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Limb & Spinal Minor 
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TITLE |
Big
Sleep, The (1946) |
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DISABILITY |
Limb
Wheelchair |
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The classic
private eye mystery with many imitators (c.f... The |
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Maltese
Falcon by Dashiell Hammett which is probably the |
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General
Sternwood is confined to a greenhouse for his health |
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and, I
think, is in a wheelchair. |
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I've seen
this film as many times as I've counted sheep and |
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yes General
Sternwood is definitely in a wheelchair. He says |
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both his
legs are paralysed as the result of his debauched life. He says this
with such humility and resignation that we might dismiss the
connection. |
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