The Big Sleep (1978)
- Starring:
- Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Winner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Robert Mitchum reprises his role as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe from Farewell, My Lovely, in this misconceived remake of Howard Hawks's classic 1946 film -- transferring the setting from 1940s California to 1970s London. Marlowe is hired by a rich and dying General Sternwood (James Stewart) to find out who is blackmailing him. Marlowe then meets Sterwood's daughters -- the crazy and degenerate Camilla (Candy Clark) and the more even-tempered Charlotte (Sarah Miles). Opening up a can of worms, Marlowe unveils a collection of unsavory characters -- Eddie Mars (Oliver Reed), an inveterate gambler having an affair with Charlotte; Joe Brody (Edward Fox), Camilla's ex-lover; and Agnes (Joan Collins), a sexy bookstore clerk. The plot becomes even more chaotic when it is found that Camilla has been posing in the nude for pornographer Arthur Geiger (John Justin). When Geiger turns up dead, Camilla becomes implicated in Geiger's murder. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 102 mins
Complete Cast:
- Robert Mitchum - Philip Marlowe
- Richard Boone - Lash Canino
- Joan Collins - Agnes Lozelle
- John Mills - Insp. Jim Carson
- Oliver Reed - Eddie Mars
- Colin Blakely - Harry Jones
- Diana Quick - Mona Mars
- John Justin - Arthur Geiger
- Martin Potter - Owen Taylor
- Dudley Sutton - Lanny
- Joe Ritchie - Taxi Driver
- Derek Deadman - Customer in Bookshop
- Sarah Miles - Charlotte Sternwood
- Candy Clark - Camilla Sternwood
- Edward Fox - Joe Brody
- James Stewart - Gen. Guy Sternwood
- Harry Andrews - Vincent Norris
- Richard Todd - Commander Barker
- James Donald - Inspector Gregory
- Simon Turner - Karl Lundgren
- David Savile - Rusty Regan
- Nik Forster - Croupier
- Patrick Durkin - Reg
- Tom Laughlin - Lou
- Director(s):
- Michael Winner
- Writer(s):
- Michael Winner
- Producer(s):
- Michael Winner, Harry Pottle, Elliott Kastner
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Nudity, Questionable for Children, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Violence)
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