The 1940s and 1950s were considered the height ... the film noir genre has evolved and expanded into new territory, but classic detective noir films, like John Huston's The Maltese Falcon and ...

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case ... The Best Years of Our Lives is one film from the 1940s that every movie fan should see at least once in their lifetime.

However, in reality, a great film noir movie is anything that tells an intriguing story drenched in captivating mystery and high ... even more troubling case in 1940s Los Angeles.

Detective movies have long been a Hollywood staple. A subgenre of crime and mystery films, they see a detective – professional or amateur – trying to solve a crime. Usually, the smart sleuth ...

The 1940 film Michael Shayne, Private Detective is the first in a series of twelve movies. Lloyd Nolan starred as Shayne through 1942, until the series was dropped by Twentieth Century Fox and ...

His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.