The Big Sleep (1946)

USA, 114 min
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Basic facts

Original title The Big Sleep
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1961-10-23

Cast

Humphrey Bogart
Philip "Phil" Marlowe, privatdetektiv

Lauren Bacall
Mrs. Vivian Rutledge

John Ridgely
Eddie Mars, kasinoägare

Louis Jean Heydt
Joe Brody, gangster

Elisha Cook Jr.
Harry Jones

Regis Toomey
Police Detective Bernie Ohls

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Titles

Original title
  • The Big Sleep
Swedish release title
  • Utpressning
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Utpressning

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Special Photographic Effects
Musical Arrangement
Orchestra Leader
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor

Cast

Humphrey Bogart Philip "Phil" Marlowe, privatdetektiv
Lauren Bacall Mrs. Vivian Rutledge
John Ridgely Eddie Mars, kasinoägare
Louis Jean Heydt Joe Brody, gangster
Elisha Cook Jr. Harry Jones
Regis Toomey Police Detective Bernie Ohls
Sonia Darren Agnes Lozier, Geigers sekreterare
Bob Steele Canino, Eddie Mars underhuggare
Martha Vickers Carmen Sternwood, Vivians yngre syster
Tom Rafferty Carol Lundgren, Geigers livvakt
Dorothy Malone föreståndaren för Acme Book Shop
Charles Waldron general Sternwood, Vivians och Carmens far
Charles D. Brown Norris, Sternwoods betjänt
Tom Fadden Sidney, Mars medhjälpare
Ben Welden Peter, Mars medhjälpare
Trevor Bardette Art Huck, garageägaren i Realito, Caninos underhuggare
James Flavin Police Captain Cronjager (rollen bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Joy Barlowe den kvinnliga taxichauffören
Thomas Jackson Wilde, allmänne åklagaren (rollen bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Peggy Knudsen Mona Mars, Eddies fru
Theodore Von Eltz Arthur Gwynn Geiger
Carole Douglas bibliotekarien
Dan Wallace Owen Taylor, Sternwoods chaufför (rollen bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Tanis Chandler servitris
Deannie Best servitris
Lorraine Miller garderobiären på kasinot
Shelby Payne cigarrettflickan på kasinot
Forbes Murray en hemlighetsfull man
Joseph Crehan rättsläkaren
Emmett Vogan Ed, deputy
Pete Kooy motorcykelpolisen
Jack Chefe croupiern
Paul Webber "Torpedo", mannen utanför kasinot som försöker stjäla Vivians vinstpengar
Jack Perry en av Eddie Mars underhuggare
Wally Walker en av Eddie Mars underhuggare
Patricia Clark
Marc Lawrence

Companies

Production Company Warner Bros. Inc.
A Howard Hawks Production (för)
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Warner Bros. Film AB 1946
AB Stjärnfilm 1961
AB Svensk Filmindustri 19--
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Warner Home Video Sweden AB 1998
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2000

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 97782
Date 1961-08
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3055 meters


Censorship number 71701
Date 1947-03
Classification Banned
Original length 2635 meters


Censorship number 71527
Date 1947-02
Classification Banned
Original length 3130 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system RCA Sound System
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3130 meter
Length in minutes 114 min


Original work

Original title The Big Sleep (Novel)
Author Raymond Chandler


Production location

USA 1944-12 1945-01-12
Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Kalifornien

Release dates

First showing 1946-08-31 USA 114 min (US Release)
Release in Sweden 1961-10-23 Skandia Sweden 111 min
TV showing 1968-08-09 Sweden
Re-release 1974-02-11 Sweden
TV showing 1980-10-12 TV2 Sweden
1993-01-20 Kanal 1 Sweden
Video release 1998-08 Sweden 109 min
DVD release 2000-07-14 Sweden
TV showing 2003-03-18 SVT2 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2003-12-07
2003-12-09
TV showing 2005-09-23 SVT1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2009-02-13
2009-04-09
2009-04-18
2010-03-15
2014-10-05
Cinematheque screening 2014-10-10 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2014-10-10
2015-04-14
2015-04-25
2024-02-17 Bio Victor, Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
Composer Stan Kenton (1943)
Charles Lawrence (1943)
Lyrics Joe Greene (1943)
Singer Lauren Bacall (dubbad av ?)
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Related films

Precious Images (1986) The Big Sleep (1946)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3113


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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