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The Long Goodbye
Why this pick
A shambling, out-of-step detective moves through a sun-bleached and morally compromised Los Angeles, sharing Hickey & Boggs’ revisionist noir mood and weary humor.
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MOVIE1972 1h 51m USA
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The Late Show
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This pairs an aging, down-at-heel Los Angeles private investigator with a messy missing-person case, balancing scruffy character comedy with genuine noir loneliness.
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Night Moves
Why this pick
A disillusioned private eye follows a missing-person trail into emotional and criminal murk; its deliberate pace and bleak, unsentimental outlook echo Culp’s film.
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Harper
Why this pick
Another dryly funny, hard-luck detective investigation with a sprawling cast of suspects and a gradually darkening tone, though more polished than Hickey & Boggs.
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Why this pick
Not a detective story, but its battered working-class criminals, restrained violence, and documentary-like 1970s grit share Hickey & Boggs’ bruised realism.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Culp and Bill Cosby, formerly Culp's co-star on ''I Spy (1965 TV series)'', play weary, hard-luck private eyes Al Hickey and Frank Boggs hired to find a missing woman. Their inquiries bring death to almost everyone around them, culminating in a violent conclusion.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Rosalind Cash
Nyona
Lou Frizzell
Lawyer
Isabel Sanford
Nyona's Mother
