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THE BIG SLEEP

Directed by Howard Hawks

USA, 1946, 1h 56min, 35mm

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There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

“Quintessential ‘private eye’ … Howard Hawks’ film is the fullest, richest, and most resonant …”
—BFI

Howard Hawks’ perverse adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in a detective story so convoluted that even Chandler couldn’t figure it out. With dialogue like this, you won’t care about the plot either. In 35mm.

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