This is a big-budget remake of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep", with a cast of well-known veteran actors and set, for some reason, in 1970s Britain instead of 1940s Los Angeles. If you are really interested in seeing "The Big Sleep", do yourself a favor and see Howard Hawk's 1945 version with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall instead. You will find the plot is extremely convoluted, but at least that movie will keep you awake until the end.
Review of The Big Sleep
