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Movie: The Big Sleep (Patreon)

Published:
2025-09-07 21:05:20
Imported:
2026-06

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THE BIG SLEEP

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Kelly Parks

I love movies from this era. May I recommend the James Cagney classic "White Heat" as well as my favorite rom/crime "Double Indemnity".

Kelly Parks

This movie was re-made in 1978 with Robert Mitchum in the lead.

Kelly Parks

Marlowe (played by Humphrey Bogart) and the older daughter (played by Lauren Bacall) were married until Bogart's death in 1957.

Bobz

"I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn’t care who knew it. I was everything the well-dressed private detective ought to be. I was calling on four million dollars."

Mannygogou

"She tried to sit on my lap while I was standing up." I just finished watching. It's super complicated, but the characters are pretty cool and the dialogue and how they interact. I haven't seen it for a long time and I didn't really remember the story. So I could follow along... but I still am not sure about certain details. I could see when they were trying to manipulate Marlowe, like the $500. He knew he was being paid off. He just didn't want to quit. I thought it was because he wasn't done with the General's original request... which actually was pretty vague to begin with. They both knew the debts weren't gambling debts. It was actually blackmail. I think the General (the father of the two girls) just wanted it taken cared of, to make it go away, the scandal and the blackmail. Meanwhile the older daughter assumed the job was to find the Irish guy whom everyone liked. The guy who traded shots with Marlowe back in the day. I didn't actually understand that he was (insert that detail that I didn't know here), all I know was that the General thought of him like a son. This is kind of an odd background that I didn't realize, I'd have to watch it again sometime to see if they mentioned "this detail" that I don't think they did but maybe they did. Anyway this movie is fun for the journey. I'm not sure we need to understand all of the details. It was actually tied up in a nice little package at the end. so I think that's the intent. "What are you a prizefighter?" "No I'm a shamus."

Mannygogou

I thought the photograph was incriminating evidence for murder. I could look it up, I'm not sure that I should look it up. Mars' casino was crooked. When Marlowe was playing along, making out that he was crooked, he said "If you don't mind I'd like to check out the joint." And Mars said, take that door, you'll see how the operation is run from behind. And Marlowe said no, I'll just go up front where the customers go or something. This is about two sides. Maybe the glamorous side that the customers see but the other side is the crooked and corrupt side. They even proved it by playing one game of roulette that was rigged to win for Mrs Rutledge (Bacall). Mars and Marlowe looked at each other to signify that they both know that spin was rigged. That part we understand but I didn't realize that they also staged that she would be robbed of her winnings. All for show, for the shamus.

Mannygogou

oh, one last note. I did see the details and the background of two characters, and I was not wrong. Bacall's character was the older sister who was divorced, "the marriage didn't take." Is how the father described it. Also the Irish guy Regan that we didn't see. He worked for the General and he liked him like a son. But he left without saying goodbye. That was how they were introduced to us. What I saw in a search were details from the book which were different. In the book Bacall's character was married to Regan. In the movie they were not married... so this was the part that confused me. Basically google search gave me answers from the book that I didn't ask for which is unfortunate. Apparently I had to specify "in the movie The Big Sleep" versus just asking about The Big Sleep. Also in the movie they kept referring to her as Mrs Rutledge... which is fine, she was married but... we don't know who Rutledge was, the runaway husband? Because their last name of the family was Sternwood. Also yes, who was that fished out of 12 feet of water? That guy Joe Brody obviously "sapped" him and pushed the car off the pier.