The Big Sleep (1946)

The Big Sleep (1946) Howard Hawks

 1  Doghouse Riley,  In a glass!:  I grieve over them on long winter evenings!

 2   They are alike only in having the same corrupt blood!   

 3   This flick has more Dames per square inch than any movie since 42nd Street!  

 4   I've got a bottle of pretty good rye in my pocket:   HELLO!

 5  There’s a Packard washing around in the surf around Lido pier!: There’s a guy in it!

(You like to play games, don’t you? Mm-hmm!)

 6  You see, Shawn Regan ran off with Eddie's wife!: Well, it wasn’t intentional!: Try it some time!

 7  Day and night?: Night’s better! I work during the day!: That wouldn’t be bad!

 8  Knock knock. Who’s there?: BANGxBANG!

 9  A lot depends on who’s in the saddle!:  Go ahead Marlow, I like the way you work!

(I don't like people who play games!)

 9.5  Is he as cute as you are?:  Nobody is!

 10  The mentor appears!!!:  Elish Cook, Jr.??? Harry Jones transforms the hero’s journey???

 11  Wish me luck copper:  I got a raw deal! 

I got here first, Eddie!:  Put those scissors down -- put ‘em down!

 12  Don’t shoot! It's me, Mars! 

What's wrong with you?:  Nothing that you can’t fix!

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I've seen this movie, and read the book,  countless times. If I were to re film it, Carmen Sternwood would be the lead character. The first time I watched The Big Sleep, I dismissed Carmen within the first 60 seconds, but she has grown on me ever since. Is it Martha Vickers's performance? Is it the conflict between how Carmen is portrayed in the film and the book? Who knows...