Private Detective Movies

A private detective (Willard Parker) falls for the girlfriend (Allison Hayes) of a racketeer whom he believes has targeted him for death.

A private eye (Robert Clarke) takes pictures for the publishers (Francine York, Syd Mason) of a scandal magazine.

In this romantic thriller, blackmail, kidnapping, and fraud combine to give two lesbian private detectives (and lovers) their toughest case. Will...

This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.

The musician Udo Lindenberg (played by himself) is kidnapped during the party after a concert. Nobody realises this until the next day, when he...

A wistful PI reflects on the case of Alice Draper, a young starlet whose death he failed to solve.

Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.

Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of...

A man is questioned on the "Claude killings" in Los Angeles.

Buddy, a private investigator, visits the home of a suspect in a kidnapping case as he grapples with the notions of justice and the allure of revenge.

Detective John Sparkes receives a letter from Alex Spalding, leading him to a mysterious woods. Here, he meets Isabella, a practitioner of...

Customers at the Melody Club are burgled while attending the the club. A detective investigates.

A sleazy private detective named Horatio Plugg is hired to keep watch over a brothel. Inspector Closer is onto him though.

Detective Ken Dwight is after the infamous "Clown Face Killer." Will he stop and arrest the Killer? Or will the Killer strike again?

A private detective takes on one final case before retirement.

A young artist receives an unusual visit from a detective.

Rick R. Mortis, a cocky P.I., based in the seedy part of a world filled with classic movie monsters, has just been framed for murder. In 48 hours, he...

A young private detective gets dragged into a larger mystery after taking on a missing person case in Phoenix, Arizona.

Áurea Diamantina, a movie star who has quarreled with her husband, stays at a grand hotel where, in order to get free publicity, conspires...