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• The $100,000 Kiss (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• 120, rue de la Gare (1946, Sirius)
• 13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
• 2 Minutes Later (2007, 2ML Productions)
• 8MM (1999, Columbia)

A

• A toi de jouer Callaghan (1954, France)
• À vendre (1998, Canal+; aka “For Sale”)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951, Universal)
• Accomplice (1946, PRC)
• Adéla Jeste Nevecerela (1978, Czechoslovakia)
• Adventures of a Private Eye (1987)
• The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990, 20th Century Fox)
• The Adventurous Blonde (1937, Warner Brothers)
• After Midnight With Boston Blackie (1943, Columbia)
• After the Storm (2016, GAGA; aka “Umi yori mo mada fukaku”)
• After the Thin Man (1936, MGM)
• Against All Odds (1984, Columbia)
• Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2019, Swadharm Entertainment)
• Al Roach, Private Insectigator (2004, Turner Classic Movies)
• Algunas nubes (1995, Televicine S.A. de C.V.)
• Alias Boston Blackie (1942, Columbia)
• Alibi for Murder (1936, Columbia)
• The Amazing Partnership (1921, Stoll Pictures)
• Among The Counterfeiters (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• Amorosos fantasmas (1994, Televicine S.A. de C.V.)
• Angel Heart (1987, TriStar)
• Another Thin Man (1939, MGM)
• Appaloosa (2008, CBS)
• Appointment with Murder (1948, Film Classics)
• Armed Response (1986, Cinetel)
• Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939)
• Asesinato en el comité central (1982, Spain)
• Asesinato en el Meneo (2001; aka “Murder at El Meneo”)
• The Assassin (1952, British Film-Makers; aka “Venetian Bird”)
• Asylum (1996)

B

• Backstreet Justice (1993)
• Behind Green Lights (1946)
• Behind Locked Doors (1948, Aro Productions/Eagle-Lion Films)
• Behind the Headlines (1956, Kenilworth)
• Bellini e a esfinge (2002; aka “Bellini and the Sphinx”)
• Bellini e o demonio (2008; aka “Bellini and the Devil”)
• The Benson Murder Case (1930)
• Beyond Justice (1992, Reteitalia)
• The Big Bang (2010; Big Bang Productions)
• The Big Boodle (1957, United Artists)
• The Big Empty (1997)
• The Big Fall (1996, PM Entertainment Group)
• The Big Fix (1978, Universal)
• The Big Lebowski (1998, Working Title Films)
• The Big Sleep (1946, Warner Brothers)
• The Big Sleep (1978, Winkast)
• The Big Store (1941, MGM)
• Big Town (1947, Paramount; aka “Guilty Assignment”)
• Big Town After Dark (1947, Paramount; aka “Underworld After Dark”)
• Big Town Scandal (1948, Paramount; aka “Underworld Scandal”)
• Birds Of Prey (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• The Bishop Murder Case (1930)
• The Black Bird (1975, Columbia)
• The Black Doll (1938, Universal)
• Black Eye (1974, Warner Bros.)
• The Black Robe (1935, Northern Films/Commonwealth Productions; aka “Secrets of Chinatown”)
• Blackie’s Redemption (1919, Metro)
• Blackmail (1947, Republic)
• The Blackmailer’s Bluff (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• Blade Runner (1982, Warner Brothers)
• Blade Runner 2049 (2021, Columbia)
• Blind Rage (1978)
• Blonde for a Day (1946, PRC; aka “Blonde Barrage”)
• Blondes at Work (1938, Warner Brothers)
• Blood Simple (1985, Foxton Entertainment/River Road)
• Blood Work (2002, Warner Bros.)
• Blue, White and Perfect (1941, 20th Century Fox)
• The Bodyguard (1992)
• Body Fever (1971, Republic Pictures)
• Boomerang Bill (1922, Cosmopolitan Productions)
• Born to Kill (1947, RKO)
• Bondage House (1999, Japan)
• Bordello of Blood (1996)
• Boston Blackie (1923, Fox)
• Boston Blackie and the Law (1946, Columbia)
• Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945, Columbia)
• Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942, Columbia)
• Boston Blackie’s Chinese Venture (1949, Columbia)
• Boston Blackie’s Little Pal (1918, Metro)
• Boston Blackie’s Rendezvous (1945, Columbia)
• The Brasher Doubloon (1947, 20th Century Fox)
• Breakaway (1956, RKO)
• The Breath (1995, Japan/Taiwan; AKA Umihoozuki)
• Brick (2005, Bergman Lustig Productions)
• Broken City (2013, 20th Century Fox)
• The Brotherhood of the Yakuza (1975, Warner Brothers)
• Brown’s Requiem (1998, Lions Gate)
• Budapest Noir (2017, Pioneer Pictures)
• Bulldog Drummond (1922, Astra-National)
• Bulldog Drummond (1929, United Artists)
• Bulldog Drummond (1952)
• Bulldog Drummond At Bay (1937)
• Bulldog Drummond At Bay (1947)
• Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
• Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1947)
• Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
• Bulldog Drummond In Africa (1938)
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
• Bulldog Drummond Sees It Through (1940)
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
• Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939)
• Bulldog Drummond’s Peril (1938)
• Bulldog Drummond’s Revenge (1937)
• Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (1939)
• Bulldog Drummond’s Third Round (1925, Astra-National)
• Bulldog Jack (1935)
• Byomkesh Bakshi (2010)

