The Cheap Detective 1978 POSTER

The Cheap Detective

6.4

53%

Robert Moore

Robert Moore Director

Jonathan Banks

Jonathan Banks as Cabbie

John Houseman

John Houseman as Jasper Blubber

Carmine Caridi

Carmine Caridi as Sgt. Crosseti

Abe Vigoda

Abe Vigoda as Sgt. Rizzuto

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.

Murder by Death 1976 POSTER

Murder by Death

7.2

♡ 36

63%

dark and stormy night

Robert Moore

Robert Moore Director

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith as Dora Charleston

Truman Capote

Truman Capote as Lionel Twain

Nancy Walker

Nancy Walker as Maid

Peter Falk

Peter Falk as Sam Diamond

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

The Maltese Falcon 1941 POSTER

The Maltese Falcon

7.9

♡ 68

99%

based on novel or book

loss of loved one

san francisco, california

John Huston

John Huston Director

Lee Patrick

Lee Patrick as Effie Perine

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane as Lt. of Detectives Dundy

William Hopper

William Hopper as Reporter

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

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