It’s hard to find any movie fan who doesn’t love a good mystery.
This specific story structure has gone on to influence many future writers and filmmakers.
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
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The film follows an unusual but effective story structure that still embodies an intriguing detective story.
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The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston–the victim’s gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
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A man who loves games and theater invites his wife’s lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
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A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town and, after being cleared, is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
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