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.
The Postman Always Rings Twice, Red Harvest. Coen Brothers movies, the old ones before Oh Brother Where Art Thou are pretty good too. In a Lonely Place, Double Indemnity. Maybe those are more noir...