C

• Callaghan remet ça (1960, France)
• The Caller (2008, Belladonna Productions)
• Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951, MGM)
• Calling Mr. Callaghan (1960, Atlantis)
• Calling Paul Temple (1948)
• Calling Philo Vance (1940, Warner Bros.)
• Camouflage (2001, Camouflage/Interlight)
• The Canary Murder Case (1929, Paramount)
• Captain Swagger (1928, Pathé Exchange)
• The Carter Case (1919, Oliver Films)
• The Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947, Screen Art)
• The Case of the Curious Bride (1935, Warner Brothers)
• The Case of the Howling Dog (1934, Warner Brothers)
• The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935, Warner Brothers)
• The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937, Warner Brothers)
• The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936, Warner Brothers)
• The Casino Murder Case (1935)
• Cat Run (2011, Lleju Productions)
• Cat Run 2 (2014, Lleju Productions)
• Catalina Interlude (1948, Paramount Pictures)
• Catherine’s Grove (1997, High Fliers)
• The Challenge (1948)
• Chan is Missing (1982, New Yorker Films/Wayne Wang Productions)
• The Chance of a Lifetime (1943, Columbia; see Boston Blackie)
• Chandler (1972, MGM)
• Charlie’s Angels (2000, Columbia)
• Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003, Columbia)
• The Cheap Detective (1978, Columbia/EMI)
• Cheaper to Keep Her (1980, Regal Productions/American Cinema)
• La chèvre (1981, Gaumont/France)
• Chinatown (1974, Paramount)
• City Heat (1984, Warner Bros.)
• City Hunter (1993, golden Harvest)
• City Hunter (2011)
• City of Tiny Lights (2017, BBC Films)
• City Streets (1931, Paramount)
• Clean Slate (1994)
• A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946, Columbia)
• The Clutching Hand (1936, Stage and Screen)
• The Cobra Strikes (1948, Eagle-lion Films)
• Code 7, Victim 5 (1964, Columbia Pictures)
• Cold in July (2014, Backup Media)
• Cold Play (2008, Morin/Andrews Productions)
• Colourblind (2019, NH Productions)
• Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
• The Come-On (1956, Allied Artists)
• La Conciergerie (1997, Canadian, aka “The Haven”)
• Confess, Fletch (2022, Miramax)
• Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941, Columbia)
• Confidential (1986, Brightstar)
• The Conversation (1974, Paramount)
• Convicted (1938, Columbia)
• The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947, Columbia Pictures)
• Cosa fácil (1982, Conacite Dos)
• Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970)
• Cover Up (1948, United Artists)
• Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku No Tobira (2001, Columbia)
• Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (2001, Columbia)
• Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001, Columbia)
• Crime by Night (1944, Warner Brothers)
• The Crimson Clue (1921, Broadwe
• Cronaca di un amore (1950, Villani Film; aka “Story of a Love Affair”)
• Crooked Alley (1923, Universal)
• A Cry At Midnight (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001, Dreamworks)
• Curtain at Eight (1934, Majestic)
• The Cutter (2005, Sony Pictures)

D

• Da zhen shen huo sang (2019; China; aka “The Great Detective”)
• Danger in the Bar 2
• Danger Zone (1951, Spartan Productions; aka “Pier of Peril”)
• Dangerous Female (1931; aka “The Maltese Falcon”)
• Dangerous Lady (1941, PRC)
• The Dark Corner (1946, 20th Century Fox)
• Darker Than Amber (1970, National General)
• Darwin Awards (2005, 3 Ring Circus Films)
• Das Gasthaus von Chicago (1921, Althoff Film; aka “The Chicago Inn”)
• A Date with The Falcon (1941, RKO)
• Dead Again (1991, Paramount)
• Dead End (1999, Canada)
• Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982, Universal)
• Dead of Night (2008; in production)
• Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1972, German)
• Dead Women in Lingerie (1990, Curb Esquire Films)
• Deadlier Than The Male (1967)
• Deadlocked (1971, Republic Pictures)
• Deadly Business (1977, Highlight Productions; aka “Skip Tracer”)
• Deadly Illusion (1987, Pound Ridge Films)
• Death of a Champion (1939, Paramount)
• Deadly Passion (1985, Lightning Video)
• Death Journey (1975)
• Death on the Nile (1978, Mersham Productions)
• Death on the Nile (2021, 20th Century Studios)
• The Delavine Affair (1954, Croydon)
• Der Fall (1972, Europa Film; aka “the Fall”)
• Der Passagier In Der Zwangsjacke (1922, Aafa-Film AG; aka “The Passenger in a Straitjacket”)
• Der Todesbote (1920, Althoff)
• Der Vampyr Von St. Louis 1. Teil (1920, Althoff)
• Le Dernier souffle (1999, Canada; aka “Dead End”)
• The Detective (1968, Fox)
• The Detective (2007, Universe Entertainment; aka “C+Detective”)
• The Detective II (2010, Universe Entertainment; aka “B+Detective”)
• Detetive Downs (2013, Friland Produksjon AS; aka “Detektiv Downs)
• Detectives Inc. (1985, Shamus Productions)
• Detektiv Downs (2013, Friland Produksjon AS)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• The Devil’s Cargo (1948, Film Classics)
• The Devil’s Mask (1946, Columbia)
• Diamond’s Edge (1988, Red Rooster; akaA “Just Ask For Diamond”)
• The Diamond Trail (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• Días de combate (1982, Conacite Dos)
• Días de combate (1994, Televicine S.A. de C.V.)
• Dick Barton at Bay (1950, Exclusive Films)
• Dick Barton, Special Agent (1948, Exclusive Films)
• Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949, Exclusive Films)
• Die Apotheke des Teufels (1921, Althoff Film)
• Die drei??? Das geheimnid der geisterinsel (2007; aka “The Three Investigators & the Secret of Skeleton Island”)
• Die drei??? das verfluchte schloss (2009; aka “The Three Investigators & the Secret of Terror Castle”)
• Die Erbschaft von New York (1919, Althoff)
• Die Hard (1988, Fox)
• Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990, Fox)
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995, Fox)
• Dirty Work (1998, MGM/UA)
• Divorce Detective (1931)
• Divorcing Jack (1998, Scala Productions)
• Dixie Ray, Hollywood Star
• Dodging the Law (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• Doomed to Die (1940, Monogram)
• Double Indemnity (1944, Paramount)
• The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
• Dressed to Kill (1941, 20th Century Fox)
• The Drowning Pool (1976, Warner Brothers)

