This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist, private detective Eugene Tarpon Jean-François Balmer, recites a dreary litany of how he wanted to chuck his profession until an attractive woman shows up asking him to investigate the murder of her roommate, a porno star. Soon Tarpon is up to his neck in trouble: the police, gangsters, and the victim's lover are all out to get him.
Jean-François Balmer
Eugène Tarpon
Sandra Montaigu
Charlotte Le Dantex
Pierre Santini
Coccioli
Roland Dubillard
Jean-Baptiste Haymann
Claude Chabrol
Théodore Lyssenko
This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist, private detective Eugene Tarpon Jean-François Balmer, recites a dreary litany of how he wanted to chuck his profession until an attractive woman shows up asking him to investigate the murder of her roommate, a porno star. Soon Tarpon is up to his neck in trouble: the police, gangsters, and the victim's lover are all out to get him.
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.
Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
คืนหนึ่งที่ บาร์แม็คคูล’ส มีกลุ่มแขกที่มาดื่มต่างเฮฮา สุดหรรษา ตามที่ Randy บาร์เทนเดอร์ จุดกระแสขึ้นในคืนนั้น รวมทั้ง Carl ทนายความ ซึ่งอยู่จนเลิก อีกไม่กี่ชั่วโมงต่อมานักสืบ Dehling ก็มาถึงเมื่อเกิดเหตุฆาตกรรมขึ้น ศพที่พบในบาร์ หรือเปล่า? ที่ได้ผูกทุกคน ให้มาเชื่อมโยงกัน มันไม่ใช่แค่นั้น การปรากฏกาย ของสาวสวย ชวนพิศวงที่ชื่อ Jewel ต่างหาก ที่ผูกมัดหัวใจ ทุกคนได้ราวกับ ต้องมนต์สะกดและอลเวงไปหมด
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped pussycat.