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    Modesty Blaise

    An archcriminal (Dirk Bogarde) wants diamonds being guarded by a British secret agent (Monica Vitti)...

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    8mm (1999)

    A widow hires a man (Nicolas Cage) to identify a teen killed in a snuff film that was stashed in her...

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    The Thin Man (1934)

    Sophisticated Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) solve a murder mystery with their...

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    Psycho (1960)

    A woman (Janet Leigh) on the run stops at a 12-cabin motel with showers, run by mother-fixated...

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    Suspect (1987)

    A Washington lobbyist (Dennis Quaid) on jury duty helps a public defender (Cher) save a deaf-mute...

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    Peeper (1976)

    In this comedy drama that spoofs detective pictures from the 1940s, Tucker (Michael Caine) is a...

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    Sylvia (1965)

    A private detective is hired by a wealthy man to uncover his wife's past, but in the process of...

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    Blood Simple (1985)

    Complications arise when the owner of a Texas bar pays a man (M. Emmet Walsh) to kill his wife...

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    Murder By Decree (1979)

    The murders by the infamous British criminal, Jack the Ripper, catch the attention of Sherlock...

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    Love Happy (1950)

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls while thwarting diamond thieves.

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    Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

    Watson (Nigel Bruce) brings in Holmes (Basil Rathbone) on a case of ritual murder at the old...

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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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    Assignment to Kill (1968)

    Insurance investigator Richard Cutting (Patrick O'Neal) is summoned to look into the sinking of some...

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    The Lost Son (2001)

    A wealthy couple hire a detective (Daniel Auteuil) to track their adult son, missing after...

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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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    Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)

    One of the few sleaze-horror movies that actually delivers on the lurid promise of its title (and...

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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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    At Risk (1994)

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

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    Suspicious Minds (1997)

    A private detective hired to follow the beautiful, unfaithful wife of a powerful lumber magnate is...

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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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    Mastermind (1975)

    A Charlie Chan-like inspector (Zero Mostel) outwits spies to protect a robotic invention.

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    Exit to Eden (1994)

    A Los Angeles detective (Rosie O'Donnell) and her partner (Dan Aykroyd) pursue a diamond smuggler to...

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    Fatal Pursuit (1994)

    A rugged ex-cop P.I. and a beautiful British female insurance investigator search for diamonds that...

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    A Gnome Named Gnorm

    An ex-cop and a gnome team together to solve a murder.

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    Sin Remitente

    A lonely, aging postal worker finds himself the victim of a cruel practical joke. The trouble begins...

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    Pure Luck (1991)

    A klutzy accountant (Martin Short) is sent to Mexico with a private eye (Danny Glover) to find his...

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    Sans Mobile Apparent (1971)

    This hard-boiled French crime thriller begins with the bold murder of a well-heeled Frenchman. The...

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    Trouble Man

    Los Angeles mobsters (Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite) and police crowd a private eye (Robert Hooks) who...