E

• Écoute voir… (1979, France)
• Eddy Deco (2017, Helix Films)
• The Edge
• Eight Million Ways to Die (1986, Producer Sales Organisation)
• Ego Trip (1994, Canadian; aka “Ride Me”)
• 8MM (1999, Columbia)
• The Empty Beach (1985, Jethro Films)
• The End of the Affair (1955, Corondo Productions)
• The End of the Affair (1999, Columbia)
• Enigme aux Folies-Bergeres (1959)
• The Equalizer (2014, Columbia Pictures)
• The Equalizer 2 (2018, Columbia)
• Erzgauner (1921, Althoff Film; aka “The Cunning Rogue”)
• Eruption (1977, Cal Vista)
• Everybody Wins (1990, Orion Pictures)
• The Exploits of Elaine (2015, Eclectic)
• Exposed (1947, Republic)
• The Eye (2000 , Seville Pictures)
• Eyes in the Night (1942, MGM)

F

• Face Down
• The Face in the Fog (1922, Cosmopolitan Productions)
• The Falcon’s Adventure (1946, RKO)
• The Falcon’s Alibi (1946, RKO)
• The Falcon and the Co-Eds (1943, RKO)
• The Falcon in Danger (1943, RKO)
• The Falcon in Hollywood (1944, RKO)
• The Falcon in Mexico (1944, RKO)
• The Falcon in San Francisco (1945, RKO)
• The Falcon Out West (1944, RKO)
• The Falcon Strikes Back (1943, RKO)
• The Falcon Takes Over (1942, RKO)
• The Falcon’s Brother (1942, RKO)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1944, RKO; aka “Murder, My Sweet”)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1975, EK Corporation/ITC)
• Fast Company
• Fat Chance (1975, 20th Century-Fox; aka “Peeper”)
• The Fat Man (1951, Universal)
• Fatal Charm (1977; aka “Magnum Cop,” “Poliziotto senza paura“)
• The Fatal Hour (1940, Monogram)
• Fatal Pursuit (1997, Crossroads Entertainment)
• Fearless (1978, Italian)
• The Fiction-Makers (1968, ITC Television)
• Find the Blackmailer (1943, Warner Bros.)
• Fletch (1985, Universal)
• Fletch Lives (1989, Universal)
• Flickan som lekte med elden (2009, Yellow Bird/Nordisk Film and TV)
• Fly Away Baby (1937, Warner Brothers)
• Fog City Nocturne (2007, Kelp Entertainment)
• Follow That Woman (1945, Pine-Thomas Productions)
• For Sale (1998, Canal+)
• Foxtrap (1985)
• The Framing of the Shrew (1929, Christie Film Company)
• Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002, Touchstone)
• Frauen, Die Die Ehe Brechen (1922, Aafa-Film AG; aka “Women and the Marriage Break”)
• The French Key (1946, Republic)
• From Hollywood to Deadwood (1989, Island Pictures)
• Frozen With Fear (2000, Milagro Films)
• Fugitive Lady (1951, Republic; aka “La strada buia”)
• F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion (1991, Orion)

