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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