In the 1946 film, The Big Sleep, Humphrey Bogart stars as private detective Philip Marlowe. This is a classic mystery from Warner Brothers. It is a complex, confusing, logic defying whodunit with the quintessential private detective (Marlowe). It has false leads, unforgettable dialogue and wisecracks, raw-edged characters, and sexy women (including the two daughters of a dying millionaire, a bookseller, and others). With tough action, gun play, a series of electrifying scenes, and screen violence, this film almost leaves nothing to a person's imagination.

With the plot of The Big Sleep, Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy general to find out and stop his youngest daughter, Carmen, from being blackmailed about her gambling debts. As things almost immediately unravel and blow up in the detective's face, he finds himself deep within a web of love triangles, blackmail, murder, gambling, and organized crime. Marlowe, with the help of the General's eldest daughter, Vivian, skillfully plots to free the family from their very harsh situation. He works to trap the main man behind much of the mischief, Eddie. Marlowe acts to cause Eddie's death at the hands of his own corrupt amoral henchmen.

All in all, we can find that the movie makes virtually no sense; yet, it does somehow hold us spellbound. For virtually every minute that this film is running, we find that we end up watching it.

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