G

• A Game Of Craft (1922, Murray W. Garsson Productions)
• The Garden Murder Case (1936)
• The Gay Falcon (1941, RKO)
• The Girl Hunters (1963, Fellane)
• The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018, MGM)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011, MGM)
• Give ’em Hell, Malone (2009, National Entertainment Media)
• The Glass Key (1935, Paramount)
• The Glass Key (1942, Paramount)
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022, T Street/Netflix)
• Going Undercover (1988, Miramax)
• Gone Baby Gone (2007, Miramax)
• A Good Day to Die Hard (2013, Fox)
• The Gore Gore Girls.(1972, Lewis Motion Picture Enterprises)
• The Gorilla (1927, 20th Century-Fox)
• The Gorilla (1930, Warner Brothers)
• The Gorilla (1939, 20th Century-Fox)
• Gotham (1988, Showtime)
• The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939, Paramount)
• Grand Central Murder (1942, MGM)
• The Great Detective (2019; China; aka “Da zhen shen huo sang“)
• The Great Opium Case (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946, Warner Bros.)
• The Greene Murder Case (1929)
• The Grissom Gang (1971)
• Guard That Girl (1935)
• Guilty Assignment (1947, Paramount; aka “Big Town”)
• Guilty Bystander (1950, Film Classics)
• Gumshoe (1972, Memorial Enterprises)
• A Gun, A Car, A Blonde (1998)
• Gunn (1967, Paramount)
• Guns and Lipstick (1995)

H

• Hail, Caesar! (2016, Universal)
• Hammett (1983, Orion Pictures/Warner Brothers)
• Happy Birthday, Turke! (1992)
• Harper (1966, Warner Brothers)
• Harukana jidai no kaidan o (1994 , Japan; aka “Stairway to the Distant Past”)
• The Hat-Box Mystery (1947, Screen Art)
• The Haven (1997, Canadian)
• Having a Wonderful Crime (1945, RKO)
• Heartaches (1947, PRC)
• Heaven’s Prisoners (1996, New Line)
• Herencia maldita (1987; aka “Algunas nubes”)
• The Heritage of Hamilton Cleek (1914, Edison Company)
• Hickey and Boggs (1972, United Artists)
• The Hidden Eye (1945, MGM)
• High Tide (1947, Monogram)
• The High Window (1947, 20th Century Fox; aka “The Brasher Doubloon”)
• Hold That Woman (1940, PRC)
• Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
• Hollywood Confidential (1997, Fox)
• Hollywood Harry (1985, Starquilt)
• Hollywoodland (2006, Focus Features/Miramax)
• Home for Christmas (1993, New Horizons; aka “Little Miss Millions”)
• Honeymoon in Vegas (1992, MGM)
• The House of Fate (1936, RKO; aka “Muss ’em Up”)
• The Hunter (1980, Paramount /Rastar Pictures)

I

• I Come with the Rain (2009)
• I Cover Big Town (1947, Paramount; aka “I Cover the Underworld”)
• I Cover the Underworld (1947, Paramount; aka “I Cover Big Town”)
• I Love a Mystery (1945, Columbia)
• I Love Trouble (1948, Columbia)
• I, the Jury (1953, Parklane Productions)
• I, the Jury (1982, Warner Brothers)
• I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948, Monogram)
• In the Electric Mist (2009; Ithaca Pictures/Little Bear
• In the Mouth of Madness (1995, New Line Cinema)
• Incident (1948, Monogram)
• Inherent Vice (2014, Warner Bros.)
• The Inner Circle (1946, Republic Pictures; aka “The Twisted Circle”)
• Insurance Investigator (1951, Republic)
• It’s a Wonderful World (1939, MGM)
• It’s Called Murder, Baby (1982, Lightning Video)
• It’s Only Money (1962, Paramount)
• The Ivory Snuff Box (1915)

J

• The Jack of Spades (2010)
• Jack Reacher (2012, Paramount)
• Jagged Edge (1985)
• Jimmy the Gent (1934, Warner Bros.)
• Just Ask for Diamond (1988, Red Rooster; aka ‘Diamond’s Edge”)
• Just Off Broadway (1942, 20th Century Fox)

K

• Katchem Kate (1912, Biograph Company)
• The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
• The Kid Detective (2020, Woods Entertainment & JoBro Productions & Film Finance)
• The Kidnapping of Miss Nylon (1959, Deutsche Film Hansa)
• The Kill (1975, Arbee/New World Video)
• Kill Me Again (1989, MGM)
• A Killer Within (2004, Fireside Entertainment)
• The Killers (1946, Universal-International)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005, Warner Bros.)
• Kiss Kiss Kill Kill (1969)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955, Parklane Productions)
• Klute (1971, Warner Brothers)
• Knives Out (2019, Lionsgate)
• Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (2001, Columbia)

