The Big Sleep (Robert Montgomery Presents)

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"The Big Sleep"
Robert Montgomery Presents episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 2
Directed byNorman Felton
Teleplay byRichard Morrison
Based on The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
Original air date25 September 1950 (1950-09-25)
Running time60 mins [1]

"The Big Sleep" is a 1950 American TV play based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. It was an episode of the anthology series Robert Montgomery Presents . Montgomery had played Philip Marlowe previously in Lady in the Lake. Many episodes of the series were adaptations of Hollywood films. [2]

Contents

The broadcast was Zachary Scott's first appearance on TV. [3]

Premise

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by General Sternwood to keep an eye on troubled daughter.

Cast

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References

  1. "ON TELEVISION". New York Times. 25 September 1950: 42.
  2. Stand by for Some Repeats on Video By John Crosby. The Washington Post. 25 September 1950: B11.
  3. Stretch, Bud (September 25, 1950). "Air Waves". Courier-Post. New Jersey, Camden. p. 20. Retrieved September 15, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Television—KSD-TV". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 25 September 1950: 33.