The Mumbly Cartoon Show

 

1976-77 ABC. Hanna-Barbera. Part of The Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show. 16 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mumbly_Cartoon_Show

Hammett (1982)

 

Directed by Wim Wenders. Found on Tubi and free on Youtube. Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear, Elisha Cook Jr. Ross Thomas screenplay. I also have this book by Joe Gores. 

R.G. Armstrong, Sylvia Sidney, David Patrick Kelly, Jack Nance, Royal Dano, Samuel Fuller. Joseph Biroc and Philip H. Lathrop cinematography due to the reshoots. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammett_(film) 

https://www.dvdjournal.com/quickreviews/h/hammett.q.shtml 

https://www.avclub.com/hammett-1798201230 

Zero Effect (1998)

 

Directed by Jake Kasdan. Free with ads on Youtube. I also have this DVD. Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Kim Dickens, Ryan O'Neal. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Effect 

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/zero-effect-1998

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61436/zero-effect/

https://www.writersbone.com/essays-archive/itersbone.com/2014/06/zero-eapathetic-noir-why-i-love-1998s.html

Land's End

 

1995-96 syndicated. Fred Dryer, private detective. Geoffrey Lewis, Tim Thomerson. 22 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land%27s_End_(TV_series)

Droopy, Master Detective

 

1993-94 Fox. Droopy detective. 13 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droopy,_Master_Detective 

Dog City

 

1992-94 Fox. Animated dog private detective. Jim Henson. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_City

Human Target

 

1992 ABC. Rick Springfield private detective. 7 episodes. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Target_(1992_TV_series) 

Palace Guard

 

CBS 1991. Stephen J. Cannell. Hotel security guard. D.W. Moffett, Marcy Walker. 8 episodes. Five unaired. 

Thrilling Detective site has this in their TV detective list so I am adding it. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_Guard

1984 Trix Rabbit detective disguise TV commercial

 

The Danger Team

 

1991 ABC failed pilot. Private detective with animated claymation puppets. Kathleen Beller.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103394/ 

https://thrillingdetective.com/2021/08/14/cheryl-singer-the-danger-team/

Gabriel's Fire

 

1990-91 ABC. James Earl Jones. Ex-con, ex-cop private detective. Retooled the next year as Pros and Cons. 22 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%27s_Fire

Private Detective Glass Doors and Windows

 

Private investigator doors and windows from movies and TV. Private eye. Sheba, Baby header.

Justin Case.

Clean Slate. 

Uptown Saturday Night.

Sheba, Baby (1975)

 

Directed by William Girdler. Found on Tubi. Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, D'Urville Martin. Private detective blaxploitation. Last and least of the 70s Pam Grier flicks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheba,_Baby 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sheba-baby-1975 

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/70048 

https://every70smovie.blogspot.com/2012/12/sheba-baby-1975.html 

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2009/08/talk-before-i-put-my-1-foot-down-your-1.html

Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)

 

Directed by Andrew Bergman. Found on Tubi. James Caan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicolas Cage. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeymoon_in_Vegas 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/honeymoon-in-vegas-1992

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/honeymooninvegaspg13howe_a0aefa.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/honeymooninvegaspg13kempley_a0a2d8.htm

A Murder is Announced - Agatha Christie

 

Miss Marple from 1950. Pocket Book vintage paperback. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Murder_Is_Announced

Justin Case

 

1988 ABC. Blake Edwards TV movie and failed pilot. George Carlin. Ghost private detective. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Case_(film)

Field Gray - Philip Kerr

 

Bernie Gunther trade paperback I got off Amazon. From 2010. 7th in the series. 

https://berniegunther.com/book/field_grey/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

 

Directed by Herbert Ross. Sherlock Holmes. Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lawrence Olivier. I also have this book by Nicholas Meyer. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Per-Cent_Solution_(film)

https://crimereads.com/bringing-nicholas-meyers-the-seven-per-cent-solution-to-the-big-screen/ 

https://www.tcm.com/articles/111437/the-seven-per-cent-solution 

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4062seve.html

If the Dead Rise Not - Philip Kerr

 

Bernie Gunther trade paperback I ordered off of Amazon. The third of four Bernie Gunther books I got this summer. Bernie is a hotel detective in this one and also partially set in Havana with two timelines. From 2009.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_the_Dead_Rise_Not

https://berniegunther.com/book/if_dead_rise_not/

The Long Goodbye (1973)

 

Directed by Robert Altman. Found on Tubi. Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden. I have the Raymond Chandler book. Marlowe's cat looks exactly like my own General Sterling Price.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Goodbye_(film) 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-long-goodbye-1973 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-long-goodbye-1973

https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2025/cteq/just-good-friends-or-its-ok-with-me-robert-altman-and-the-long-goodbye/

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/long-goodbye-robert-altman-leigh-bracketts-unique-fascinating-take-chandler-film-noir/

https://crimereads.com/50-years-of-the-long-goodbye/ 

https://trailersfromhell.com/the-long-goodbye/