I thought William Faulkner wrote the screenplay for BIG
SLEEP. Brackett isn't credited on imdb.com -- did she do a
ghost job or something?
> Leigh Brackett, who was on my list, is female. But
that was easy to
> miss. Howard Hawks was fooled. After reading her
classic HB novel NO
> GOOD FROM A CORPSE, he decided "this guy" would be
perfect to write the
> screenplay for his film version of Chandler's THE
BIG SLEEP. When she
> showed up in his office, he realized his mistake,
but he hired her
> anyway, and he liked her work so much she ended up
writing five more
> movies for him.
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