Il grande sonno

Titolo originale: The Big Sleep
Regia: Howard Hawks |
Anno: 1946
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Mistero Crime Thriller
Tag: based on novel or book | gambling | poison | blackmail | detective | drug addiction | sister | film noir | murder | private investigator | whodunit | los angeles, california | private detective | book store | missing person | prank telephone call | wealthy family |
Cast: Humphrey Bogart | Lauren Bacall | John Ridgely | Martha Vickers | Louis Jean Heydt | Charles Waldron | Regis Toomey | Sonia Darrin | Elisha Cook Jr. | Bob Steele | Dorothy Malone | Peggy Knudsen | Charles D. Brown | Trevor Bardette | Joy Barlow | Max Barwyn | Deannie Best | Tanis Chandler | Jack Chefe | James Conaty | Joseph Crehan | Jack Deery | Carole Douglas | Jay Eaton | Tom Fadden | Bess Flowers | Kenneth Gibson | Joe Gilbert | Stuart Hall | Shep Houghton | Kenner G. Kemp | Pete Kooy | Lorraine Miller | Forbes Murray | William H. O'Brien | Shelby Payne | Jack Perry | Tommy Rafferty | Waclaw Rekwart | Edward Rickard | Jeffrey Sayre | Emmett Vogan | Theodore von Eltz | Wally Walker | Dan Wallace | Paul Weber | Ben Welden | Suzanne Ridgway |

L'investigatore privato Philip Marlowe viene incaricato dall'anziano generale Sternwood di scoprire chi ricatta la figlia minore. Marlowe accetta l'incarico, che si rivela però più complicato del previsto. La ragazza, sua sorella maggiore e il cognato sono invischiati in un giro poco pulito di gioco d'azzardo.

Errori

When Philip dials the phone (twice), the first time he dials 5 numbers and the second time 6 numbers [...] D
When Geiger exits the bookstore and gets into his car it is pouring rain, and the driver's side wind [...] D
During Marlowe's initial introduction to Vivian, she pours herself a glass of a clear-colored liquid [...] D
As Carol Lundgren flees Joe Brody's apartment house, he holds his gun in his left hand. When he turn [...] D
When Marlowe lets the air out of his tire before he enters the car repair garage, the car lowers too [...] D
Marlowe raises his glass to toast the bookstore girl but hits hers as he does so. D
When Marlowe asks the Acme Book store employee if she knows anything about rare books, she is holdin [...] D
When Marlowe enters the Sternwood home, bringing Carmen Sternwood home from Geiger's house, he is no [...] D
When Marlowe returns to his apartment after taking Carmen home from Geiger's house, there is a tight [...] D
Marlowe's handkerchief changes shape when he goes through the beaded curtain. D
In the public library scene, a close-up shows Marlowe copying names out of a book opened to a new ch [...] D
When Marlowe is in the house with the beaded curtain, the curtain is always completely still even af [...] D
At about 20 minutes into the film, after Geiger returns home, Carmen parks her car outside his house [...] D
When Vivian unties Marlowe, she has no shoes. When she gets up, she has shoes. D
When Marlowe is staking out Brody's apartment building prior to Mrs. Rutledge's arrival, there are t [...] D
When Vivian is telling Marlowe the cover story for Carmen for the night before, her mouth does not m [...] D
When a character is shot after departing a house, the bullets are shown coming through the inside of [...] D
The size of Vivian's glass and the amount of liquid in it doubles from when she walks to the bedroom [...] D
When Marlowe goes to Geiger's house, in the foreground is the house's mailbox with "AG Geiger 460" v [...] D
The guns hidden in Marlowe's car: first he chooses the one on the left and later when he shoots Cani [...] D
When Marlowe goes to the Randall Arms while waiting for Mrs. Rutledge to arrive, the wipers of his c [...] D
When Marlowe is talking to Bernie in his office the white lamp shade starts out in the right corner, [...] D
During a conversation with Vivian, the back of Marlowe's soaked shirt dries out too quickly. D
When Marlowe first enters the Acme Book store, the side of the sign hanging on the entrance door fac [...] D
In the public library, a close-up reveals Marlowe is copying information out of a book opened to new [...] D
When the station wagon pulls out of the alley behind Geiger's book store, the crates extend past the [...] D
After finding a corpse at the Geiger house, Marlowe gets his fingerprints on nearly everything. D
The bullets are shown hitting the inside of the door at Geiger's in a straight line. When the inside [...] D
General Strenwood says his legs are paralyzed, though his legs are seen moving under the blanket at [...] D
In the bookstore, Marlowe asks the employee if she has any cups; she does. When getting them, she se [...] D
When Marlowe is tied up and sitting on the floor, Vivian removes his white handkerchief from his bla [...] D
When Geiger's driver, Carol Lundgren, pulls up in front of the Geiger bookstore and runs out of the [...] D
When Mr. White asked Marlowe, "You're willing to lose your license for the case?" Marlowe responds b [...] D
Just before the owner of the Acme Book Store draws the blind and locks the door, she is shown sittin [...] D
When Marlowe enters the window of the house by kicking it open, from the outside the window is compl [...] D
Marlowe keeps 2 guns in his car - under the dash. One's a snub-nose revolver and the other has about [...] D