Dominic and the Ladies' Purse

In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.

Runtime

2h 25m

Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Cast

Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis

A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Alan Parker

Cast

Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Howard Hawks

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

John Huston

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. S...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Carl Franklin

Cast

Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals