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Dummy Detective
2014·Runtime unavailable·★ 0.0
Follow the daring, action-packed exploits of Peter Mache, Master Detective in the Case of the Plaster Parrot. Be amazed, as Peter, a store mannequin dummy, along with a shop window full of characters, comes alive to spoof those wonderful film noir movies of long ago. Any similarities to the 'B' movies of the 1940s and 1950s and the Maltese Falcon are fully intended. Peter, pursuing the famous baseball-sized Belvedere Diamond, falls from a twenty story building and in love with a dame- there's always a dame ain't there? She's Lotta the girl with a lotta you know what! The evil Big Man, who has to be seen to be believed, tries to foil Peter's plans.
LUXEN Decision Guide
Does this fit your night?
A tension-first choice where uncertainty, investigation, or escalating pressure is a major part of the appeal.
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Who it is for
Best suited to viewers who want a plot with questions to chase rather than a purely relaxed watch.
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