Special theme: Amateur Sleuths

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8th of april

murder she said (1961) with margaret rutherford
the mad miss manton (1938) with barbara stanwyck
the lady vanishes (1938) with margaret lockwood
the penguin pool murder (1932) with edna may oliver
nancy drew detective (1938) with bonita granville
detective kitty o'day (1944) with jean parker
smart blonde (1938) with glenda farrell

9th of april

the kennel murder case (1933) with william powell
the saint in new york (1938) with louis hayward
the gay falcon (1942) with george sanders
meet bostonblackie (1941) with chester morris
footsteps in the dark (1941) with errol flynn
the detective (1954) with alec guinness
my favorite brunette (1947) with bob hope

10th of april

manhattan murder mystery (1993) with woody allen
fast company (1938) with melvyn douglas
after the thin man (1936) with william powell
the ex-mrs. bradford (1935) with jean arthur
having wonderful crime (1945) with carole landis
mr. and mrs. north (1941) with grace allen
haunted honeymoon (1940) with robert montgomery

 

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TCM's article:

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1477601|0/Amateur-Sleuths-April-8-10.html

[Sgt_Markoff]

Its a theme of amateur sleuths featured as part of a series of films or are there also amateur sleuths who appeared in just one-off flicks?

EDIT: oy nvm I see you reprinted all the titles above

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30 minutes ago, Sgt_Markoff said:

Its a theme of amateur sleuths featured as part of a series of films or are there also amateur sleuths who appeared in just one-off flicks?

Both.

But most of them are titles from various "B" mystery series the studios made.

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Though they don't come out and say it directly in the article, the pattern seems to be:

Female amateur sleuths (first night)
Male amateur sleuths (second night)
Sleuthing couples (all heterosexual)