The Big Sleep - 1946

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Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.

Director:
Howard Hawks
Writers:
William Faulkner (screenplay), Leigh Brackett (screenplay)
Stars:
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and John Ridgely

The Big Sleep is not as good as the Maltese Falcon but it's an excellent film. The detective story is confusing and rambling but it keeps your interest; you never know where it is going next and in the end it probably doesn't make that much sense which is true of most mystery stories.

A dying old man has two beautiful, uncontrollable daughters: Vivien (Lauren Bacall), and Carmen (Martha Vickers). Carmen is being blackmailed, and her father hires P.I. Christopher Marlowe (the beloved Humphrey Bogart) to get the blackmailer off her back. But Marlowe finds that somebody else has done this job for him: the blackmailer is murdered almost under his nose.

I have heard of this film before but haven't watched it. It sounds good though.. Well thank you so much for sharing that thread with us in this forum.