The Big Sleep (1978 film) The Big Sleep (1978 film) The Big Sleep is a 1978 British neo-noir film, the second film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The picture was directed by Michael Winner and stars Robert Mitchum in his second film portrayal of the detective Philip Marlowe. The cast includes Sarah Miles, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, and Oliver Reed, also featuring James Stewart as General Sternwood. The story's setting was changed from 1940s Los Angeles to 1970s London. The film contained material more explicit than what could only be hinted at in the 1946 version, such as homosexuality, pornography
The Big Sleep (1946 film) a tone of voice that keeps its distance, and yet is wry and humorous and cares. In a 1997 review, Eric Brace of "The Washington Post" wrote that the 1945 original had a "slightly slower pace than the one released a year later, and a touch less zingy interplay between Bogart and Bacall, but it's still an unqualified masterpiece." In 2003, AFI named protagonist Philip Marlowe the 32nd greatest hero in film. "Empire" magazine added "The Big Sleep" to their Masterpiece collection in the October 2007 issue. The film placed 202nd on the 2012 "Sight & Sound" critics' poll of