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

The Outlaw Josey Wales
(1976) [M]

As The Outlaw Josey Wales, two-time Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood is ideally cast as a hard-hitting, fast-drawing loner, recalling his "Man with No Name" from Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns. But unlike that other mythic outlaw, Josey Wales has a name - and a heart. After avenging his...  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