"Dangerous Davies Detective Constable ""Dangerous"" Davies is the central character in a series of comic novels by Leslie Thomas and a TV series, ""The Last Detective"" made for ITV and starring Peter Davison. The first novel in the series was also made into a film for television in 1981. It starred Bernard Cribbins and was scripted by Leslie Thomas. Davies is a low-ranked CID (mentioned as a detective constable at least once) officer in the London borough of Willesden. He is nicknamed ""Dangerous"" ironically because he is said to be harmless. His real first name is never revealed. In the"
"The Last Coyote The Last Coyote is the fourth novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus ""Harry"" Bosch. It was first published in 1995 and the novel won the 1996 Dilys Award given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch has seen and then dreamed about a lone coyote near his home in the hills near Los Angeles and discusses it during a departmental required therapy session. The psychologist interprets it that Bosch believes that there are not many policeman like himself left and that he feels the same threat"
"The Last Chance Detectives The Last Chance Detectives is a series of Christian television movies, and later a radio drama series created by Robert Vernon and produced by Focus on the Family in the mid-1990s. The production of each video episode cost approximately one million USD. The series focused on four preteen ""sleuths"" who solve mysteries in their fictional desert town of Ambrosia, Arizona. When the radio shows were airing, ""Canyon Quest"", a prequel book to the show, was released. 12-year-old Mike Fowler lives in the minute community of Ambrosia, Arizona (a fictional town) with his single mother and his"
"Roderick Thorp Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedural/crime novels. His 1966 novel ""The Detective"" was made into a 1968 film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra as Detective Joe Leland. He is however better known for its sequel, the bestselling novel ""Nothing Lasts Forever"", which is the basis for the film ""Die Hard"", starring Bruce Willis. Two other Thorp novels, ""Rainbow Drive"" and ""Devlin"", were adapted into TV movies. Thorp was born in Bronx, New York City. As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at"
"2005, directed by David S. Cass Sr., and with a cast that included Tom Berenger (as Malcolm Ainslie), Cybill Shepherd (as Karen Ainslie), Annabeth Gish (as Cynthia Ernst), Rick Gomez (as Detective Rodriguez), Frank Whaley (as Brewmaster), Wanda De Jesus (as Sanchez), J. Karen Thomas (as Ruby Bowe), Charles Durning (as Max Ernst), Sean O'Bryan (as Elroy Doil), and Rutanya Alda (as Judge Agannis). Detective (novel) Detective is a novel by Arthur Hailey. It was written in 1997 and it was the author's last book. Hailey depicts the work of the homicide department and its background and investigation methods. ""Detective"""
"The Last Victim The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killer (1999) is a non-fiction work by author Jason Moss in which he details his fascination and subsequent correspondence with several notorious American serial killers. In 1994, Moss was an 18-year-old college student at UNLV. While studying for his honors thesis, he established relationships by correspondence with John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, Henry Lee Lucas, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Charles Manson. He obtained samples of correspondence from and interviews with these men. Moss researched what would most interest each subject, and cast himself in the role"
"by the Irish comedian Sean Hughes, which include their park bench talks about cases and life, Davies' chauffeuring the unlicensed Mod, and Davies' walking his dog—an unnamed, but consistent character, a Landseer in early episodes, and later a St Bernard. Other recurring plot elements are the now ""semi-detached"" Davies' interactions with various female characters, episode by episode, and his relationship with Mrs Fulljames (Elizabeth Bennett), the romantic daydreaming landlady of the Bali-Hai Guest House, where he resides for a period. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> ""The Last Detective: Complete Collection"" was released on Region 1 DVD on 20 January 2009 and includes all 17"
"Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie Stephenson Hiscott (25 July 18943 May 1968) was an English film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. He directed ""Alibi"" (1931), the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role. He directed a follow-up, ""Black Coffee"" (also 1931), also starring Trevor. During the 1930s, he became best known for his mystery films, also working on portrayals of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and A. E. W. Mason's Inspector Hanaud. He worked extensively at Twickenham Film"
