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    Veronica Mars (2004-2009)

    A teenager balances school with private investigation.

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    Andy Barker, P.I. (2007)

    An earnest CPA jumps at the chance to become a private detective.

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    Remington Steele (1982-1987)

    A private eye reluctantly accepts a new partner.

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    Simon & Simon (1981-1989)

    Two brothers with opposite personalities investigate crime.

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    Moonlighting (1985-1989)

    An out-of-work model becomes partners with a detective in the business she owns.

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    Johnny Staccato (1959-1960)

    A jazz pianist supplements his income by working as a detective.

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    The Alphabet Murders (1966)

    Fussy Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot (Tony Randall) probes slayings which seem to be in alphabetical...

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    The Late Show

    An over-the-hill Los Angeles private eye (Art Carney) solves a murder with a wacky woman (Lily...

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    AKA (2003)

    Complications arise when a young man (Matthew Leitch) poses as the son of an art dealer who used to...

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    Mississippi Mermaid (1970)

    A French-colony tobacco planter's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) mail-order bride (Catherine Deneuve) takes...

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    Mirage (1965)

    An amnesiac (Gregory Peck) roams New York, seeking his identity, and finds he is a target for...

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    Pour la peau d'un flic

    In this thriller, a private detective disregards the many warnings he has been given and continues...

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    Hickey and Boggs (1972)

    Two Los Angeles private eyes (Bill Cosby, Robert Culp) find a missing woman and follow her to loot...

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    Under Suspicion (1992)

    An Irish private eye (Liam Neeson) takes the fall for a murder victim's American mistress (Laura San...

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    Shamus (1973)

    A Brooklyn private eye (Burt Reynolds) who sleeps on a pool table finds a warehouse full of stolen...

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    Witch Hunt (1994)

    A man's daughter is kidnapped by her grandparents who have more than a passing interest in the...

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    Dirt Merchant

    Police think a summons server (Danny Masterson) murdered a rock star who was drugged with a needle...

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    Follow Me!

    An Englishman (Michael Jayston) hires a Greek private eye (Topol) to follow his American wife (Mia...

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    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cook) and Dr. Watson (Dudley Moore) try to break a noble family's killer-dog...

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    The Day of the Cobra (1980)

    In this well-paced crime thriller, Larry Stanciani (Franco Nero) is a hard-boiled private...

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    Ryder, P.I. (1986)

    This low-budget detective comedy has its moments of hilarity and will amuse anyone familiar with...

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    Beck

    Stockholm policeman Martin Beck must find a pedophile who kills his young victims.

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    La Cura del Gorilla

    A bodyguard with a colorful past sets out on a chaotic inquest, bringing everyone with him.

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    Night Moves (1975)

    An L.A. private detective puts aside his own marital woes while tracing a topless nymphet to the...

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    The Maltese Falcon (1931)

    Private eye Sam Spade (Ricardo Cortez) encounters sundry characters (Bebe Daniels, Dudley Digges),...

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    The Devil's Mask (1946)

    Private eye Jack Packard (Jim Bannon) and his partner, Doc (Barton Yarborough), solve the mystery of...

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    Hellzapoppin' (1941)

    Hellzapoppin' is the film version of the "anything goes" Broadway hit starring Ole Olsen and Chic...

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    Agatha Christie: Poirot (1990)

    The cases of an eccentrically refined Belgian detective.

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    Ride Or Die

    Story of a private detective searching for answers to the death of his best friend.

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    Marlowe (1969)

    Private eye Philip Marlowe's (James Garner) manhunt leads to ice-pick murders, a stripper and a TV...