10 Essential Private Eye Movies
Tom Jolliffe offers up 10 essential private investigator movies…
The humble Dick. I mean P.I of course. Private Investigator. They often operate on a perilous high wire between law and unlawful. When the police have given up or are hamstrung by the book, the P.I can go that extra mile, or indeed focus entirely on the case at hand. Whether professional P.I’s, or hired specifically for a case, these intrepid information seekers dig themselves further and further into intrigue, deceit, murder and more. It has been a cinematic staple for years, as it has also in literature (and indeed there have been a few adaptations of great P.I fiction over the years too). In particular it has been a popular staple in American noir and neo-noir. Here are 10 essential P.I. films…