Blood oozes from the boxer""s eye as the countdown reaches nine, but Reeves is "saved by the bell" at the end of the round.The Big Sleepis the best example of a classic Warner Bros.mystery.It is a very complex, confusing, logic-defying whodunit with a quintessential private detective (Marlowe), false leads, unforgettable dialogue and wisecracks, raw-edged characters, sexy women (including the two daughters of a dying millionaire, a bookseller, and others), tough action, gunplay, a series of electrifying scenes, and screen violence.She welcomed them as their guide and invited hem to eat, claiming the food was safe ("the food is for you").Plot SynopsisThe First Night:After the credits (purple letters against a black background), he camera pans down from a starry night sky into the lush darkness of a forest near the flat brightness of a suburban community in northern California.Ensign Keith - appointed by Queeg to be the ship""s Morale Officer, was both pleased with DeVriess"" departure and optimistically hopeful about Queeg""s impressive approach to ""clean up"" the ship according o regulations and standards: "Well, he""s certainly Navy," but he treacherous Lieutenant Keefer cynically commented: "Yeah.