Saturday, May 5, 8 p.m.

Year: 1946

Running Time: 114 minutes

Directed by Howard Hawks, The Big Sleep is a film adaption of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel. The 1946 film stars Humphrey Bogart as Private Investigator Philip Marlowe. Marlowe is hired by General Sternwood (Charles Waldron) to look in the case of his youngest daughter, Carmen (Martha Vickers), who is being blackmailed for her gambling debt. Caught in a web of love, danger and excitement, Marlowe works with the general's eldest daughter, Vivian (Lauren Bacall), to free their family's fate from the hands of Eddie Mars, the man behind the madness. WHRO's Cinema 15 presents The Big Sheep on Saturday, May 5 at 8 p.m.

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About Cinema15:
Join us every Saturday night at 8 p.m. for Cinema 15 as we explore the work of legendary actors and actresses through many important films of their careers. Cinema 15 is hosted each week by Danny Epperson.

About the Host:
Danny Epperson is host of Cinema15 on WHRO-TV 15. Danny is also WHRO’s Senior Producer, behind various programs and podcasts including the Curate TV series, the online arts series Curate 757, the always-entertaining Mal’s World podcast, and radio segments on HearSay with Cathy Lewis on WHRV-FM. Danny is a Hampton Roads native and a graduate of Christopher Newport University. He’s a two-time Emmy Award winner, who began his broadcast career at WTKR-TV, in Norfolk, as a news producer. Before joining WHRO Public Media, Danny produced news, specials, celebrity interviews and movie reviews at WAVY-TV in Portsmouth. A movie buff, Danny is very pleased to bring you behind-the-scene stories of the wonderful, commercial-free classic films on WHRO's Cinema 15.  

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