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41) The big sleep
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case, and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich, and more.
42) Magpie murders
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A beguiling murder mystery with a solution that will both astonish and shock viewers, the plot revolves around the character Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway's latest novel, but has little idea it will change her life.
43) Inherent vice
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Private eye Doc Sportello's ex-old lady shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin.
44) Psych: Season 3
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Shawn Spencer pretends to be a psychic. No one really believes him, but he continues to be so helpful to the police that they keep calling him in on cases they can't solve. Shawn brings his childhood friend, Gus, into his scheme, and between their bantering they manage to solve every case they're presented with.
45) Marlowe
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gripping noir crime thriller set in late 1930s Bay City centers around a brooding, down-on-his-luck detective; Philip Marlowe, played by Liam Neeson, who is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, daughter of a well-known movie star. The disappearance is the first twist in a series of bewildering events, and soon Marlowe is embroiled in a deadly investigation and web of lies that he's determined to bring to light.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When a murder occurs aboard the Orient Express, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Spenser For Hire's sophomore season ushered in some changes for the gourmet gumshoe: new faces, new challenge, and more mysteries around the streets of Boston, from Fenway backalleys to Beacon Hill townhouses. Foremost among them is Boston's new Assistant DA, Rita Fiori (Carolyn McCormick), looking to rein in the freewheeling private detective, regardless of the chummy relationship that Spenser (Robert Urich) enjoys with Lt. Quirk (Richard Jaeckel)....
48) V/H/S 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his abandoned house and find another collection of mysterious VHS tapes. In viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be terrifying motives behind the student's disappearance.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The show returns with Magnum and Higgins working in sync as private investigating partners, just as she begins a new relationship with her doctor, the handsome Dr. Ethan Shah. Rick continues to manage La Mariana, the hottest tiki bar on the island along with his best pal and Island Hoppers boss, TC, while Magnum and Higgins tackle cases that include re-possessing a plane from a drug cartel, helping an MMA fighter being blackmailed into throwing a...
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Peter Gunn is the perfect detective. Handsome, smart, two-fisted and a straight shooter. He has a girlfriend that can melt butter at twenty yards, a network of informants throughout the Los Angeles underworld, and a smokey jazz club to call home.
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Peter Gunn is the perfect detective. Handsome, smart, two-fisted and a straight shooter. He has a girlfriend that can melt butter at twenty yards, a network of informants throughout the Los Angeles underworld, and a smokey jazz club to call home.
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Thanks to a childhood spent with a family of cops, Shawn Spencer possesses an incredible photographic memory and notices seemingly insignificant details. These traits allow him to spend his jobless days providing the police with mystery-solving tips-- but his knowledge soon makes him a suspect. In order to clear his name, the unlikely sleuth declares that he has clairvoyant abilities and launches his own investigative agency, Psych. His skeptical...
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian and belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12 enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous baffling or unsolved crimes.
A Hollywood film crew descends on the town of Lawrenceton, GA to produce a film based on a book written by Aurora's onetime boyfriend Robin Crusoe. However, when the lead actress, who is playing Aurora, is killed, the real Aurora and the Murders Club must investigate a long...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Magnum is still waiting for an answer from Higgins about whether she will indeed become his new private investigating partner. As Rick begins a fortuitous new endeavor as the best-connected man on the island, Magnum and his friends tackle cases that include a bank teller who goes missing right before her wedding, a thief with a stolen cell phone that received a dooming text and a deadly siege on Robin's Nest.
55) Sherlock Holmes
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Homes comes to the aid of a young prince accused of murder and uncovers a plot to destroy Western civilization.
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Magnum P.I. is a modern series about Thomas Magnum, a former Navy SEAL who becomes a private investigator. Living on a luxurious estate and working as a security consultant, Magnum uses his military skills to solve cases, while also indulging in his love for vintage cars and the Detroit Tigers.
58) Bent
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When a drug bust goes wrong, ex-cop Danny Gallagher's quest for justice leads him to the car-bomb murder of a government official's wife. When Gallagher learns that the woman's secret lover was a seductive federal agent, he finds himself under fire. But from whom, his own cops, a vengeful drug lord, the CIA, or someone even more ruthless?
Publisher
ABC Studios
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Beckett finds herself in the Captain's chair while Castle makes the leap from author to full-blown Private Investigator. The season begins with a bang as a call from a mysterious stranger puts Beckett on the run and sets off an explosive chain of events. The action gets even more exciting, and a little crazy, when Castle's daughter, Alexis, joins her father to solve the case of a lifetime.
60) Shaft
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Shaft: John Shaft, a private investigator, is hired by a Harlem crime boss to find his kidnapped daughter. During his investigation, Shaft uncovers a Mafia plot to take over a chunck of the Black underworld's uptown territory.
Shaft's big score!: Private eye John Shaft runs afoul of the underworld as he investigates a friends murder. This is the second film in the Shaft series.
Shaft in Africa: Detective John Shaft is persuaded by diplomats at the...
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