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The Big Sleep

1978

Michael Winner

Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark ...

5.4

697

Film noir. Mystery Filmmaker Michael Winner switched the setting of Raymond Chandler's classic mystery novel from 1940's Los Angeles to 1970's London. When wealthy General Sternwood is blackmailed, he hires private detective Philip Marlowe to help him out. As a result, the gumshoe gets mixed up with the crippled general's troubled daughters: Charlotte and her younger, sex-crazed sister, Camilla. Although Charlotte is the smarter of the two, she has still ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The net effect of an all-star cast is to make an already confusing mystery even harder to follow"	NEG
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Winner's insistence as a director on making everything as explicit as possible is often stultifying beyond belief."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie isn’t a classic, but it does make sense (...) Despite all the great costumes and sets and London locations they’re given to work with, the actors don’t seem engaged (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Variety	"The production is handsome, but in the updating and relocation a lot has been lost"	NEU

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