"clear, unsentimental look at a police investigation, and even the language reflects the way cops (and the rest of us) talk."" In 1979 Roderick Thorp wrote a sequel to ""The Detective"" called ""Nothing Lasts Forever"", in which Leland is trapped in a Klaxon Oil Corporation skyscraper after it is taken by German terrorists and must rescue his daughter and grandchildren. The novel was adapted into the 1988 20th Century Fox film ""Die Hard"", in which Joe Leland's name was changed to John McClane, the object of his heroism was changed from his daughter to his wife, and Klaxon became the"
"in the details of the disintegrating world, and in plumbing the psyche of this lawman."" The Last Policeman The Last Policeman is a 2012 American science fiction mystery novel by Ben H. Winters. It follows a police detective in New Hampshire as he investigates a suicide he believes was really a murder. His efforts are complicated by the social, political and economic effects of preparations for, and anticipation of, an asteroid impact six months in the future. Winters describes the work as an ""existential detective novel"", turning on the question of why people do things in spite of their long-term"
"The Detective (novel) The Detective is a thriller/detective novel by author Roderick Thorp, first published hardcover in 1966. It was made into the 1968 movie of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra, as Detective Joe Leland. Billed as, ""An adult look at police life,"" ""The Detective"" went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of 1968 and one of the strongest box-office hits of Sinatra's acting career. A 1979 sequel, ""Nothing Lasts Forever"", was later made into the 1988 film ""Die Hard"", which spawned a series totalling five films. Joe Leland, a private detective, begins investigating a case for"
"Detective (novel) Detective is a novel by Arthur Hailey. It was written in 1997 and it was the author's last book. Hailey depicts the work of the homicide department and its background and investigation methods. ""Detective"" is the story of Miami Police detective Malcolm Ainslie, who had previously trained to be a Catholic priest. A serial killer breaks free in Miami. He is a religious freak and he starts killing people feeling that he is the avenger of God. He leaves certain things at the murder scenes that are symbols from the Book of Revelation. Miami Police Detective Sergeant Malcolm"
"exalted status of copy boy for Time magazine at 28. These jobs paid my room rent while I was writing plays."" Leslie Stevens Leslie Clark Stevens IV (February 3, 1924 – April 24, 1998) was an American producer, writer, and director. He created two television series for the ABC network, ""The Outer Limits"" (1963–1965) and ""Stoney Burke"" (1962–63), and ""Search"" (1972–73) for NBC. Stevens was the director of the horror film ""Incubus"" (1966), which stars William Shatner, and was the second film to use the Esperanto language. He wrote an early work of New Age philosophy, """" (1970). Stevens was"
"last to be released in the 1980s. Stallone and Russell star as Raymond Tango and Gabriel Cash respectively, two rival LAPD narcotics detectives, who are forced to work together after the criminal mastermind Yves Perret (Palance) frames both of them for murder. Beverly Hills LAPD Lieutenant Raymond Tango and Downtown Los Angeles Lieutenant Gabriel Cash have earned themselves reputations for disrupting crime lord Yves Perret's smuggling operation in their respective jurisdictions. Perret, believing that having them killed is too ""quick and easy,"" develops an elaborate scheme to discredit and humiliate them before finally torturing them to death. Individually informed of"
"""Dead Men Scare Me Stupid"" (2008) ""Earth vs Everybody"" (2009) ""The Last Detective Alive"" (2010) ""The Fifty Foot Detective"" (2011) ""The Million Dollar Policeman"" (2012) To help differentiate himself from the rest of the private detectives in Central City, Frank Burly decides he needs a gimmick to attract customers. He purchases a refurbished World War II jet pack that was part of a Nazi plot to conquer Heaven in the afterlife and outfits it with booster rockets that he bought from a women's fashion magazine. Calling himself ""The Flying Detective,"" he begins recklessly streaking across the skies of Central City"
"Studios in west London where he was a co-founder. Leslie S. Hiscott Leslie Stephenson Hiscott (25 July 18943 May 1968) was an English film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. He was born in London in 1894. He directed ""Alibi"" (1931), the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role. He directed a follow-up, ""Black Coffee"" (also 1931), also starring Trevor. During the 1930s, he became best known for his mystery films, also working on portrayals of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and A. E. W."
