a critical and commercial disappointment, with Bacall's acting panned by critics. To capitalize on the "Bogie and Bacall" phenomenon that had developed, Bacall's agent Charles K. Feldman asked the studio to re-shoot scenes for The Big Sleep. Warner agreed, and these scenes were shot in early January 1946. Julius Epstein wrote the reshoots, but he was not given a credit. Although only about twenty minutes of the film's original 1945 cut was removed and replaced, twenty minutes of was either condensed, altered, or eliminated entirely with new footage. For example, in the 1945 cut, Marlowe explores Geirger's house, where he doesn't in the 1946 release. A new sequence of Marlowe and Rutledge meeting in a restaurant was also added, replacing a ten-minute sequence of Marlowe meeting at the District Attorney's office, and Rutledge coming to Marlowe's office a second time. Casting Nina Foch had tested for screen role of Carmen. However, Hawks cast Vickers in the role after seeing a modeling photo of her. He worked with Vickers closely on the role of Carmen, and later convinced Warner Bros. to buy out her contract with Universal. Sonia Darrin was cast in the role of Agnes. Hawks did not like her initial screen test, but after supervising her makeup and wardrobe for another test, he cast her in the part. Her credit in the movie's credits were removed when Jack Warner entered into a feud with her agent Arthur Pine following the film's completion. Due to the reshoots, a number of actors from the first cut did not appear in the second cut. Pat Clark was initially cast as Mona Mars. However, Clark was unavailable when her scenes were reshot in January 1946. Peggy Knudsen was cast to replace her. James Flavin and Thomas E. Jackson were cast as Police Captain Cronjager and District Attorney Wade. However, the did not appear in the 1946 cut of the film when their scene – set in the District Attorney's office – was removed. 1997 release of the 1945 original cut In the mid-1990s, the original 1945 cut was found in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. It was discovered that this version had been released to the military to show to troops in the South Pacific. Upon learning of this, numerous benefactors, such as American magazine publisher Hugh Hefner and Turner Classic Movies, raised the money to pay for its restoration. The original