Movie Sleuths
Mystery films have portrayed a number of notable fiction sleuths. Most of these characters first appeared in serialized novels.
| Sleuth(s) | Author/Creator | First film |
|---|---|---|
| Lew Archer | Ross Macdonald | Harper (1966) |
| Boston Blackie | Jack Boyle | Boston Blackie's Little Pal (1918) |
| Torchy Blaine | Louis Frederick Nebel | Smart Blonde (1937) |
| Charlie Chan | Earl Derr Biggers | The House Without a Key (1926) |
| Nick and Nora Charles | Dashiell Hammett | The Thin Man (1934) |
| Alex Cross | James Patterson | Kiss the Girls (1997) |
| Hugh Drummond | Herman Cyril McNeile | Bulldog Drummond (1922) |
| Mike Hammer | Mickey Spillane | I, the Jury (1953) |
| Nancy Drew | Carolyn Keene | Nancy Drew, Detective (1938) |
| Sherlock Holmes | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Sherlock Holmes (1908) |
| Michael Lanyard | Louis Joseph Vance | The Lone Wolf (1917) |
| Philip Marlowe | Raymond Chandler | Murder My Sweet (1944) |
| Miss Marple | Agatha Christie | Murder, She Said (1961) |
| Mr. Moto | John Phillips Marquand | Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937) |
| Hercule Poirot | Agatha Christie | Alibi (1931) |
| Ellery Queen | Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee |
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) |
| Easy Rawlins | Walter Mosley | Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) |
| Michael Shayne | Brett Halliday | Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940) |
| Sam Spade | Dashiell Hammett | The Maltese Falcon (1931) |
| Simon Templar | Leslie Charteris | The Saint in New York (1938) |
| Dick Tracy | Chester Gould | Dick Tracy (1937) |
| Philo Vance | S. S. Van Dine | The Canary Murder Case (1929) |
| Bruce Wayne | Bob Kane | Batman (1943) |
| Hildegarde Withers | Stuart Palmer | Penguin Pool Murder (1932) |
| Nero Wolfe | Rex Stout | Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) |
| James Lee Wong | Hugh Wiley | Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) |
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