Created by James Dalessandro According to reader Angelo Hazifotis, "If you have not read James Dalessandro's Bohemian Heart (1993)...you're missing one of the most beloved and original P.I.'s of the nineties." “PEEKABOO” FRANKIE FAGAN is a former San Francisco cop turned long-haired private eye who runs the City Lights Detective Agency, and definitely marches to his … Continue reading “Peekaboo” Frankie Fagan
Tag: Private Eye
Daryl Zero (Zero Effect)
Created by Jake Kasdan "Now, a few words on looking for things. When you go looking for something specific, your chances of finding it are very bad. Because of all the things in the world, you're only looking for one of them. When you go looking for anything at all, your chances of finding it … Continue reading Daryl Zero (Zero Effect)
Morgana Musgrove
Created by George Dawes Green “There are too many live oaks dripping with too much Spanish moss..." Come for the Spanish moss, stay for the book? The quote that kicks off this page comes from young Black bartender, Jaq, who’s trying to video a crime scene for her MFA application project. She’s just one of … Continue reading Morgana Musgrove
Mr. T (Trouble Man)
Created by John D.F. Black(1932-2018) “I come up hard baby, but now I’m cool,I didn’t make it sugar, playin’ by the rulesI come up hard baby, but now I’m fineI’m checkin’ trouble sugar, movin’ down the line.”— from Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye No, I’m not talking about that jewelery-bedecked buffoon with the mohawk from … Continue reading Mr. T (Trouble Man)
Ron Hogget
Created by James Mitchell Pseudonyms include Patrick O. McGuire & James Munro (1926-2002) “I’m good at finding things. It’s what I’m for." TOMMASO RONALD HOGGET is telling it like it is. He's good at finding things. And people. He's a globe-trotting Anglo-Italian private eye based in London, and that’s his speciality. For a price he’ll … Continue reading Ron Hogget
Night Moves: An Introduction
Sam Wiebe Introduces the 1974 Classic Slated to introduce Night Moves at the Vancouver Film Center in August 2022, Canadian crime writer Sam Wiebe, the creator of private eyes Dave Wakeland and Michael Drayton, confessed that "It’s one of my favorite PI films and neo-noirs, and a million times better than Altman’s very good The Long Goodbye, … Continue reading Night Moves: An Introduction
Viviana Valentine
Created by Emily J. Edwards “I’ve been a Girl Friday for the best P.I. in the city for years, ya moron… You think I didn’t learn a thing or two?” Rough-and-tumble Tommy Fortuna is allegedly the best private eye in 1950s New York City, but it turns out VIVIANA VALENTINE, his spunky, long-time "Girl Friday" (her … Continue reading Viviana Valentine
J.F. Kelly (“Last of the Private Eyes”)
Created by Richard Carr and Robert L. Jacks “It’s a dirty business.” — Kelly takes the case. “Last of the Private Eyes,” which aired on April 30, 1963, was the final episode of The Dick Powell Show, and made no bones about it—it’s a tongue-in-cheek parody of the genre. Here's guest host Ronald Reagan in his … Continue reading J.F. Kelly (“Last of the Private Eyes”)
Mike Murphy (City Heat)
Created by Sam O. Brown Pseudonym of Blake Edwards (1922-2010) "When a hotshot cop and a wise-guy detective get together... the heat is on!" -- the film's tagline. Burt Reynolds is MIKE MURPHY, a 1930's down-on-his-luck Kansas City P.I., reluctantly teamed-up with former Homicide partner Speer (played by Clint Eastwood), in the 1984 would-be buddy flick City … Continue reading Mike Murphy (City Heat)
A. Dunster Lowell (The Boston Terrier)
Created by Blake Edwards & Tom Waldman Blake Edward must have really liked this idea. After failing to interest any of the networks in his 60-minute pilot, The Boston Terrier, about the adventures of suave, Harvard-educated (and presumably dogged) private eye A. DUNSTER LOWELL in 1962, Edwards tried again the next year with a revamped thirty-minute version—in … Continue reading A. Dunster Lowell (The Boston Terrier)