{"id":15710,"date":"2011-09-05T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15710"},"modified":"2012-04-01T18:33:57","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T22:33:57","slug":"a-reader-picks-the-best-detective-films-ever-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=15710","title":{"rendered":"A Reader Picks the Best Detective Films Ever Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/936full-the-thin-man-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15711\" title=\"936full-the-thin-man-poster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/936full-the-thin-man-poster-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a>What is the greatest gumshoe movie ever made? That&#8217;s a pretty tough question to be sure. Fortunately, MovieFanFare reader Sal LaRosa can help. He&#8217;s come up with the following list of his own personal picks for the best detective flicks. Sal writes:<\/p>\n<p>The best detective movie of all time has to be <a title=\"The Maltese Falcon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D52315&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Maltese Falcon<\/a>. Then the <a title=\"Thin Man\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D58085&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thin Man<\/a> series.<\/p>\n<p>Classic film noir is <a title=\"D.O.A\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D52029&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">D.O.A<\/a>. with <a title=\"Edmund O\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor_smart.asp?search=Edmund+O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Edmund O&#8217;Brien<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there&#8217;s \u00a0the entire run of <a title=\"Sherlock Holmes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_title_smart.asp?search=Sherlock+Holmes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sherlock Holmes<\/a> films with <a title=\"Basil\u00a0Rathbone\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor_smart.asp?search=Basil%c2%a0Rathbone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Basil\u00a0Rathbone<\/a> (the only true Sherlock).<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->However, there are little know movies that we always tend to overlook because of the above, such as <a title=\"Frank Sinatra\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/findresults_actor_smart.asp?search=Frank+Sinatra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Frank Sinatra<\/a>&#8216;s <a title=\"The Detective\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D66261&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Detective<\/a> or <a title=\"The Lady Vanishes \" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D11705&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Lady Vanishes <\/a>or <a title=\"The Lodger\" href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/product.asp?sku=D27765&amp;loc=buzzsearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Lodger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may disagree with me and that&#8217;s OK but these are my favorites. 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