Comments on: 16 Literary Detectives Who Sleuthed Onto The Big Screen

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:12 +0000

The face that this piece does not once mention Charles Willeford\’s Hoke Moseley, played by Fred Ward in Miami Blues, tells me the writer knows absolutely nothing about this topic.

By: efbrackket

efbrackket — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:12 +0000

William Powell did not win an Oscar for The Thin Man. He was only nominated for Best Actor.

By: Fulmer

Fulmer — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:12 +0000

Perhaps an honorable mention for James Lee Burke\’s wonderful character cop turned P.I. Dave Robicheaux played by Alec Baldwin in Heaven\’s Prisoners. What a dissapointment that was.

By: droop

droop — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:12 +0000

no mention of winding refn\’s miss marple?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:12 +0000

The mystery has always been one of my favorite film genres though I have to admit to a preference for the ones with a bit of comedic sparkle. Also, might a I suggest that a group of detectives would be called a "Shamus" 🙂

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:12 +0000

You are forgetting William Powell as Philo Vance and Ralph Bellamy as Ellary Queen.

By: No

No — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:12 +0000

Technically, Shaft was a novel by Ernest Tidyman that was sold in galley proofs to the studio before it became a film.

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:12 +0000

I would have included Casey Affleck as Patrick Kenzie and Michelle Monaghan as Angie Gennaro in Ben Affleck\’s Gone Baby Gone adapted from the novel by Dennis Lehane.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:29:12 +0000

Cloris Leachman was not in "The Golden Girls."