L

• LA Bounty
• La chévre (1981, Gaumont)
• La Conciergerie (1997, Canadian, aka “The Haven”)
• La Nuit d’Austerlitz 1954, Telefilm)
• La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Pres (1977, Filmologies)
• La strada buia (1951, Republic; aka “Fugitive Lady”)
• The Lady Fare (1929, Christie Film Company)
• Lady In Cement (1968, 20th Century Fox)
• The Lady in the Lake (1947, MGM)
• The Lady in the Morgue (1938, Universal)
• Lady of Burlesque (1943, United Artists)
• Larceny in Her Heart (1946, PRC)
• The Last Boy Scout (1991, Geffen Pictures)
• The Last Call (1922, Murray W. Garsson Productions)
• The Last Express (1938, Universal)
• The Last Fight (1982, Best Film & Video)
• Last Looks (2022, Head Gear/MadRiver/Metrol Technology/Romulus/Waldo Films)
• The Last Lullaby (2009, Chaillot Films/Timbergrove Entertainment)
• The Last Original B Movie (1971, Republic Pictures)
• The Last Warning (1938, Universal)
• The Late Show (1977, Warner Brothers)
• Le jeu avec le feu (1975, Arcadie Productions/Madeleine Films/Cinecompany)
• Le loup de la côte ouest (2002, France)
• Le Saint mène la danse (1960, Films Du Cyclope/Lux Films [France]; aka “The Dance of Death”)
• Le Saint prend l’affut (1960, Intermondie Prods. [France]; aka “The Saint Against Agent 001”)
• The League of Frightened Men (1937, Columbia)
• Leave It to the Irish (1944, Monogram)
• Les nouveaux exploits de Nick Carter (1909)
• Les Rats de Montsouris (1988, Telefilm)
• Lesbionage
• The Lincoln Lawyer (2011, Lionsgate)
• Little Miss Millions (1993, New Horizons; aka “Home for Christmas”)
• The Little Sister (2015, Brooklyn Multimedia)
• A Little Trip to Heaven (2005, Blueeyes Productions/Pink Productions/Palomar)
• Live Free or Die Hard (2007, Fox)
• The Living Ghost (1942; aka “A Walking Nightmare”)
• Living to Die (1991, Trinity)
• The Lone Wolf (series of films, from 1914-49)
• Lonely Street (2009, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment)
• The Long Goodbye (1973, United Artists)
• The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996, Forge/New Line Cinema)
• Looking for Kitty (2004, Marlboro Road Gang)
• Loophole (1954, Allied Artists)
• Los mares del sur (1990, Cyrkfilms/I.C.C./Spain)
• Los misterios de Barcelona (1915, Hispano)
• The Lost Son (1999, Columbia Tristar/United International)
• Love at Large (1990, Orion)
• Love Happy (1949, United Artists)
• Love in the Afternoon (1957, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation)
• Love Walked In (1999, TriStar)
• Love You to Death (see Deadly Illusion)
• A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
• Lowlifes (2010)
• The Lucky Stiff (1949)
• Luftslottet som sprängdes (2009, Yellow Bird/Nordisk Film and TV)

M

• Magnum Cop (1977; aka “Poliziotto senza paura“)
• Make Your Own Bed (1944)
• The Maltese Falcon (1931, Warner Brothers)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941, Warner Brothers)
• The Man Inside (1958, Warwick)
• The Man With Bogart’s Face (1980, Fox)
• The Man Who Wouldn’t Die (1942, 20th Century Fox)
• Man Killer (1933, Warner Brothers; see Private Detective 62)
• The Man Without a Map (1968, Japan; aka “Moetsukita Chizu”)
• The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975, Strathmore Productions)
• Manhandled (1949, Paramount)
• Män som hatar kvinnor (2009, Yellow Bird/Nordisk Film and TV)
• Marlowe (1969, MGM)
• Marlowe (2022, Open Road/Briarcliff Entertainment)
• M’as-tu vu en cadavre? (1982)
• The Master Mystery (1919, Octagon)
• A Matter of Principal (2003, Another Level Inc.)
• Max Anderson, Private Eye (2013, Bad Atom)
• Mazan Filip (2003, Silver Screen; aka “Smart Philip”)
• Medicine Bend (1916, Signal Film)
• Meet Boston Blackie (1941, Columbia)
• Meet Flashgun Casey (1937, MGM; also known as Here’s Flash Casey)
• Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954, British Eros)
• Meet Nero Wolfe (1936, Columbia)
• The Melancholy Dame  (1929, Christie Film Company)
• Memento (2000, I Remember/Newmarket Capital Group/Team Todd)
• Michael Clayton (2007)
• Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940, 20th Century Fox)
• Midnight Limited (1940, Monogram)
• The Midnight Man (1974, Universal Pictures)
• Mike Case: The Big Kiss-Off (2013, Vagabond Entertainment)
• Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2019, Every Cloud Productions)
• Missing Millions (1921, Broadwell Productions; Nick Carter)
• Missing Millions (1922, Famous Players-Lasky; Boston Blackie)
• The Missing Person (2009, 7th Floor)
• Mission Kill (1991, Betaview Film/Hong Kong; aka “Tu ying dang an“)
• Mister Dynamite (1935, Universal Pictures)
• Mr. Wong, Detective (1938, Monogram)
• Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939, Monogram)
• Mrs. O’Malley and Mr. Malone (1950, MGM)
• Moetsukita Chizu (1968, Japan; aka “The Man Without a Map“)
• The Money Jungle (1967)
• The Monkey’s Mask (2000, Arenafilm/Asmik Ace Entertainment/Canal+et al)
• Mortelle Randonnèe (1983; in French)
• The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993, Film Detective Office/For Life Records Inc./Shutter Pictures)
• Motherless Brooklyn (2019, Warner Bros.)
• Munich Mambo (2004)
• Murder at El Meneo (2001; aka “Asesinato en el Meneo”)
• Murder By Death (1976, Columbia TriStar)
• Murder Goes to College (1937, Paramount)
• Murder is My Business (1946, PRC)
• Murder, My Sweet (1944, RKO)
• Murder on Approval (1956, RKO)
• Murder on the Mississippi (1936, Universal; aka “Mysterious Crossing”)
• Murder on the Orient Express (2017, Twentieth Century Fox)
• Murder Reported (1957, Fortress)
• Murder With Pictures (1936, Paramount Pictures)
• Music Hath Harms (1929, Christie Film Company)
• Muss ’em Up (1936, RKO)
• My Favorite Brunette (1947, Paramount)
• My Gun Is Quick (1957, United Artists)
• The Mysterious Bond Case (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• Mysterious Crossing (1936, Universal; aka “Murder on the Mississippi”)
• Mysterious Intruder (1946, Columbia)
• The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946, Republic)
• Mystery in Mexico (1948, RKO)
• The Mystery Mind (1920, Supreme)
• Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939, Monogram)
• The Mystery of the Amsterdam Diamonds (1914, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Dover Express (1913, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints (1914, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Glass Tubes (1914, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Ladder Of Light (1914, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Laughing Death (1914, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Lost Stradivarius (1914, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Octagonal Room (1914, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Sealed Art Gallery (1914, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Silver Snare (1914, Edison Company)
• The Mystery of the Talking Wire (1914, Edison Company)
• Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)

