The Big Sleep The Big Sleep The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles. The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination about "sleeping the big sleep" in the final pages of the book. In 1999, the book was voted 96th of "Le Monde"s "100 Books of the
The Big Snooze The Big Snooze The Big Snooze is a 1946 Warner Bros. "Looney Tunes" cartoon directed by an uncredited Bob Clampett, his final theatrical cartoon for Warner and completed it before he left the Warner cartoon studio. Its title was inspired by the 1939 book "The Big Sleep", and its 1946 film adaptation, also a Warner release. "The Big Snooze" features Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, voiced as usual by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan. Bugs and Elmer are in the midst of their usual hunting-chasing scenario. After Bugs tricks Elmer into running through a hollow log and off a