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Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"This encyclopedic guide to silent films with mystery and detective content lists over 1,500 titles in one of entertainment's most popular and enduring genres. While most of the films examined are from North America, mystery films from around the world are included"--Provided by publisher.
4) Hollywood's detectives: crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir
Author
Series
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Publisher
Direct Source Special Products
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A fact-based account of the murder of Sir Harry Oakes. Sir Harry is a wealthy magnate, living amongst the British aristocrats who have made their home in the Bahamas just prior to World War II. His beloved but spoiled daughter marries a penniless gigolo who is later suspected of murdering Sir Harry.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So, in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to...
Publisher
St. Clair Vision
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Disc 1. Too late for tears: A man just found $60,000 and his wife insists that he keep it rather than turn it in to the cops. Wanting the money for herself, she kills her husband then reports him missing. The man who cheated himself: Ed Cullen, a San Francisco police officer, is in love with socialite Lois Frazer. Ed seems to find himself stuck between a rock and a hard place when Lois decides to kill her husband and Ed's brother is assigned...
18) Knives out
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
19) The big Lebowski
Author
Publisher
Focus Features/Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A stoned-out leftover from the 1960s is asked to be the go-between when the wife of a rich man for whom he is mistaken is kidnapped.