N

• The Naked Face (1984, Cannon)
• Nancy Drew (2007, Warner Brothers)
• Nestor Burma, detective en choc (1982, Zenith)
• Never Go Back (2016, Paramount)
• The New Exploits of Elaine (1915, Eclectic; aka “The Romance of Elaine”)
• The Nice Guys (2016, Silver Pictures)
• Nick Carter Down East (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• Nick Carter, Le roi des détectives (1908)
• Nick Carter: Les club des suicidés (1909; aka “The Suicide Club”)
• Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939, MGM)
• Nick Danger in the Case of the Missing Yolks (1983, Nesmith Enterprises)
• Nick Knatterton Abenteuer: Der Raub Der Gloria Nylon (1959, Deutsche Film Hansa) aka “The Kidnapping of Miss Nylon”)
• Nick Knatterton–Der Film (2002)
• Night Moves (1975, Warner Brothers)
• Night of Mystery (1937, Paramount)
• No Clue (2014, Sparrow Media)
• No Hands on the Clock (1941, Paramount)
• No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
• No Place for a Lady (1943, Columbia)
• No Way Back (1976)
• Norman Conquest (1953, A&B Productions; aka “Park Plaza 605”)
• The Nuisance (1933, MGM)
• Nur Eine Nacht (1922, Aafa-Film AG)
• Nymphs Anonymous (2007)

O

• An Occasional Hell (1996, Greenlight Productions)
• Omertà (2012, Cinémaginaire Inc.)
• On the Edge (2002)
• Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017, Voltage Pictures)
• One for the Money (2011, Lakeshore/Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/Lionsgate)
• One Jump Ahead (1955, Kenilworth)
• One Million Dollars (1915, MGM)
• One Mysterious Night (1944, Columbia; see Boston Blackie)
• One Never Knows (see You Never Can Tell)
• Out of the Past (1947, RKO)
• Out to Kill (2014, Guest House Films)
• The Overlookers (2004, Overlook Terrace Productions)

P

• P.J. (1968, Universal)
• Panic on the Air (1936, Columbia; aka “Trapped by the Wireless”)
• Park Plaza 605 (1953, A&B Productions; aka “Norman Conquest”)
• Parker (2013, Filmdistrict)
• Partner in Crime (1937, Paramount)
• Passion For Danger (1973, Columbia; aka “Shamus”)
• Passkey to Danger (1946, Republic)
• Passport to Treason (1956)
• The Path Of The Spendthrift (1921, Broadwell Productions; aka “The Spendthrift”)
• Paul Temple Returns (1950, Nettlefold Films)
• Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950, Butchers/Nettlefold Films)
• Payback (1999, Paramount)
• Peeper (1975, Twentieth-Century Fox; aka “Fat Chance”)
• Phantom of Chinatown (1940, Monogram)
• Phantom Raiders (1940, MGM)
• The Phantom Thief (1946, Columbia; see Boston Blackie)
• Philo Vance’s Gamble (1947, PRC)
• Philo Vance’s Secret Mission (1947, PRC)
• Pier 23 (1951, Spartan Productions; aka “Flesh and Leather”)
• Pier of Peril (1951, Spartan Productions; aka “Danger Zone”)
• Playback (1995 Precious/Playboy)
• Plunder of the Sun (1953, Warner Brothers)
• Plus de whiskey pour Callaghan (1954, France)
• The Poison Rose (2019, JTP Films/March On Productions/Millennium Media/Poison Rose Productions)
• Polar (1984, Les Films Noirs/France 3; French)
• Poliziotto senza paura (1977; aka “Magnum Cop,” “Fatal Charm”)
• The Poppy Girl’s Husband (1919, Paramount)
• Pour la peau d’un flic (1981, Adel Productions; aka “To Kill a Cop,” “For a Cop’s Hide,” “Whirlpool”)
• Presumed Innocent (1990, Warner Bros.)
• Private Detective (1939, Warner Brothers)
• Private Detective 62 (1933, Warner Brothers)
• The Private Eye Blues (1994, Hong Kong)
• The Public Eye (1972, Universal)
• Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills & Painted Nightmares (2005 documentary)
• Pure Luck (1991, Universal)

