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Jun 12, 2024 · Based on S.S. Van Dine’s bestselling novels, these classic Pre-Code murder-mysteries showcase the case-cracking prowess of the debonair detective Philo Vance, as portrayed by cinema’s icon of gentlemanly sleuthing, William Powell (The Thin Man, Take One False Step).
5 days ago · Nero Wolfe is a brilliant, obese and eccentric fictional armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky.
Jun 19, 2024 · Fifty years ago, America got its first look at TV’s The Rockford Files, and it was love at first sight. The series about charming everyman private detective Jim Rockford would run six seasons...
Jun 22, 2024 · Whether it's the cigar-chomping, rumpled detective in Columbo played by the unforgettable Peter Falk; the cool, cerebral and unsociable Ironside portrayed by Raymond Burr; the fast-talking, trouble-attracting private eye in The Rockford Files brought to life by James Garner; or the trailblazing tough cop Theo Kojak in Kojak made iconic by Telly ...
1 day ago · Film noir encompasses a range of plots; common archetypical protagonists include a private investigator (The Big Sleep), a plainclothes police officer (The Big Heat), an aging boxer , a hapless grifter (Night and the City), a law-abiding citizen lured into a life of crime , a femme fatale or simply a victim of circumstance . Although film noir was originally associated with American ...
3 days ago · Because the 1940s and 1950s are universally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir, films released prior to 1940 are listed under the caption "Precursors / early noir-like films". Films released after 1959 should generally only be listed in the list of neo-noir titles .
5 days ago · Less memorable were the five other films Curtiz directed that year: The Keyhole, Female, Goodbye Again, and a pair of films in which William Powell played private detectives, Private Detective 62 (also released as Man Killer) and The Kennel Murder Case.
