BEST movie Cop-slash-Detective-slash-Private Investigator OF ALL TIME

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Another one of those "HOW COULD YOU LEAVE OUT (BLANK)" polls.

:rofl:

Hey, nine choices, one "other," I did my best. Now do yours and vote.



:toast:

[Aristus]

1. Marcvs Didivs Falco, P.I. (Private Informer).

Or Gordianus the Finder.



Although I never could figure out why he's dressed like a medieval monk instead of a republican Roman in this image...

[Brickbat]

2. Morse!

And his partner, "LEW-is!"


Also, Arkady Renko in "Gorky Park" and other novels.

ETA: Oh shit, you said "movie." Sorry.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. Yep...I had a zillion other choices outside of "movie"...

...and it's one of the few times I've done a poll with so many multiples within each choice. But remember that vote for the inevitable TV version of the poll.

:toast:

[tigereye]

11. I so love those - I really miss Morse (character and actor John Thaw)

I'm also a big fan of Jim Chee and his boss in the Tony Hillerman books (a few made into movies, but not particularly well)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Roger- Legman.

[Callalily]

5. Gasp! What about

Nick and Nora! The quintessential (ahem) thin man http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025878/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_and_Nora_Charles

[csziggy]

12. +1000

[AsahinaKimi]

6. "WELL...DO YA PUNK?"

"Go Ahead.. Make my day.."

[Captain Hilts]

7. Joseph Cotton as Holly Martin in "The Third Man." nt

[Vidar]

8. Sherlock Holmes.

[Moondog]

9. Bogart, for defining the genre, and for consistency. n/t

[Brigid]

10. I went with "The Untouchables."

At least Kevin Costner got to wear Armani suits. :)

[KG]

13. I'm gonna nail you for picking your feet in Poughkeepsie!

[flvegan]

14. They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother...

[Brickbat]

15. Shut your mouth.

[flvegan]

17. I'm just talkin' about Shaft.

[Brickbat]

18. Then I can dig it.

[era veteran]

30. He's a complicated man

[bluesbassman]

16. Inspector Clouseau . Is this your minky?

[lutefisk]

19. Can't decide- William Powell, Basil Rathbone, Peter Sellers, Humprey Bogart...?

There have been some good ones.

[jobycom]

20. Da-naw-da-naw da-na-na-na-na-na-now....

Rockford, Baby!

[Bucky]

24. My first thought, too, but he wasn't a *movie* detective.

And Garner's turn as Philip Marlowe was kinda blah.

[jobycom]

26. There were a few Rockford movies.

I agree, he was dull as Marlowe. I voted for Bogart as Marlowe anyway.

Marlowe has brought down several mighty actors. Mitchum, Garner, Gould... for some reason, he's hard to capture.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

21. Can't remember the character's name off-hand, but

Morgan Freeman in Seven.

(Not so much Brad Pitt...)

[merh]

28. Seven Deadly Sins

And it was Morgan Freeman that made that movie. Pitt was cardboard.

[Initech]

22. "I'm sorry... did I fire six shots or only five?"

[Bucky]

23. Hercule Poirot (as played by Peter Ustinov)

He did actual detective work, rather than beating up random junkies until one of them ratted out the villain.

[MilesColtrane]

25. deleted

my candidate wasn't well represented in the movies

[fNord]

27. The Big Lebowski.....

[enigmatic]

29. The Lieutenant- Harvey Keitel (Bad Lieutenant)

[Blue_Tires]

31. I see a lot of choices I'd normally have chosen, but since I haven't seen them mentioned:

Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby (Midsomer Murders)...

and by FAR the best detective series I've seen ANYWHERE (and I've seen a few): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvo_Montalbano