On this day in movie history - The Big Sleep (1978)

The Big Sleep

directed and written by Michael Winner,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on March 13, 1978.

Narrated by Robert Mitchum.

Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, Edward Fox, John Mills, James Stewart, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Richard Todd, Diana Quick, James Donald, John Justin, Simon Fisher Turner, Martin Potter.

Born on this day – John Mills:

Actor

Producer

Director

February 22, 1908 – April 23, 2005

Credits:

Lights2 (2005); Bright Young Things (2003); The Gentleman Thief (2001); Great Performances (1998); Bean (1997); Hamlet (1996); Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); The English Programme (1994); Deadly Advice (1994); Harnessing Peacocks (1993); The Big Freeze (1993); Frankenstein (1992); Perfect Scoundrels (1992); Night of the Fox (1990); Ending Up (1989); A Tale of Two Cities (1989); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); The Lady and the Highwayman (1988); Spit MacPhee (1988); Who's That Girl (1987); Hold the Dream (1987); When the Wind Blows (1986); Hotel (1986); Edge of the Wind (1985); Murder with Mirrors (1985); A Woman of Substance (1985); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Sahara (1983); Gandhi (1982); Young at Heart (1980–1982); The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1982); Quatermass (aka The Quatermass Conclusion) (1979); Zulu Dawn (1979); The Love Boat (1979); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); Dr. Strange (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Des Teufels Advokat (1977); A Dirty Knight's Work (1976); The 'Human' Factor (1975); The Zoo Gang (1974); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); Young Winston (1972); Dulcima (1971); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Adam's Woman (1970); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Run Wild, Run Free (1969); Emma Hamilton (1968); A Black Veil for Lisa (1968); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Chuka (1967); Africa: Texas Style (1967); The Family Way (1966); The Wrong Box (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); King Rat (1965); Operation Crossbow (1965); The Truth About Spring (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962–1964); Tiara Tahiti (1962); The Valiant (1962); Flame in the Streets (1961); The Parent Trap (1961); The Singer Not the Song (1961); Swiss Family Robinson (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); Season of Passion (1959); Tiger Bay (1959); Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); Dunkirk (1958); The Circle (1957); Town on Trial (1957); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); War and Peace (1956); It's Great to Be Young! (1956); The Baby and the Battleship (1956); Escapade (1955); Above Us the Waves (1955); The End of the Affair (1955); The Colditz Story (1955); Hobson's Choice (1954); The Long Memory (1953); The Gentle Gunman (1952); Mr. Denning Drives North (1951); Operation Disaster (1950); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The History of Mr. Polly (1949); Scott of the Antarctic (1948); The October Man (1947); So Well Remembered (1947); Great Expectations (1946); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Waterloo Road (1945); Information Please (1944); Victory Wedding (1944); This Happy Breed (1944); The Sky's the Limit (1943); We Dive at Dawn (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); In Which We Serve (1942); The Big Blockade (1942); Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942); Bombsight Stolen (1941); Old Bill and Son (1941); All Hands (1940); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Green Cockatoo (1937); You're in the Army Now (1937); Nine Days a Queen (1936); The First Offence (1936); Charing Cross Road (1936); Car of Dreams (1935); Born for Glory (1935); The Doctor's Secret (1934); Blind Justice (1934); The Lash (1934); Those Were the Days (1934); The River Wolves (1934); A Political Party (1934); Britannia of Billingsgate (1933); The Ghost Camera (1933); Midshipmaid Gob (1932).