The Big Sleep (1978 film) Winner "ploughs step by step through the complicated plot with a curious lack of interest in, among other things, the nature of his hero's character." "The Big Sleep" has been released twice on DVD: 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
The Big Book Of Western characters like George Maledon, "The Prince of Hangmen;" homosexuality among macho cowboys; and the various ghosts that haunted the American West. Published in 1998, and written by Dave Stern and Steve Vance, the "Big Book of Vice" examines alcohol, drugs, tobacco, sex, and gambling. Subjects range from the history of tobacco, to sexual slavery, to pinball machines. Published in 1999 and written by Jonathan Vankin, the "Big Book of Grimm" examines fairy tales. Writer Vankin transcribes the original, unsanitized folk tales that the Brothers Grimm collected in the mid-19th century, detailing child abuse, incest, cannibalism, severed limbs and gouged-out