Detective

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poster Do Detectives Think?
Do Detectives Think?
19mn - Comedy
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
poster A Thief Catcher
A Thief Catcher
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.
poster Stakeout
Stakeout
90mn - Crime, Drama
A young private investigator on the gritty streets of Los Angeles faces an impossible choice when he falls for the woman he's supposed to be surveilling for insurance fraud. With his sick mother's medical…
poster Detective Malone
Detective Malone
88mn - Action, Crime
Detective Robert Malone, a violent Chicago cop, is thrust into an international crisis when Arab terrorists kidnap a brilliant electronics engineer and demand he build a sophisticated security system for …
poster Mr. Wong, Detective
Mr. Wong, Detective
(3/5)
70mn - Crime, Thriller, Mystery
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
poster The Disappearance of Onésime
The Disappearance of Onésime
9mn - Comedy
When Onésime gets declared dead by drowning, the supposed-widow consults a private detective specialized in missing persons.
poster Sherlock Holmes Baffled
Sherlock Holmes Baffled
1mn - Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.
poster Getting Evidence
Getting Evidence
14mn - Comedy
A jealous husband arrives in the office of Hawkshaw, a private detective. The husband is certain that his wife is being unfaithful, and he wants the detective to produce photographic evidence. The detecti…
poster The Inspector General
The Inspector General
(3.4/5)
102mn - Comedy, Music, Romance
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is t…
poster The Finder
The Finder
(2.7/5)
92mn - Crime, Thriller, Short
Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.
poster Rogues' Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
60mn - Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…
poster Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
(3.0/5)
62mn - Action, Crime, Mystery
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
poster Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
(2.9/5)
103mn - Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. As the famed detective investigates an alleged theft, he’s brought face to f…
poster The Musgrave Ritual
The Musgrave Ritual
(2.6/5)
18mn - Mystery, Crime
Reginald Musgrave’s maître d’hôtel has disappeared! Called to the rescue, Sherlock Holmes goes immediately to his friend, to inspect the premises. He finds a stolen jewel in the new maître d’hôtel’s jacke…
poster The Devil Plays
The Devil Plays
(2.6/5)
63mn - Mystery, Romance
A mystery novelist's detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed.
poster Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr.
(4.1/5)
49mn - Action, Comedy, Mystery
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
poster Suspense.
Suspense.
10mn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched …
poster Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill
(3/5)
72mn - Crime, Mystery
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and W…
poster The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
25mn - Mystery, Comedy, Crime
Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his time into periods of "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drinks". In fact, he overcomes every situation with drugs: consuming cocaine to increase his energy or …
poster Frontier Days
Frontier Days
61mn - Western, Romance, Action
An undercover Wells Fargo detective poses as the notorious Pinto Kid to investigate a series of stagecoach murders, but when his glove is found at a crime scene, he becomes the prime suspect and must clea…
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