"The Last Policeman The Last Policeman is a 2012 American science fiction mystery novel by Ben H. Winters. It follows a police detective in New Hampshire as he investigates a suicide he believes was really a murder. His efforts are complicated by the social, political and economic effects of preparations for, and anticipation of, an asteroid impact six months in the future. Winters describes the work as an ""existential detective novel"", turning on the question of why people do things in spite of their long-term unimportance. He consulted with experts not only in astronomy and police techniques but psychology and"
"The Last Heist The Last Heist is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Mike Mendez and written by Guy Stevenson starring Henry Rollins, Torrance Coombs and Victoria Pratt. Bernard (Henry Rollins) arrives at a small bank in L.A. to withdraw his belongings from a safety deposit box due to the bank closing down. Entering the bank, Bernard encounters the mild-mannered employee Danny (Michael Aaron Milligan), his manager Mark (John O'Brien), the elderly Ms. Waxman (Fay DeWitt) and Cynthia (Courtney Compton). Bernard insists that he is seen to before the other customers, and, intimidated, Cynthia allows Danny to show"
"Detective: Sherlock Holmes"". The series is written by Christopher Sequeira with covers by Academy Award winning artist Dave Elsey. In 2010, Boom! Studios published a four-part series entitled ""Muppet Sherlock Holmes"" which featured Gonzo as Holmes, Fozzie Bear as Dr. Watson, and Kermit the Frog as Inspector Lestrade. In 2013, ""New Paradigm Studios"" began publishing a monthly, ongoing series entitled ""Watson and Holmes."" The series re-imagines Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as living in the 21st Century and living in Harlem. It has been estimated that Sherlock Holmes is the most prolific screen character in the history of cinema. The"
"business, forming the agency, Cool and Lam, which features in more than two dozen books by Gardner. Donald Lam is a fictional American detective created by Erle Stanley Gardner under his pen name A. A. Fair. In her biography of Gardner, Dorothy B. Hughes wrote, ""Erle said over and again that if Donald Lam, 'that cocky little bastard,' had a model, it was Corney""—Thomas Cornwell Jackson, his literary agent. Jackson later married actress Gail Patrick, and they formed a partnership with Gardner that created the CBS-TV series ""Perry Mason"". Donald Lam begins his adventures as the employee of Bertha Cool,"
"in 2009, ""The Last Detective Alive"" in 2010, ""The Fifty Foot Detective"" in 2011, and ""The Million Dollar Policeman"" in 2012. In 2014, a children's book written in the late 1970s by Swartzwelder and illustrated by David Schutten was published by Green House Books. Swartzwelder self-publishes his books. Swartzwelder has been referred to as a staunch libertarian, as well as a ""hard-core conservative."" He is reported to be a gun rights advocate, and despite having written many of the environmentally driven episodes, he has been described as an ""anti-environmentalist"". David Cohen once related a story of Swartzwelder going on an"
"Leslie Stevens Leslie Clark Stevens IV (February 3, 1924 – April 24, 1998) was an American producer, writer, and director. He created two television series for the ABC network, ""The Outer Limits"" (1963–1965) and ""Stoney Burke"" (1962–63), and ""Search"" (1972–73) for NBC. Stevens was the director of the horror film ""Incubus"" (1966), which stars William Shatner, and was the second film to use the Esperanto language. He wrote an early work of New Age philosophy, """" (1970). Stevens was born in Washington, D.C. His interest in science was sparked when he studied for Annapolis at the behest of his father,"
"The Last of the Finest The Last of the Finest, also released as Blue Heat, is a 1990 crime action film directed by John Mackenzie and starring Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, and Bill Paxton The film opens at Canyon Park where narcotics cop Frank Daly (Brian Dennehy) is coaching his partners Wayne Gross (Joe Pantoliano), Ricky Rodriguez (Jeff Fahey), and Howard Jones (Bill Paxton) during a flag football game. After the game, Daly tells Captain Joe Torres (Henry Darrow) that his team is working on a major bust. He asks Torres to help keep the DEA out of"
"It is the last to be directed by Michael Winner. Kersey returns to battle with New York street punk gangs while receiving tacit support from a local NYPD lieutenant (Ed Lauter). Bronson did ""Murphy's Law"" (1986) for Cannon with Thompson. It co-stars Carrie Snodgress, and Kathleen Wilhoite. Jack Murphy (Bronson), a hardened, antisocial LAPD detective, frequently escapes the harsh reality that his ex-wife (Tompkins) has become a stripper and his career is going nowhere by drinking. His world is turned upside down, however, when he is framed by ex-convict Joan Freeman (Snodgress) for putting her in prison earlier in his"
"Elgin Lessley Elgin Lessley (also credited as Lesly, Lessly, and Leslie) (June 10, 1883 - January 10, 1944) was an American hand-crank cameraman of the silent film era—a period of filmmaking when virtually all special effects work had to be produced inside the camera during filming. Though Lessley worked earlier with Roscoe ""Fatty"" Arbuckle, and later with Harry Langdon, he is best known for the groundbreaking effects he produced with Buster Keaton, who dubbed him ""the human metronome"" for his ability to crank consistently at any requested speed. Lessley's most striking effects were in ""The Playhouse"" (1921) and ""Sherlock, Jr."""
