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The Big Sleep Movie Lines

"Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains! You know, you're the second guy I've met today that seems to think a gat in the hand means the world by the tail."
- Philip Marlowe played by Humphrey Bogart

"I don't mind if you don't like my manners, I don't like them myself. They are pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings."
- Philip Marlowe played by Humphrey Bogart

"A lot depends on who's in the saddle."
- Vivian played by Lauren Bacall

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The Big Sleep: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers. Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.