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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| The Big Sleep (1978 film adaptation) | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
crime thriller film
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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
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ITC Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Malcolm Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDetective | Philip Marlowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
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neo-noir ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasEarlierFilmAdaptation | The Big Sleep (1946 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
blackmail
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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
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surface form:
London
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| starring |
Candy Clark
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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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The Big Sleep (1978 film adaptation)