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Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past begins when Joe Stefanos drives into Bridgeport, California as he looks for private detective Jeff Markham.
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Female Jungle (1956)
When movie star, Monica Madison, gets out of her cab outside the Can Can Club, someone strangles her to death. The killer rips her diamond choker off her neck in the confrontation, and flees.
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Based on Dashiell Hammett's book of the same name, The Maltese Falcon begins in San Francisco, 1941. Ruth Wonderly arrives at the office of private investigators Sam Spade and Miles Archer.
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Out of Sight (1998)
Based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name, Out of Sight begins with convicted bank robber, Jack Foley, storming out of an office building in Miami, Florida.
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Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Based on the Raymond Chandler book Farewell, My Lovely, Edward Dmytryk's film, Murder, My Sweet begins with Philip Marlowe blindfolded at police headquarters recounting the night’s murders.
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The Thin Man (1934)
1934's The Thin Man is a detective movie about Nick Charles. He's a famous New York detective married to an upper-class heiress named Nora.
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace begins with Mortimer Brewster who is part of the Brewster family in Brooklyn, New York; descendants of Mayflower settlers.
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
Nightmare Alley chronicles the rise and fall of Stanton "Stan" Carlisle from a meager carnival barker to a famous mentalist.
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Double Indemnity (1944)
Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity begins in 1938. Walter Neff is an insurance salesman returning to his office in downtown Los Angeles one late night.
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Detour (1945)
At a roadside diner in Reno, Al Roberts drinks coffee during a layover as he hitchhikes his way back home to New York City from Los Angeles.
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Cat People (1942)
As the Serbian-born fashion illustrator Irena Dubrovna sketches a black panther at the Central Park Zoo in New York City, engineer Oliver Reed strikes up a conversation with her.
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Gaslight (1944)
Gaslight begins with the murder of the world-famous opera singer, Alice Alquist at her home on No.9 Thornton Square. Alice’s 14-year-old niece, Paula interrupts the murder, so the killer leaves without stealing Alice’s jewels.
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