Telly Savalas
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Oct 25, 1989 · After nearly twenty years of decline, once legendary TV detective Harry Powell has been branded by Hollywood as a washed up drunk. Alone, broke and desperately unemployed, he decides to commit suicide but is saved by a knock at the door and the fact that the gas company has shut him off.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Kevin Connor
- 1989-10-25
My 25 personal favorite detective movies of all time. Honorable Mentions: The Nice Guys (2016) Gone Girl (2014) Shutter Island (2010) Sherlock Holmes (2009)
With Marc Singer, Tracy Scoggins, Nicholas Worth, Arte Johnson. Sent to keep an eye on a studio head's girlfriend at a Northern California film shoot, hardboiled P.I. Dan Turner, is forced to go into hiding when someone shoots his best girl and a police buddy with his gun.
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- Crime, Drama
- Christopher Lewis
- 1990-08-14
- Murder on the Orient Express. Sidney Lumet's 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1934 novel might be the golden standard by which all other detective movies must be measured.
- The Long Goodbye (1973) Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye" is based on the famed 1953 novel by Raymond Chandler, but it's perhaps the least hard-boiled detective movie one might encounter.
- Se7en. David Fincher's 1995 noir masterpiece "Se7en" is one of those rare timeless films you can confidently share with younger thriller fans. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman as police detectives tracking down an Old Testament-inspired serial killer have such a tense and conflict-ridden chemistry that their contentious bromance blooms right to that legendary twist ending.
- The Silence of The Lambs. In "The Silence of the Lambs," Jodie Foster's slightness of frame is one of many features that made Clarice Starling the perfect FBI trainee to help track down Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), a serial killer who skins his victims in a twisted quest for self-transcendence.
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The Hollywood Detective streaming: where to watch online? Currently you are able to watch "The Hollywood Detective" streaming on fuboTV.
The Hollywood Detective. A TV has-been (Telly Savalas) turns private eye for a flaky fan (Helene Udy), on a case ranging from a porn star to fruit flies.
