Keyword: private detective

Bored to Death

7.9

2009

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A well-meaning but struggling writer decides to lead a sort of double life by pretending to be a private detective using the methods he read about in old detective novels.

Take Two

7.3

2018

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Sam Swift, the former star of a hit cop series whose epic breakdown is broadcast to the public and sends her to rehab. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing lone-wolf private investigator Eddie Valetik as research for a potential comeback role. Though Eddie resents the babysitting gig, high-spirited Sam uses the skills she learned as an actor playing a cop and proves herself to be surprisingly valuable.

Frankie Drake Mysteries

6.8

2017

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The series follows Frankie Drake, a female private detective operating in Toronto in the 1920s.

Hawaiian Eye

7.7

1959

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The cases of Hawaiian Eye Private Investigations and the two handsome, slick, tough-guy detectives who ran the firm, Thomas Jefferson Lopaka, or Tom for short, and Tracy Steele, a Korean War veteran and former city police detective.

Snooper and Blabber

6.4

1959

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Snooper and Blabber form a pair of cat and mouse detectives, respectively. Super Snooper is more or less the one in command whenever the pair takes on a case while Blabber Mouse follows whatever orders Snooper gives him.

Jack Irish

7.8

2016

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Jack is engaged to find a missing person, only to be later framed for his murder. Jack is quickly caught up in a complex web of powerful vested interests that stretches from his home town of Fitzroy to a remote village in the Philippines.

Flex x Cop

8.2

2024

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A third-generation chaebol who becomes a homicide detective and wipes out criminals.

King & Maxwell

7.1

2013

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Two Secret Service agents fall out of favor with the service, leave, and decide to partner as private investigators.

Vega$

6.9

1978

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Dan Tanna is a private investigator in the gambling town of Las Vegas, Nevada. Vegas can be seedy or glamorous, depending on your point of view.

Zombie Detective

7.4

2020

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The drama is a \human comedy\ about a zombie in his second year of resurrection who becomes a detective in pursuit of his past, all the while doing his best to coexist with humans.

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

7.7

1969

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When Hopkirk gets killed, he reappears as a ghost - pretty handy to have around in this line of work.

Banacek

7.7

1972

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The adventures of proud Polish-American freelance insurance investigator Thomas Banacek.

The Maltese Falcon

7.4

1931

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A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.

Love in the Afternoon

7.3

1957

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A middle-aged playboy becomes fascinated by the daughter of a private detective who has been hired to entrap him with the wife of a client.

The Gorilla

4.9

1939

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When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.

The Chinese Ring

5.8

1947

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Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.

The Two Faces of January

6.2

2014

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A thriller centered on a con artist, his wife, and a stranger who flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.

Body Fever

7

1969

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Down and out private detective is hired to catch a woman who dresses like Catwoman while committing robberies.

Muss 'em Up

5.5

1936

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A private detective is enlisted to find out who shot a dog and threatened its owner, but before long hes also involved in a kidnapping and murder plot.

Cast a Deadly Spell

6.7

1991

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In a fantastical 40s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy

7.7

2015

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While investigating the disappearance of a chemist, a detective uncovers a larger conspiracy to unsettle Calcutta.

Three on a Ticket

5.8

1947

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A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

6.8

1940

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After gumshoe Mike Shayne is hired by a millionaire to keep his daughter away from gambling and gamblers, he becomes involved in the murder of a racetrack tout.

Mom

7.3

2017

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After her daughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked away free.