The Big Sleep is a 1946 American crime movie directed by Howard Hawks and was based on the 1939 novel of the same name by Raymond Chandler. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Sonia Darrin, Dorothy Malone, Peggy Knudsen, Regis Toomey, Charles Waldron and was distributed by Warner Bros..