The Big Sleep (Hluboký spánek, 1977, 2004)

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Říjen 5, 2010

Obrázek Raymond Chandler. Rozhlasová dramatizace. Rozhlasová dramatizace Bill Morrison. Hudba Adrian Edwards. Režie John Tydeman.

Osoby a obsazení: Philip Marlowe (Ed Bishop), General Sternwood (Robert Beatty), Viviene (Diana Olsso), Edie Mars (Paul Maxwell) a další.

Natočilo BBC Radio 4 v roce 1977 (90 min.). Vydalo BBC v roce 2004 (1 CD).

Pozn.: Philip Marlowe tackles a wealthy family’s case of blackmail – and murder. Raymond Chandler’s world-weary private eye tackles a wealthy family’s case of blackmail – and murder.

Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in ‚The Big Sleep‘ and ‚The High Window‘ – two powerfully atmospheric BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Raymond Chandler’s novels about the cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again in search of some kind of justice.

‚The Big Sleep’: General Sternwood’s daughters came in both the colours of trouble – blonde and brunette – and they had all the usual vices. With four million dollars behind them, blackmail was only a matter of time. And blackmail can be murder.

‚The High Window’: Linda Conquest was very tough, very kissable and very missing, along with one very valuable old coin. But for some reason the interested parties didn’t seem too interested in finding either of them. Especially when the trail led to the underworld and beyond. And by then Marlowe was knee deep in dead men…

Ed Bishop stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard bitten private detective Philip Marlowe. Set in Los Angeles in 1939, Marlowe is hired by ailing General Sternwood who desperately needs his help. So begins a trail through a murky world of crime involving blackmail, shootings, murders and sleaze. The cast also features Robert Beatty, Diana Olsson, Harry Towb and Paul Maxwell. It was dramatised for radio by Bill Morrison and directed by John Tydeman. First heard in 1977.