Hammett
(1982) [M]

Based in part on detective-fiction writer Dashiell Hammett's early experiences as a Pinkerton detective, this moderately-noir film has Hammett (using his little-known first name, Sam) involved in an elaborate extortion plot by his former detective agency mentor, Jimmy Ryan. Ryan shows up at...  More

Phantom Lady
(1944) [PG]

Unhappily married Scott Henderson spends the evening on a no-name basis with a hat-wearing woman he picked up in a bar. Returning home, he finds his wife strangled and becomes the prime suspect in her murder. Every effort to establish his alibi fails; oddly no one seems to remember seeing the...  More

Blacula
(1972) [M]

Interior decorators buy the coffin of an African prince bitten by Dracula centuries before and bring it back to Los Angeles. Soon the prince is feeding his hunger while following a woman who looks like his departed wife. At night he stalks the streets of Los Angeles, putting the bite on those he...  More

Electra Glide in Blue
(1973) [M]

The only thing good-hearted motorcycle cop John Wintergreen (Robert Blake) wants it to become a detective - to wear a big Stetson, smoke fancy cigars and be paid to think. So when he stumbles upon a dead body, he takes on the case... and proves his stuff! But as soon as he's promoted, the...  More