Posts Tagged ‘gumshoe’

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Genres: Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Meeker, Ralph | Dekker, Albert | Stewart, Paul | Hernandez, Juano | Addy, Wesley | Carr, Marian | Cooper, Maxine | Leachman, Cloris | Rodgers, Gaby | Dennis, Nick | Lambert, Jack | Elam, Jack | Zinneman, Jerry | Snowden, Leigh | Helton, Percy
Directors: Aldrich, Robert
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Tough L.A. private eye Mike Hammer gives a ride to Christina, a frightened young woman he finds running along the road one night. His car is run off the road by unseen thugs. Hammer is knocked out and Christina is tortured in an unsuccessful attempt to get information from her. They are put back into Hammer’s car which then is forced off a cliff. Hammer wakes up in the hospital. Velda, his trusty secretary, informs him that Christina is dead. Pat Chambers, Mike’s policeman friend, tells him to stay off the case, but Mike thinks it might be a big story—meaning big money for him—because the FBI is interested. He, Velda, and Nick, his garage mechanic friend, start investigating in hopes of finding out why Christina was killed.

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)

Friday, December 19th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Martin, Steve | Ward, Rachel | Santoni, Reni | Gaynes, George | McCarthy, Francis X. | Ricard, Adrian | Picerni, Charlie | LeBell, Gene | Sawaya, George | Nilsson, Britt | Beaudine, Jean | Stuart, John Easton | Spivey, Ronald | Hevelone, Bob
Directors: Carl Reiner
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Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are “The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta.” Searching for answers, Rigby encounters assorted low-lifes: dangerous men and women who were the hallmarks of the classic detective movies of the 40’s and 50’s. Filming in black and white allows scenes from old movies to be cut into this film. It is through this process that Rigby’s assistant is none other than Philip Marlowe himself.