Fictional detectives are characters in detective fiction. These individuals have long been a staple of detective mystery crime fiction, particularly in detective novels and short stories. Much of early detective fiction was written during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction" (1920s–1930s).

List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Dragnet. Follows Sergeant Joe Friday of the Los Angels Police Department (LAPD) and his various partners as they methodically investigate a different verity of crimes in Los Angeles, California. 2. Perry Mason.

4 天之前 · Whether it's the cigar-chomping, rumpled detective in Columbo played by the unforgettable Peter Falk; the cool, cerebral and unsociable Ironside portrayed by Raymond Burr; the fast-talking, trouble-attracting private eye in The Rockford Files brought to life by James Garner; or the trailblazing tough cop Theo Kojak in Kojak with Telly Savalas ...

Below is a complete list of American detective/mystery/crime shows from the 1980s, in alphabetical order. This includes shows that started in the 1970s and continued into the 80s, as well as shows that started in the 1980s and continued into the 90s.

2010年6月10日 · Cop and detective shows highlight the best in manliness. Here are 12 classic shows that will put hair on your chest.

2023年1月31日 · At the beginning of the show, detective Joe Mannix (Mike Connors) works for Intertect, a firm that uses computers to help solve crimes; but Mannix is an old-school detective who eschews the tech for old-fashioned detecting.

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Books shelved as classic-detective: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile by Agat...

2023年2月23日 · A Touch of Frost is the story of Detective Frost, an old-school detective whose best quality is his street smarts. Some audiences have compared the series to the American crime show Columbo, as A Touch of Frost is entertaining, smart, and filled with lovable characters whho viewers will root for.

My 25 personal favorite detective movies of all time. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Vertigo. A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed. 2. Laura.