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Originally Posted by Earl Boebert
FYI, there are two versions of the Bogart/Bacall "The Big Sleep" extant, one from 1945 and an expanded version from 1946 with the celebrated "racehorse" scene. Roger Ebert thought the second was better, others (including myself) disagree.
Cheers,
Earl
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I agree. I've always thought the racehorse scene seemed out of place, the dialogue almost strained and, in fact, some of the production qualities failed to match the rest of the film, the lighting primarily.