The Big sleep [videorecording] /
- Standard version.
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000.
- 1 videodisc (230 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Run time: approx. 114 min. for the 1946 theatrical release; and approx. 116 min. for the 1945 prerelease version. Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Rerelease of the 1946 motion picture. Special features: the documentary "The big sleep comparisons 1945/1946 versions" ; theatrical trailer. "65026"
Side A: The 1946 theatrical release version -- Side B: The 1945 prerelease version.
Screenplay, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman ; photography, Sid Hickox ; music, Max Steiner ; directed and produced by Howard Hawks. Screenplay, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman ; photography, Sid Hickox ; music, Max Steiner ; directed and produced by Howard Hawks.
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.