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The Resource The big sleep, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Howard Hawks production ; screen play by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, & Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks

The big sleep, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Howard Hawks production ; screen play by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, & Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks

Label
The big sleep
Title
The big sleep
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Howard Hawks production ; screen play by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, & Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
Millionaire Gen. Sternwood hires private detective Philip Marlowe to learn who is blackmailing his young, loose daughter, Carmen, with pornographic pictures. Marlowe gets involved in a web of sex, blackmail, and murder
Cataloging source
MDK
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Sid Hickox ; editor, Christian Nyby ; music, Max Steiner
Language note
In English with optional English and French subtitles
PerformerNote
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgley, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1897-1962
  • 1896-1977
  • 1899-1957
  • 1924-2014
  • 1925-1971
  • 1909-1968
  • 1898-1991
  • 1888-1971
  • 1888-1959
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Faulkner, William
  • Brackett, Leigh
  • Furthman, Jules
  • Hawks, Howard
  • Bogart, Humphrey
  • Bacall, Lauren
  • Vickers, Martha
  • Ridgley, John
  • Malone, Dorothy
  • Toomey, Regis
  • Steiner, Max
  • Chandler, Raymond
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
230
Technique
live action
Label
The big sleep, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Howard Hawks production ; screen play by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, & Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "From the novel by Raymond Chandler."
  • Originally released as motion picture in 1945 and 1946
  • Special features include: both the 1946 theatrical release (114 min.) and the 1945 pre-release version (116 min.). Includes a comparison of the two versions by Robert Gitt, cast and crew, behind the scenes, scene selections
  • Closed-captioned
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
43537168
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (230 min.)
Isbn
9780790746982
Isbn Type
:
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
65026
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format; Dolby digital (English mono), standard version
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The big sleep, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Howard Hawks production ; screen play by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, & Jules Furthman ; directed by Howard Hawks
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "From the novel by Raymond Chandler."
  • Originally released as motion picture in 1945 and 1946
  • Special features include: both the 1946 theatrical release (114 min.) and the 1945 pre-release version (116 min.). Includes a comparison of the two versions by Robert Gitt, cast and crew, behind the scenes, scene selections
  • Closed-captioned
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
43537168
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (230 min.)
Isbn
9780790746982
Isbn Type
:
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
65026
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format; Dolby digital (English mono), standard version
Video recording format
DVD

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