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Tag Archives: detective
Chinatown (1974)
Director: Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Towne Excellent. One of my all time favorites.
Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged 1930s, 1974, burt young, california, chinatown, cop, crime, detective, diane ladd, drama, faye dunaway, incest, jack nicholson, jerry goldsmith, john a. alonzo, john hillerman, john huston, land, los angeles, mystery, neo noir, noir, perry lopez, police, private investigator, rape, real estate, robert evans, robert towne, roman polanski, roy jenson, sam o'steen, stanley cortez, thriller, water
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The Driver (1978)
Director: Walter Hill Writer: Walter Hill Great! I love a cold 70s crime thriller.
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1978, action, bank, bruce dern, car, crime, detective, drama, drive, driver, getaway driver, heist, isabelle adjani, lawrence gordon, michael small, money, philip h. lathrop, police, robbery, robert k. lambert, ryan o'neal, thief, thriller, tina hirsch, train station, walter hill
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Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)
Director: Gordon Parks Writer: Ernest Tidyman (Based on characters created by Ernest Tidyman)
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama
Tagged 1972, action, blaxploitation, bomb, crime, detective, drama, ernest tidyman, gordon parks, helicopter, money, moses gunn, murder, police, richard roundtree, roger h. lewis, roger lewis, sequel, shaft, shaft's big score, shaft's big score!, urs furrer
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Shaft (1971)
Director: Gordon Parks Writers: Ernest Tidyman and John D.F. Black (Based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman)
Posted in Action, Crime, Thriller
Tagged 1971, action, adaptation, blaxploitation, charles cioffi, cop, crime, criminal, detective, ernest tidyman, gangster, gordon parks, hugh a. robertson, isaac hayes, j.j. johnson, john d.f. black, kidnapping, mafia, mob, moses gunn, new york, new york city, nyc, police, richard roundtree, roger h. lewis, shaft, thriller, urs furrer
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman (Based on the novel “Who Censored Roger Rabbit?” by Gary K. Wolf) Great movie!
Posted in Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Tagged 1940s, acme, adventure, alan silvestri, alan tilvern, animated, animation, arthur schmidt, baby, bob hoskins, bullets, cartoon, charles leischer, christopher lloyd, comedy, crime, dean cundey, detective, disney, executive, family, fantasy, frank marshall, gary k. wolf, investigation, jeffrey price, joanna cassidy, joel silver, kathleen kennedy, kathleen turner, looney tunes, mel blanc, movie studio, murder, mystery, pattycake, peter s. seaman, private investigator, rabbit, robert zemeckis, roger rabbit, steven spielberg, taxi, toon, warner brothers, who censored roger rabbit?, who framed roger rabbit, who framed roger rabbit?
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Wolf (1994)
Director: Mike Nichols Writers: Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick
Posted in Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Tagged 1994, allison janney, career, christopher plummer, cop, david hyde pierce, david schwimmer, detective, douglas wick, drama, editor, eileen atkins, elaine may, ennio morricone, full moon, giuseppe rotunno, horror, investigation, jack nicholson, james spader, jim harrison, jon, kate nelligan, manhattan, michelle pfeiffer, mike nichols, moon, murder, new york, new york city, nyc, om puri, police, publisher, richard jenkins, rival, rivalry, romance, sam o'steen, thriller, werewolf, wesley strick, wolf, wolves
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L.A. Takedown (1989)
Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann Not great but interesting to see how Mann took his own 90 minute TV movie and then remade it into the epic crime classic Heat.
Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1989, action, alex mcarthur, bank, bank robber, bank robbers, bank robbery, california, cop, crime, daniel baldwin, detective, dov noenig, drama, gang, heist, hockey mask, l.a. takedown, los angeles, michael mann, michael rooker, patrick markey, police, robbery, ron garcia, ronal victor garcia, scott plank, shootout, thriller, tim truman, tv movie, vincent gustaferro
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The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Directors: Ron Clements & Burny Mattinson & David Michener & John Musker Writers: Peter Young & Vance Gerry & Steve Hulett & Ron Clements & John Musker & Bruce Morris & Matthew O’Callaghan & Burny Mattinson & David Michener & … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Animated, Crime, Musical, Mystery
Tagged 1986, adventure, animated, animation, bat, britain, british, bruce morris, Burny Mattinson, cat, crime, Dave Michener, detective, disney, dog, england, eve titus, henry mancini, james melton, john musker, kidnapped, kidnapping, london, Matthew O’Callaghan, Mel Shaw, mice, mouse, musical, mystery, paul galdone, peter young, rat, rodent, ron clements, ron miller, roy m. brewer jr., royalty, sherlock holmes, Steve Hulett, talking animals, the great mouse detectice, tony mizgalski, toy, toymaker, toys, Vance Gerry, vincent price
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