The Big Sleep (1978 film)

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The Big Sleep (1978 film) is a 1978 British neo-noir crime thriller directed by Michael Winner and starring Robert Mitchum as detective Philip Marlowe in an adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s classic novel.

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instanceOf crime thriller film
film
adaptationOf The Big Sleep (novel) NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceWork Raymond Chandler NERFINISHED
basedOn The Big Sleep (novel) NERFINISHED
character Philip Marlowe NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Robert Paynter NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Michael Winner NERFINISHED
distributor Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors NERFINISHED
ITC Entertainment NERFINISHED
editedBy Malcolm Cooke NERFINISHED
featuresDetective Philip Marlowe NERFINISHED
filmingLocation United Kingdom
genre crime
neo-noir
thriller
hasEarlierFilmAdaptation The Big Sleep (1946 film) NERFINISHED
hasTheme blackmail
murder mystery
private detective investigation
language English
leadActor Robert Mitchum NERFINISHED
musicBy Jerry Fielding NERFINISHED
notableFor transposing the novel’s setting from Los Angeles to contemporary England
partOfSeries Philip Marlowe film adaptations
portrays Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe
producer Michael Winner NERFINISHED
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1939
releaseYear 1978
runtimeMinutes 99
screenwriter Michael Winner NERFINISHED
setting London, England
surface form: London
starring Candy Clark NERFINISHED
Edward Fox NERFINISHED
James Stewart NERFINISHED
Joan Collins NERFINISHED
John Mills NERFINISHED
Oliver Reed NERFINISHED
Richard Boone NERFINISHED
Robert Mitchum NERFINISHED
Sarah Miles NERFINISHED

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Elliott Kastner produced The Big Sleep (1978 film)
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The Big Sleep hasAdaptation The Big Sleep (1978 film)