Other mistake: Towards the end of the movie, Marlow arrives with a flat tyre. Then, upon leaving and shooting, he takes the shooting victim's car, leaving his 1938 coupe behind, then arrives at their destination in the same coupe that was left with the flat tyre.
The Big Sleep (1946)
1 mistake since 23 Dec '24, 10:41
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers
Carmen Sternwood: You're not very tall are you?
Philip Marlowe: Well, I, uh, I try to be.
Trivia: At the end of the movie Lauren Bacall says to Marlowe "Phil, there's two men out back behind some trees". This is the only time in the movie that she refers to him by his first name. (01:49:45)
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