Q

• Quincy Adams Sawyer (1912, Puritan Special Features)
• Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922, Sawyer-Lubin Pictures)

R

• The Radio Detective (1926, Universal)
• A Rage in Harlem (1991, Miramax)
• The Raven Red Kiss-Off (1990, Fries Entertainment)
• Raw Justice (1993, West Side Studios)
• The Resurrected (1991, Scotti Bros./Borde/Raich; aka “Shatterbrain”)
• The Return of Boston Blackie (1927, Chadwick)
• The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)
• The Riddle of the Green Umbrella (1914, Kalem Moving Picture Company)
• The Riddle of the Tin Solier (1913, Kalem Moving Picture Company)
• Ride Me (1994, Canadian: aka “Ego Trip”)
• Riffraff (1947, RKO; aka “Riff-Raff”)
• The Right Temptation (2000, Columbia)
• Roadblock (1951, RKO)
• Roadhouse Nights (1930, USA)
• Roaring City (1951, Spartan Productions)
• Rogue’s Gallery (1968, Paramount)
• The Romance of Elaine (1915, Eclectic; aka “The New Exploits of Elaine”)
• Romance on the Run (1938, Republic Pictures)
• Rough Magic (1995)
• The Runaround (1946)
• Russian Doll (2001, Beyond Films/Screen Artists — Australia)

S

• The Saint (1997, Paramount)
• The Saint and the Brave Goose (1980, ITC Television; aka “Vanishing Point”)
• The Saint in London (1939, RKO)
• The Saint in New York (1938, RKO)
• The Saint in Palm Springs (1941, RKO )
• St. Ives (1976, Warner Brothers)
• The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943, RKO)
• The Saint Strikes Back (1939, RKO)
• The Saint Takes Over (1940, RKO)
• The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940, RKO)
• The Saint’s Girl Friday (1953, RKO; aka “The Saint’s Return”)
• The Saint’s Return (1953, RKO; aka “The Saint’s Girl Friday”)
• The Saint’s Vacation (1943, RKO)
• Sam Marlow, Private Eye (1980, Fox) Samrat & Co.
• Satan Met a Lady (1936, Warner Brothers)
• The Scarab Murder Case (1936)
• Scoob! (2020, Warner Bros)
• The Scratch (2009, Maverick Entertainment Group)
• Sealed Orders (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• Search for Danger (1949, Film Classics)
• Secret Agent X-9 (1937, Universal)
• Secret Agent X-9 (1945, Universal)
• Secret File: Hollywood (1962, Crown International)
• Secrets of Chinatown (1935, Northern Films/Commonwealth Productions; aka “The Black Robe”)
• Send For Paul Temple (1946, Butchers)
• Sex, Secrets and Lies 2 (2002; MRG Entertainment; aka “Wicked Temptations”)
• Shadow of Suspicion (1944, Monogram)
• Shadow of the Thin Man (1941, MGM)
• Shaft (1971, MGM)
• Shaft (2000, Paramount)
• Shaft (2019, Warner Bros)
• Shaft’s Big Score! (1972, MGM)
• Shaft in Africa (1973, MGM)
• Shamus (1973, Columbia)
• Shatterbrain (1991, Scotti Bros./Borde/Raich; aka “The Resurrected”)
• Shattered (1991, MGM)
• Sheba, Baby (1975, American-International)
• Sherlock Jr. (1924, Buster Keaton Productions)
• The Silk-Lined Burglar (1919, Universal)
• Silver City (2004, Silver City Films Inc./Anarchist’s Convention Films)
• The Singing Detective (2003, Haft Entertainment/Icon Entertainment)
• Skip Tracer (1977, Highlight Productions; aka “Deadly Business”)
• Sleepers West (1941, 20th Century Fox)
• Small Town Crime (2017, 6 Foot Films)
• Smart Blonde (1936, Warner Brothers)
• The Smiling Man (2007, Kelp Entertainment)
• So Undercover (2013)
• The Soft Kill
• Some Girls Do (1969)
• Song of the Thin Man (1947, MGM)
• South Beach (1992, Po’ Boy Productions)
• The Spider (1945, Twentieth Century Fox)
• The Spirit of Evil (1922, Murray W. Garsson Productions)
• The Squeeze (1987, TriStar)
• Stairway to the Distant Past (1994, Japan)
• Story of a Love Affair (1950, Villani Film; aka “Cronaca di un amore“)
• Suburbicon (2017, Paramount)
• Summer Lightning (1933, Herbert Wilcox Productions)
• Sunburn (1979, Paramount)
• Sunset Grill (1993)
• Supercool (1971, Republic Pictures)
• Sylvia (1965, Paramount)

