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Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes in this atmospheric Chinatown follow-up that's hit upon "the elusive sequel formula for somehow enhancing a great original" (Mike Clark, **USA Today**). Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't changed: "Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth." And...
3) Harper
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Hard-boiled private investigator Lew Harper is hired to locate a missing millionaire.
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Steve Ford is an L.A., based private investigator whose professional and personal worlds collide after his pet, Buddy, is stolen by a gang. Due to bizarre circumstances, Steve does the gang's bidding while being chased by two vengeful Samoan brothers, a loan shark's goons and a few other shady characters. Steve shows how far a man will go to be reunited with his best friend.
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I still love L.A.: Jim is trying to leave California behind him when a series of natural disasters, the L.A. riots and the murder of a wealthy mother make it impossible for him to go.
A blessing in disguise: An old friend is up to a dangerous new trick when Jim catches Angel preaching from the pulpit of the Temple of Holy Light Church whose members have put the life of a young actress at risk.
If the frame fits...: It's up to Jim to clear his own...
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Barnaby Jones is a retired Los Angeles private detective who has passed his private investigation business down to his son, Hal. When Hal is murdered while on a case, Jones comes out of retirement to track down his son's killer. Jones hires his beautiful daughter-in-law Betty as his secretary and personal confidante. Now Jones is back doing what he does best - catching bad guys and putting them away.
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Friends and foul play: Rockford learns about a new type of deviant when he enrolls in a Criminal Behavior class so he can discover who killed a friend's son.
Punishment and crime: Rockford rekindles a romance with a blind woman whose cousin is being threatened by devious forces in the Russian underworld.
Murder and misdemeanors (Original title: Shoot-out at the Golden Pagoda): It's Rockford vs. the LAPD when he investigates two veteran police officers...
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From his no-frills mobile home in Malibu, wisecracking ex-con-turned-private investigator Jim Rockford solves the biggest crimes in Los Angeles. In this season, Rockford chases down underworld mobsters, art thieves, an organ transplant ring and other criminals who never expect to find the world's most unlikely detective behind Rockford's easygoing, laid-back demeanor.
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Steve Ford is a L.A., based Private Investigator whose professional and personal worlds collide after his pet, Buddy, is stolen by a gang. Due to bizarre circumstances, Steve does the gang's bidding while being chased by two vengeful Samoan brothers, a loan shark's goons and a few other shady characters. Steve shows how far a man will go to be reunited with his best friend.
12) The nice guys
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In 1970s Los Angeles, down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March and hired enforcer Jackson Healy must work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of a porn star. During their investigation, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power.
13) The big sleep
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L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case, and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich, and more.
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"Ezekiel 'Easy' Rawlins is a decorated war hero who returns home to the segregation of post-war America. Forced to accept an under-the-table job finding a missing socialite, Easy is caught between the white power elite and the vibrant black community of Central Avenue. And as soon as Easy and his trigger-happy friend Mouse find the mysterious Daphne Monet, trouble follows"--Container.
16) The big sleep
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Hard-boiled private eye Richard Marlowe has his hands full when he gets involved in a web of sex, blackmail-- and murder.
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Frank Cannon is an ex-cop who is one of the biggest and best private eyes in Los Angeles. He single-handedly saves the city from lethal nerve gas attacks, hot-tempered arsonists, demonic cult leaders, quick-triggered mercenaries and more. For the war against crime and injustice in Los Angeles, Frank Cannon is the deadliest weapon of all.
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Denzel Washington has charisma to burn as the jobless ex-GI Easy Rawlins, who sees a chance to make some quick cash when he's recruited to find the missing lover of a wealthy mayoral candidate in late 1940s Los Angeles only to find himself embroiled in murder, political intrigue, and a scandal that crosses the treacherous color lines of a segregated society.
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