On this day in movie history - The Big Sleep (1946)

The Big Sleep

directed by Howard Hawks,

written by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on August 23, 1946.

Music by Max Steiner.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Sonia Darrin, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey, Peggy Knudsen, Charles Waldron, Charles D. Brown, Bob Steele, Elisha Cook, Jr., Louis Jean Heydt, Trevor Bardette, Tommy Rafferty, Ben Welden, Tom Fadden, Theodore von Eltz.

Born on this day – Martha Vickers:

Actress

May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971

Credits:

The Rebel (1960); The Jim Backus Show (1960); Four Fast Guns (1960); Perry Mason (1959); State Trooper (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); The Burglar (1957); The Millionaire (1956); The Big Bluff (1955); Fireside Theatre (1955); The Whistler (1954–1955); The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); General Electric Theater (1953–1954); The Unexpected (1952); The Bogus Green (1951); Alimony (1949); Bad Boy (1949); Daughter of the West (1949); Ruthless (1948); Love and Learn (1947); That Way with Women (1947); So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); The Man I Love (1946); The Big Sleep (1946); The Falcon in Mexico (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); Marine Raiders (1944); This Is the Life (1944); Hi Ya, Sailor (1943); Top Man (1943); Captive Wild Woman (1943); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943).