Review of The Big Sleep (1946) by Teresa S — 20 May 2009
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired to investigate the blackmail of a young heiress but when the corpses start to pile up, he realises that the case has more than meets the eye. I love Film Noir, and Bogart for me is the best of its leading men.
Bogart and Bacall have one of the greatest screen partnerships and Chandler was one of the best exponents of the art of the detective story. The plot has more twists and turns than a sidewinder that's swallowed a corkscrew, it involves a femme fatale who could melt a polar ice cap and dialogue that's more hard boiled than beelzebub's breakfast egg.
It just doesn't get any better than this. The greatest Noir ever made.
This review of The Big Sleep (1946) was written by Teresa S on 20 May 2009.
The Big Sleep has generally received very positive reviews.
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