Dom's Big Sleep
- The Big Sleep, Howard Hawks's 1946 film from the novel by Raymond Chandler, is famous for a plot so complex even the people making it sometimes lost track of who killed who.
- Dom's Big Sleep lets you navigate the plot from the point of view of each of the main characters. To start, click on any name in the menu on the left to see how that character's actions connect with the other protagonists. While reading, either click on a link in the text or use the menu to go to another character page. The more you explore, the more you'll discover how the various plot strands weave together to make the web of murder, blackmail and treachery that is The Big Sleep.
- As our interest lies solely in the plot of the movie, there are many aspects of it you won't find here, most of them involving private investigator Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart). But there are numerous other websites offering different perspectives on the film. Go to our
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