Movies Similar to The Knife and Gun Club

Travis McGee(1983)

Travis McGee is a world-weary private eye trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation that sank when his boat ran aground, resulting in a death that might have been faked.

4.5

Hellinger's Law(1981)

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.

7.5

San Francisco International(1970)

This pilot for the TV series stars Pernell Roberts as Jim Conrad, who runs an airport, much to the chagrin of his boss, "his way." In this, two plots run - a kid whose parents are splitting up decides to take off in a little red prop plane (and Conrad talks him down), and thieves played by the handsome Tab Hunter and his truly ugly sidekicks try to steal a money shipment. Roberts was replaced by Lloyd Bridges when the show went to series.

3.7

The Murder That Wouldn't Die(1980)

William Conrad stars as a retired L.A.P.D. detective who has moved to Hawaii and taken a job as a college security chief and assistant football coach in this pilot to a post-"Cannon" series to have been called "Battles." With the aid of his niece, the school's star football player, a local tough-turned-college student, and the college dean, he investigates two related murders that occurred nearly 40 years apart.

2.0

Nick Knight(1989)

Detective Nick Knight is investigating a series of murders in which the bodies are found drained of blood - but the most recent one doesn't fit the pattern. Instead it involves the cure that Nick has been searching for for decades, so that he himself can face the light of day. Later remade as the first two episodes of Forever Knight.

6.0

Climb an Angry Mountain(1972)

Sheriff Elisha Cooper has to work with New York City officer Nelson after his son is taken hostage by a fugitive who is hiding out on California's Mount Shasta.

0.0

Ritual of Evil(1970)

A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.

5.8

Shadow on the Land(1968)

Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.

8.0

The Return of Charlie Chan(1973)

Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.

4.8

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E.D.N.Y.(2003)

A supercharged, brilliant prosecutor leads a team of U.S. attorneys in the Eastern District of New York.

0.0

The Letters(1973)

Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.

6.3

Exo-Man(1977)

A professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to walk and fight crime.

4.3

Doctors' Private Lives(1978)

Two heart surgeons clash over personal issues and medical ethics in a big-city hospital.

0.0

Savage(1973)

A TV reporter investigates compromising photographs of a nominee to the Supreme Court.

5.6

Company of Killers(1970)

A gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police and his employers after a cop is murdered.

4.0

Kona Coast(1968)

Sam Moran is a Honolulu charter-boat captain who leads fishing expeditions in the tropical paradise. When his daughter is found murdered at the party of a wealthy young playboy, he seeks the truth about the murder. Convinced the playboy is guilty, he enlists the help of his friend Kittibelle, who runs an alcohol abuse treatment center. Sam runs into a wall of silence obviously built by hush money and islanders fearful of reprisals from the rich and powerful family. The determined dad fights to uncover the information that will land the murderer in jail as he avenges the death of his daughter.

3.1

Bates Motel(1987)

A mentally disturbed man, who roomed with the late Norman Bates at a psychiatric facility, inherits the infamous Bates Motel after his death and attempts to fix it up as a respectable business.

4.3

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Delta County, USA(1977)

Delta County is a staid Southern community caught between the old traditions and a rapidly changing way of life. For teenagers Terry Nicholas, his sister McCain, and Joe Ed, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks that she's attracted to, the old traditions have little meaning in their lives. Their elders, struggling to preserve values of an older day, have personal problems that are sometimes overwhelming, such as the one facing John McCain Jr., an alcoholic whose wife Kate is having a hidden and torrid romance that sets her husband off on a vengeance-seeking spree.

0.0

The Great Pretender(1991)

A newspaper reporter, who has just won a trial against his newspaper which had fired him, suffers dangerous reprisals at his work.

1.0

A Matter of Wife... and Death(1975)

A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.

0.0