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The big sleep [videorecording] / Warner Bros. ; First National Picture ; a Howard Hawks production.

Other Titles: Big sleep.

Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000.

ISBN: 0790746980

Description: 1 videodisc (230 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject: Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character) Drama.
Private investigators California Los Angeles Drama.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Film adaptations.
Gangster films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Credits: Screenplay, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman ; photography, Sid Hickox ; music, Max Steiner ; directed and produced by Howard Hawks.

Performers: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone.

Notes: English dialogue, English and French subtitles; Closed-captioned.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1946.
Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler.
Special features: the documentary "The big sleep comparisons 1945/1946 versions" ; theatrical trailer.

Contents: Side A: The 1946 theatrical release version -- Side B: The 1945 prerelease version.

Summary: L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues and the spoiled rich.

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Bezazian Adult FICTION DVD Date Due 05/10/2013
Harold Washington - HWLC Adult FICTION DVD Date Due 05/10/2013
Harold Washington - HWLC Adult FICTION DVD Not Checked Out 04/29/2013
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West Town Adult FICTION DVD Not Checked Out 05/06/2013