private detective
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    Chinatown (1974)

    A 1930s gumshoe named Jake (Jack Nicholson) sticks his nose into a sordid mess over Los Angeles land...

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    Appointment With Death (1988)

    Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), solves a 1937 murder in the Holy...

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    Billion Dollar Brain (1967)

    British spy Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) uncovers a Texas general's (Ed Begley) computerized plot to...

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    The Big Sleep (1946)

    Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's...

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    Love in the Afternoon (1957)

    An older American playboy (Gary Cooper) loves a private eye's (Maurice Chevalier) young daughter...

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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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    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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    Romance on the High Seas (1948)

    A man (Don DeFore) hires a private eye (Jack Carson) to watch his wife (Janis Paige) on a cruise,...

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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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    Shattered (1991)

    A West Coast developer (Tom Berenger) has amnesia after a car accident and begins to suspect his...