days late and with a budget overrun of only $15,000 (thanks to the fact that the equipment for the auxiliary shooting locations was, whenever possible, the cheapest available).
- Howard Hawks and the screenwriters considered many endings for the film. In one, Carmen attempted to stage a suicide, but it turned out the gun was loaded with live ammunition, not blanks. In another, Carmen was supposed to confess everything and walk into a trap set by the criminals. Eventually, they preferred this version: Marlowe flips a coin to decide what to do, and based on that, allows Carmen to leave the house, after which she falls into a trap. When censors protested the depiction of what they considered excessive violence on screen, Hawks asked what ending they would suggest themselves. They came up with the idea that Marlowe should force the leader of the criminals out of the house, and then be shot by his own gang outside. Hawks liked the idea so much that he immediately offered to hire its authors as screenwriters.
- While working on the script, William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett couldn't figure out from the novel who killed one of the characters. They called Chandler, he flared up, said everything was written in the novel, and hung up. Faulkner and Brackett shrugged and returned to work. A while later, Chandler called them, said he had reread the novel and also didn't understand who the killer was, and then told them to solve the problem themselves.
- In the late 1990s, a pre-release version of the 1945 film was discovered at the Film and Television Archive of the University of California. Hugh M. Hefner organized fundraising for its restoration. In 1997, the pre-release version was shown in art house cinemas alongside a documentary comparing the original Hawks film and the reworked "star version." Although the overall length of the pre-release version is only two minutes longer, it contains approximately 20 minutes of excised material.
- After seeing Humphrey Bogart in John Huston's (1906-1987) crime melodrama "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), Leigh Brackett wrote her first detective story, which impressed Hawks so much that he instructed his secretary to contact "this – what's-her-name – Brackett" to "help" with the screenplay for "The Big Sleep."
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