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The Big Noise

An inventor hires two private detectives (Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy) to guard his newfangled bomb.

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The Black Camel (1931)

The unsolved murder of a Hollywood actor several years earlier and an enigmatic psychic are the keys...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

This first talkie version of Conan Doyle's classic thriller The Hound of the Baskervilles stars...

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Love's Prisoner

When her pickpocket father is sent up the river, Nancy (Olive Thomas) has to provide for her younger...

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The Goat (1921)

This two-reeler is one big chase film -- or, rather, it's two chases in one film. A drifter (Buster...

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The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

Clouseau (Steve Martin) and a team of international detectives investigate the thefts of the world's...

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Without a Trace (1983)

Estranged from her husband (David Dukes), a New Yorker (Kate Nelligan) turns to the police after her...

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Zipperface

A man with a zippered mask preys on women.

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Some Girls Do (1969)

Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond traces the sabotage of a supersonic airliner to a gang of murderous women.

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Going Undercover (1988)

A bungling gumshoe tries hard to affect a hard-boiled demeanor, despite the fact that his latest...

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Hero and the Terror (1988)

A serial killer escapes from prison.

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No Good Deed (2003)

Three thieves (Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgard) hold a policeman (Samuel L. Jackson) hostage, as...

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The Jigsaw Murders

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Diamond's Edge (1990)

A would-be private eye and his younger brother are embroiled in an international caper.

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Maniac Cop (1988)

In New York, a man in a cop's uniform starts killing people for no apparent reason.

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Darker Than Amber (1970)

Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry...

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Fools (1970)

An aging actor finds himself falling for the beautiful, and much younger, wife of an attorney.

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The Presidio (1988)

An Army provost marshal (Sean Connery) clashes with a detective (Mark Harmon) over a murder at the...

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At Risk (1994)

Presented as a noir melodrama, Lara searches for her lover, Max, in this AIDS cautionary tale.

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Backstreet Justice

A private investigator, hired to solve three local murders, uncovers a deadly conspiracy and police...

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Rent-A-Cop (1988)

In a crime story set in Chicago, an ex-hooker hires a cop to protect her from a killer.

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The Hard Way (1991)

A Hollywood star (Michael J. Fox) of action movies tags along with a New York police detective...

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Emmett's Mark

Complications arise after a terminally ill Philadelphia detective (Scott Wolf) hires a hit man (Tim...

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La Donna Della Domenica (1975)

In this Italian mystery, a detective journeys into the rarified world of the idle rich to look into...

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The Last Boy Scout (1991)

An ex-Secret Service agent (Bruce Willis) plays private eye with an ex-quarterback (Damon Wayans) on...

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Legal Tender (1991)

Young tarts (Simone, Lily Thai, Haley) spend their time making love.

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Double Whammy

A widowed New York City police officer (Denis Leary) fails in his attempt to stop a shooting in a...

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They All Laughed (1981)

A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by,...

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McBain (1991)

An ex-POW (Christopher Walken) and his war buddies help a dead friend's sister (Maria Conchita...

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True Confessions (1981)

A 1940s Los Angeles detective (Robert Duvall) hounds his monsignor brother (Robert De Niro) about a...