Tag Archives: private detective

memories of the ’80s – Spenser for Hire

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Waheeda Harris

From Dan Tanna’s Las Vegas, Robert Urich continued his on-screen persona of a PI with the series Spenser for Hire in 1985. Developed for Warner Bros Television by John Wilder with Robert B. Parker, author of the Spenser novels, the … Continue reading →

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memories of the ’70s – Vega$

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Waheeda Harris

In the late 1970s, the salacious city of Las Vegas became the setting for the latest private detective drama: Vega$. Created by Michael Mann and executive produced by Aaron Spelling, Vega$ starred Robert Urich as Dan Tanna. As a local … Continue reading →

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memories of the ’80s – Moonlighting

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Waheeda Harris

For mystery lovers of the ’80s, the private detective duo of Maddie and David was one of our faves: Moonlighting. Created by well-known tv producer Glenn Gordon Caron, Moonlighting starred Cybill Shepherd as Madeleine “Maddie” Hayes, a former model who was … Continue reading →

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memories of the ’80s – Simon and Simon

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Waheeda Harris

Private detective shows never go out of style, and in this decade two brothers were the focus of finding out what really happened in the series Simon & Simon. The brothers were portrayed by Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker and … Continue reading →

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memories of the ’80s – Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Waheeda Harris

In the 1980s, the hardboiled detective of the 1940s came back to the small screen in Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer. First conceived by Spillane in his first detective novel I The Jury published in 1947, Mike Hammer had an illustrious … Continue reading →

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memories of the ’70s – Cannon

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Waheeda Harris

In the early 1970s, being a private detective meant you were not the standard – and another character that perfectly fit that description was Cannon. Portrayed by William Conrad, Cannon, a former police detective, became a private detective after his … Continue reading →

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memories of the ’70s – Shaft

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Waheeda Harris

He’s on a mission to find a missing girl – and he won’t let the mob stop him – he’s Shaft. Based on the novel Shaft by Ernest Tidyman, the film was filmed in New York City in 1971, showing … Continue reading →

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