The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep is a novel by Raymond Chandler that was made into a film by Howard Hawks in 1946. Both the original novel and the movie are considered classics, and the latter is a quintessential example of the Film Noir genre.


 * For the novel, see The Big Sleep (Literature)
 * For the film, see The Big Sleep (Film)
 * For the Death Trope named after them, see Big Sleep.