Re recent posts on the *Big Sleep* movie:
"The question regarded the death of the chauffeur.
Cheers,
Ziggy Nix
Christopher Bahn (Kelly Services Inc) wrote:
"Just noticed this bit of trivia about
the movie version of "The Big Sleep"
on www.imdb.com: 'Director Howard
Hawks and star Humphrey Bogart got
into an argument as towhether one of
the characters was murdered or
committed suicide. They sent a wire
to author Raymond Chandler asking him
to settle the issue, but he replied
that he didn't know either.' Begs the
question, which character? "
The original, unreleased until
recently, film version makes that
particular death a little clearer via
a scene in the DA's Office in which a
lot of the confusing details to that
point are sorted out. That scene was
cut from the final version. - Jim
Doherty
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