"the stolen money was stored in a septic tank unsubtle. The Last of the Finest The Last of the Finest, also released as Blue Heat, is a 1990 crime action film directed by John Mackenzie and starring Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, and Bill Paxton The film opens at Canyon Park where narcotics cop Frank Daly (Brian Dennehy) is coaching his partners Wayne Gross (Joe Pantoliano), Ricky Rodriguez (Jeff Fahey), and Howard Jones (Bill Paxton) during a flag football game. After the game, Daly tells Captain Joe Torres (Henry Darrow) that his team is working on a major bust."
"the Detective. In short, it is difficult to establish who was the first to write the English-language detective novel, as various authors were exploring the theme simultaneously. In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes, arguably the most famous of all fictional detectives. Although Sherlock Holmes is not the original fiction detective (he was influenced by Poe's Dupin and Gaboriau's Lecoq), his name has become a byword for the part. Conan Doyle stated that the character of Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, for whom Doyle had worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Like Holmes, Bell"
"The Last of the Secret Agents? The Last of the Secret Agents? is a 1966 American film that spoofs the spy film genre, starring the then-popular comedy team of Allen & Rossi. Two Americans in Paris (Allen & Rossi) are reluctantly recruited by the Good Guys Institute (GGI) led by J. Frederick Duval (John Williams) to thwart the plans of the evil crime and espionage organisation THEM led by Zoltan Schubach (Theo Marcuse). THEM has plans to steal priceless international art treasures, most notably the Venus de Milo. In addition to the then popular spy film genre, the film spoofs"
"Maurice Leblanc Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (; ; 11 November 1864 – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. Leblanc was born in Rouen, Normandy, where he was educated at Lycée Pierre-Corneille. After studying in several countries and dropping out of law school, he settled in Paris and began to write fiction, both short crime stories and longer novels. The latter, heavily influenced by writers like Gustave Flaubert"
"Carnacki Thomas Carnacki is a fictional occult detective created by English fantasy writer William Hope Hodgson. Carnacki was the protagonist of a series of six short stories published between 1910 and 1912 in ""The Idler"" magazine and ""The New Magazine"". These stories were printed together as ""Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder"" in 1913. A 1948 Arkham House edition of ""Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder"" edited by August Derleth added three stories: ""The Haunted ""Jarvee"""", published posthumously in ""The Premier Magazine"" in 1929; ""The Hog"", published in ""Weird Tales"" in 1947; and ""The Find"", a previously unpublished story. The stories are inspired by the tradition"
"Harry Bosch Detective Hieronymus ""Harry"" Bosch (pronounced ""He-ron-ee-mus"" ""Bosh"") is a fictional character created by American author Michael Connelly. Bosch debuted as the lead character in the 1992 novel ""The Black Echo"", the first in a best-selling police procedural series now numbering 21 novels. The novels are more or less coincident in timeframe with the year in which they were published. Harry, as he is commonly known by his associates, is a veteran police homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Bosch was named after the 15th century Dutch artist, Hieronymus Bosch. Since 2015, Titus Welliver has portrayed the"
"thereafter referred it to Solar Pons. Carnacki Thomas Carnacki is a fictional occult detective created by English fantasy writer William Hope Hodgson. Carnacki was the protagonist of a series of six short stories published between 1910 and 1912 in ""The Idler"" magazine and ""The New Magazine"". These stories were printed together as ""Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder"" in 1913. A 1948 Arkham House edition of ""Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder"" edited by August Derleth added three stories: ""The Haunted ""Jarvee"""", published posthumously in ""The Premier Magazine"" in 1929; ""The Hog"", published in ""Weird Tales"" in 1947; and ""The Find"", a previously unpublished story. The"
"detective. Johnny informs Ross that the authorities know Miles' location and that he and the rest of the gang will soon be apprehended. Ross returns to his life as an ordinary beat constable. In 1960, following the success of ""Four Feather Falls"", Gerry Anderson approached Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy, co-founders of film production company Anglo-Amalgamated, for work after Granada Television rejected his proposal for a new Supermarionation TV series that would eventually become ""Supercar"". Anglo-Amalgamated, which had helped to commission ""Four Feather Falls"" after responding positively to its first episode, produced mainly low-budget B movies with short running times"