The Big Sleep (1946 film) The Big Sleep (1946 film) The Big Sleep is a 1946 film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in a story about the "process of a criminal investigation, not its results." William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay. In 1997, the U.S. Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," and added it to the National Film Registry. Because the film was scheduled for release a
The Crime (novel) The Crime (novel) The Crime () is a 1935 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos. It has also been published as A Crime. The novel is a detective story that was written for commercial prospects. The book was published by Plon in 1935. An English translation by Anne Green was published in 1936 under the title "A Crime". It was republished in 1946 with the title changed to "The Crime". Kenneth D. Whitehead writes in the "Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, Social Science, and Social Policy": "Although the book contains unmistakable Bernanosian themes and treatments, it is not one