T

• Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood (1996)
• The Tattoo Connection (1979, Hong Kong)
• Tatort – Tote Taube in der Beethovenstrasse (1972, German)
• Tatuaje (1976, Profilmar/Spain)
• Temple Tower (1930)
• Tengoku No Tobira (2001, Columbia)
• There’s Always a Woman (1938, Columbia)
• There’s That Woman Again (1939, Columbia)
• They All Laughed (1981, MGM)
• The Thin Man (1934, MGM)
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1944, MGM)
• This Man is Dangerous (1941)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968, United Artists)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999, United Artists)
• Three Blondes in His Life (1961)
• Three on a Ticket (1947, PRC)
• Through the Dark (1924, Cosmopolitan)
• Ticket to a Crime (1934, Beacon Productions)
• The Tiger Woman (1945, Republic)
• Time to Kill (1942, 20th Century Fox)
• Time Table (1956, United Artists)
• Tokyo Raiders (2000)
• Tom Horn (1980, Warner Bros.)
• Tony Rome (1967, 20th Century Fox)
• Too Late (2016, Vanishing Angle/Foe Killer Films)
• Too Many Winners (1947, PRC)
• Top ‘o the Morning (1949, Paramount)
• Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939, Warner Brothers).
• Torchy Blane in Panama (1938, Warner Brothers)
• Torchy Gets Her Man (1938, Warner Brothers)
• Torchy Plays with Dynamite (1939, Warner Brothers)
• Torchy Runs For Mayor (1939, Warner Brothers)
• Total Exposure (1991, Republic)
• Trader Hornee (1970, Entertainment Ventures Inc)
• The Trap (1996, Japan)
• Trapped By Boston Blackie (1948, Columbia)
• Trapped by the Wireless (1936, Columbia; aka “Panic on the Air”)
• Trixie (2000, Pandora Cinema/Sandcastle 5 Productions)
• Trouble in Panama (1938, Warner Brothers)
• Trouble is My Business (2017, Lumen Actus)
• Trouble Man (1972, 20th Century Fox/JDFB Productions)
• Truck Turner (1974, American International)
• True Love (2014)
• Tu ying dang an (1991, Betaview Film/Hong Kong; aka “Mission Kill”)
• Twenty Plus Two (1961)
• Twilight (1998, Paramount)
• The Two Jakes (1990, Paramount)

U

• Umi yori mo mada fukaku (2016, GAGA; aka “After the Storm“)
• Umihoozuki (1995, Japan/Taiwan; aka “The Breath”)
• Under Suspicion (1992, Columbia)
• Underworld After Dark (1947, Paramount; aka “Big Town After Dark”)
• Underworld Scandal (1948, Paramount; aka “Big Town Scandal”)
• Uneasy Terms (1948, British Pathe)
• The Unknown (1946, Columbia)
• Unseen Foes (1922, Murray W. Garsson Productions)
• An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982, Boyd’s/Castle Hill)

V

• V.I. Warshawski(1991, Hollywood Pictures)
• The Valdemar Legacy (2010, aka “La herencia Valdemar“)
• The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow (2010, aka “La herencia Valdemar II: La Sombra Prohibida“)
• The Vanishing Cracksman (1913, Edison Company)
• Vares (2004; “Vares, Private Eye”)
• Vendetta for the Saint (1969, ITC Television)
• Venetian Bird (1952, British Film-Makers; aka “The Assassin)
• Veronica Mars (2014, Warner Bros Digital/Spondoolie Productions)
• Vertigo (1958, Paramount)

W

• Waga jinsei saiaku no toki (1993, Film Detective Office/For Life Records Inc./Shutter Pictures)
• A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014, Universal)
• A Walking Nightmare (1942; aka “The Living Ghost”)
• Wana (1996, Japan; aka “The Trap”)
• The Westland Case (1937, Universal)
• Where’s Marlowe? (1998, Paramount)
• Whispering City (1947, Eagle-Lion/Québec Productions)
• Whispering Smith (1916, Signal Film)
• Whispering Smith (1926, Metropolitan)
• Whispering Smith (1948, Paramount)
• Whispering Smith Hits London (1951, Hammer-Lesser/RKO)
• Whispering Smith Investigates (1951, Hammer-Lesser/RKO)
• Whispering Smith Rides (1927, Universal Pictures)
• Whispering Smith Speaks (1935, Fox)
• Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard (1951, Hammer-Lesser/RKO)
• Who Done It? (1956, Ealing Studios)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988, Touchstone Pictures)
• Who’s Guilty? (1921, Broadwell Productions)
• Who’s Harry Crumb? (1989)
• Wicked Temptations (2002; MRG Entertainment; aka “Sex, Secrets and Lies 2”)
• Wild At Heart (1990)
• The Woman Condemned (1934, Progressive Pictures)
• Woman in the Dark (1934, RKO)
• Woman in the Shadows (1934, RKO)
• Women Are Trouble (1936, MGM)
• World for Ransom (1954, Plaza Productions)

X

• X Marks the Spot (1942, Republic Pictures)

Y

• The Yakuza (1975, Warner Brothers)
• Yellow Pages (1988, Miramax)
• You Never Can Tell (1951, Universal)
• You Never Know (see You Never Can Tell)
• You Were Never Really Here (2017, Film 4/BFI/Why Not)

Z

• Zen Noir (2007, Dreaming Dog Entertainment/Zenmovie))
• Zero Effect (1998, Castle Rock)

DOCUMENTARIES

• Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006)
• Mike Hammer’s Mickey Spillane (1998)
• Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills & Painted Nightmares (2005)
• Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling (2009)

FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS

• Private Eyes: A Cinematic Timeline
• TV Eyes: The Made-For-Television Movies