I live in the Dallas/Ft Worth area and where I am I get like 6 free classic tv digital channels. One of them started showing Mike Hammer episodes from the 80s and it made me go out and buy some of the original books along with the Maltese Falcon. Any other hard boiled detective stories y’all could recommend?
I remember thinking that the genre would be great today but considering the time we live in I’m not interested. I know HBO did a reboot of Perrry Mason but considering modern HBO I haven’t watched it.
Can't go wrong with the classic Sherlock Holmes stories. And of course the 1980s TV show with Jeremy Brett which does an incredible job of adding detail and depth to those stories.
Columbo is also great and probably should appear pretty frequently on one of those classic TV channels.
I love Columbo. My grandmother loved that show so I have been watching it since childhood. I have the complete Sherlock Holmes. I do need to watch the 80s show. I thought the British one in modern times was good (granted this was before reimagining wasn't a bad thing)
Thanks!
Was it BBC?