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The Maltese Falcon
Sam Spade gets entangled in a hunt for a priceless statuette, facing deceitful clients, dangerous criminals, and an ambiguous moral landscape, illustrating the pursuit of an elusive and dangerous desire.
The Dain Curse
Detective Sam Spade encounters a complex web of murder, occult practices, and family secrets, with each case revealing further deception and moral ambiguity in a tale that questions the very nature of morality.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
A drifter begins a torrid affair with a diner owner's wife, Cora, leading to a plot to kill her husband, in a story that explores themes of passion, crime, and the stark consequences of ill-fated decisions.
Red Harvest
The Continental Op detective arrives in the corrupt town of Personville ('Poisonville') and takes on warring factions, dishonest authorities, and rampant crime, only to discover the cost of truth and the shades of grey in moral justice.
Mildred Pierce
In the midst of the Great Depression, Mildred Pierce's ambition to build a successful business begins with self-sacrifice but ends with betrayal, desperation, and murder, subverting the traditional elements of a noir to a domestic setting.
The Glass Key
Ned Beaumont, a gambler and loyal lieutenant to a political boss, becomes entangled in backstabbing and betrayal as he investigates the murder of a senator's son, exposing the undercurrents of power and corruption.
Double Indemnity
Insurance salesman Walter Huff falls for the seductive Phyllis Nirdlinger and together they plot her husband's murder to collect on an insurance policy, unveiling a tale of lust, greed, and betrayal.
The Big Sleep
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired to handle a blackmail case that leads to a series of murders, with each clue unraveling further layers of intrigue and darkness in a wealthy family's secrets.
The Long Goodbye
Philip Marlowe befriends a down-on-his-luck war veteran, but the apparent suicide of the veteran's wife and a murder intertwine in a complex plot reflecting the grim realities of postwar America, filled with deceit, corruption, and moral ambiguity.
L.A. Confidential
Set in 1950s Los Angeles, three police officers with different methods and motives navigate a complex web of corruption, murder, and ambition, uncovering the dark underbelly of the glitzy Hollywood facade.
The Lady in the Lake
Philip Marlowe's investigation into a missing wife leads him to discover multiple bodies and confrontations with corrupt cops and a twisted murderer, all revolving around a mountain lake outside L.A.
Farewell, My Lovely
Philip Marlowe searches for an ex-convict's lost love and becomes involved in a series of intersecting crimes and dark dealings within the corrupt city, where nothing is quite what it seems.
Nightmare Town
Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled detective finds himself in a mysterious town with a bizarre secret, unraveling a story filled with violence, deception, and the stark reality of human nature.
The Black Dahlia
Two LAPD officers, Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard, become obsessed with the brutal and unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, descending into the city's criminal underworld and their own personal darkness.
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