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Big Sleep, The (1946) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Big Sleep, The (1946) a score of 3.1846 out of 4

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Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

Never mind what happens, though. I don't claim to have followed the plot, and neither do the filmmakers. One anecdote I heard involved Howard Hawks and Bogart...read the complete Big Sleep, The (1946) review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

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San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)

HUMPHREY BOGART has the distinction of being one of those actors whom many of us admire in spite of the fact that in most of his movies he doesn't seem to do much acting. This is probably less true of his later work, including odd roles such as the...read the complete Big Sleep, The (1946) review at San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)

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Images Movie Journal

To Have and Have Not was one of the surprises of 1944. The film's pairing of middle-aged screen veteran Humphrey Bogart and 18 year-old Lauren Bacall had proven incendiary at the box-office. As the film racked up huge profits, Warner Brothers turned to...read the complete Big Sleep, The (1946) review at Images Movie Journal