Private Detective Movies

After receiving numerous death threats, the millionaire father of a young woman hires a private detective.

A detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows were locked from the inside.

A private detective takes on one final case before retirement.

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out...

Hugh Beaumont stars as detective "Michael Shayne" in this 1946 B-film.

A private detective is hired to find a missing girl. The only thing is, the girl isn't who we think she is and everyone is out to get her.

Private detective Dirk Trent, a collector of cigarette butts, a "smooth" ladies man, a wearer of bad suits, and he's convinced there's more to an...

A stolen bicycle case ends with drunken detective/lawyer Alexander 'Lex' Larsen having to clear Vigdis Wang of a murder charge. Unofficially based...

Lawyer Fröhlich has specialized in divorce cases and has become a star in this field. Along the way, he also divorced his own marriage. But his...

This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.

A private detective (Willard Parker) falls for the girlfriend (Allison Hayes) of a racketeer whom he believes has targeted him for death.

Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and assigned to take a picture of a woman. A gun is...

A man is questioned on the "Claude killings" in Los Angeles.

Detective Barker has his work cut out for him when his red-haired nanny, Kate Blond, turns out to be a master thief in disguise. Barker’s close...

An alcoholic private detective faces her biggest challenge yet when a married couple hires her to find their missing daughter. While investigating...

A European royal couple come to New York to sell some of the royal family's crown jewels. A gang of international jewel thieves is planning to steal...