A down-and-out private eye falls for a woman he has been hired to frame..


Should you watch this? If you have a thing for pre-Code grit or just love watching William Powell be the smartest guy in every room, you should probably carve out an hour for Private Detective 62. It is not going to change your life, but it moves with a kind of desperate energy that a lot of modern thrillers completely...


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"Should you watch this? If you have a thing for pre-Code grit or just love watching William Powell be the smartest guy in every room, you should probably carve out an hour for Private Detective 62. It is not going to change your life, but it moves with a kind of desperate energy that a lot of modern thrillers completely miss. If you hate movies where the moral compass is permanently spinning in circles, skip this one. The whole thing feels like a fever dream of late-night office hours and cheap ..."

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