Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "store-detective"

1. Bad Santa (2003)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.

Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, John Ritter

Votes: 155,217 | Gross: $60.06M

2. Croupier (1998)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton

Votes: 23,546 | Gross: $6.20M

3. Whirlpool (1950)

Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A woman suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an attempt to cure her. Soon afterwards, she's found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there, and seemingly no way to prove her innocence.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford

Votes: 4,800

4. The Measure of a Man (2015)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?

Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Yves Ory

Votes: 6,788 | Gross: $0.11M

5. Year of the Carnivore (2009)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

A romantic comedy about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more "experience".

Director: Sook-Yin Lee | Stars: Cristin Milioti, Mark Rendall, Ali Liebert, Kevin McDonald

Votes: 666

6. I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In 1950s California, the police force tries to infiltrate and neutralize a shoplifting crime ring operating in major department stores.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King, Tony Curtis

Votes: 451

7. The Floorwalker (1916)

TV-G | 29 min | Short, Comedy

The Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon

Votes: 2,700

8. Surveillance (2006)

R | 90 min | Crime, Thriller

The story of an obsessive department store security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of blackmail, deception and murder.

Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Armand Assante, Nick Cornish, Laurie Fortier, Robert Rusler

Votes: 478

9. Honeymoon in Bali (1939)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A Manhattan career woman tries to resist a man who wants her to be his wife.

Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff

Votes: 454

10. The Longest Night (1936)

Passed | 51 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Kept overnight by police investigating a murder, department store owner Charley Phelps and sales clerk Joan Sutton solve the mystery, defeat a gang of thieves, and fall in love.

Director: Errol Taggart | Stars: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Ted Healy, Julie Haydon

Votes: 253

11. There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)

22 min | Short, Comedy

Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family. He wants to get an expensive wristwatch for his wife, but his landlord... See full summary »

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Charley Chase, Eugenia Gilbert, Noah Young, Kay Deslys

Votes: 53

12. A Man About Town (1923)

Not Rated | 12 min | Comedy, Short

A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.

Director: George Jeske | Stars: Stan Laurel, Katherine Grant, James Finlayson, Charles Stevenson

Votes: 110

13. Penny Wise (1935)

17 min | Short, Comedy

When the owner of a department store is about to go on vacation, he tells his children that any idiot could run the store. So, he leaves Joe Cook in charge, since he meets those qualifications.

Director: Al Christie | Stars: Joe Cook, Charles Olcott, Earle Gilbert, Ann Thomas

Votes: 11

14. Bigger and Better (1930)

TV-G | 19 min | Comedy, Short

The boys get jobs in a department during summer vacation so they'll be near the girls.

Director: Edgar Kennedy | Stars: Mickey Daniels, Grady Sutton, David Sharpe, Mary Kornman

Votes: 46

15. Shopping with Wifie (1932)

18 min | Short, Comedy

A man supposed to go fishing with his buddy ends up in a department store with his wife, where he is mistaken for a shoplifter and ends up in a woman's dressing room.

Director: Babe Stafford | Stars: Andy Clyde, Arthur Stone, Dorothy Granger, Fred Kelsey

Votes: 15

16. Hotsy-Totsy (1925)

Passed | Short, Comedy

The boss is giving a banquet in honor of his new partner and Alice has been chosen by the employees of the store to attend the event. She is to make a speech before presenting a loving cup ... See full summary »

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Alice Day, Danny O'Shea, Barney Hellum, Eugenia Gilbert

17. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Der Überfall (1982)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Georg Vandrey made a holdup in a store.When he was escaping,Frank Gart,the detective of the store shot him down.And the loot has disappeared.

Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, Wolfgang Zerlett

Votes: 30

18. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode: Rumpole and the Man of God (1979)

Not Rated | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rumpole defends a vicar accused of shoplifting three shirts although he refuses to testify in his own behalf.

Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Leo McKern, Rosemary Leach, Derek Farr, Bill Fraser

Votes: 99