Private Eye Movies
Private Eyes
Hollywood has followed the trials and tribulations of private eyes for eight decades. They may not always get their man--or woman--but audiences can always count on P.I.s like Sam Spade and Jake Gittes to show them the heart of crime. Discuss Private Eyes

The Thin Man
1934; William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Cesar Romero

The Maltese Falcon
1941; Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Elisha Cook Jr., and Lee Patrick

Murder My Sweet
1944; Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, and Otto Kruger

The Big Sleep
1946; Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Elisha Cook, Jr. and Martha Vickers

Vertigo
1958; James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes

Chinatown
1974; Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Diane Ladd, and Burt Young

Blade Runner
1982; Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, William Sanderson, Daryl Hannah

Devil in a Blue Dress
1995; Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, and Maury Chaykin