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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like The Late Show, this is a shaggy, Los Angeles-set private-eye story led by a wry, isolated detective. Its loose rhythm, melancholy humor, and lived-in city texture matter as much as the case.
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Why this pick
A 1970s detective film with the same weary adult atmosphere: a principled but emotionally stranded investigator follows a case through sunlit California and into increasingly uneasy territory.
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Why this pick
Its aging, cash-strapped private eyes and downbeat Los Angeles milieu closely echo The Late Show. The pleasure is in bruised partnership, dry banter, and the unglamorous mechanics of detection.
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Why this pick
Paul Newman's Harper brings a similarly rumpled, funny, old-school detective presence to a cynical 1970s mystery, balancing eccentric characters with a steadily tightening investigation.
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Why this pick
For the comic side of The Late Show, this noir parody revives a classic private-eye world with deadpan absurdity, hard-boiled stylization, and affection for worn-out detective conventions.
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01 / THE STORY
A financially strained, aging Los Angeles private detective named Ira Wells isn't a well man and is barely active in the business. He is a loner who doesn't much care for company or small talk. When his ex-partner Harry Regan shows up at Ira's boarding house one night, mortally wounded while on a case, Ira feels it's up to him to get to the bottom of it.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Charlie Hatter
Ron Birdwell
Laura Birdwell
Sergeant Dayton
Harry Regan
Ira Wells
Margo
Lamar
