Raymond Chandler

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

Dir. Billy Wilder · With Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson

A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker

Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.

Dir. George Marshall · With Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

Dir. Robert Montgomery · With Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan