Top cast:Richard Gere,Uma Thurman,Jacob Elordi
Director:Matt Reeves
Genre:Family
Region:Vietnam
Year:2023
Storyline:She was introduced as "George's wife" - both Major McCloud and George had served together in the same outfit overseas during World War II in the "Italian campaign" - McCloud had been George's commanding officer when he was killed.Also on Flower's trail was handsome Royal Canadian Mountie Sgt.Bruce (Nelson Eddy), a tracker who was appointed by his Commandant (Russell Hicks) to take the case at headquarters ("I'm sending you back into the woods").Sternwood: I used to like mine with champagne.Champagne cold as Valley Forge and with about three ponies of brandy under it...I like o see people drink...You may take off your coat, sir...Too hot in here for any man who has any blood in his veins.You may smoke, too.I can still enjoy the smell of it.Nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy.The emaciated Sternwood describes the dreariness of his existence.The humid hothouse is necessary for his survival and he is waiting for death - the "big sleep" of the title - in the temperature-controlled greenhouse:Sternwood: You are looking, sir, at a very dull survival of a very gaudy life - crippled, paralyzed in both legs, very little I can eat, and my sleep is so near waking that it's hardly worth he name.They were known for sleuthing, solving murders, wisecracking one-liners, affectionate witticisms, delightful teasing and one-upmanship, alcoholic fun with plenty of martinis (two years after the end of Prohibition), a wire-haired errier named Asta (actually named Skippy), and a loving relationship - often punctuated with quick kisses and slight hiccups.Croix who was assisting.Afterwards, Foley convinced Rosewood and Taggart to reluctantly pursue the case ("low-profile" and "covert"), and vowed to help Bogomil, since two years earlier, "the man put his neck on the line for me.