shamus
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And as the Honolulu-based shamus Thomas Magnum, a journeyman actor named Tom Selleck made himself a star on the strength of a twinkling smile and a modest gift for self-deprecating humor.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2018
It doesn’t take much to lure the old shamus out of a seclusion, which he isn’t much enjoying anyhow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2018
With a cheap business card and an equally cheap jacket and tie, he smilingly ambles it into the shamus role, knocking on doors and sniffing out leads among all the yammer and serviceable visuals.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2018
The film, which marked the directorial debut of screenwriter John Huston, stars a perfectly cast Bogart as San Francisco shamus Sam Spade in this near-flawless adaptation of the Dashiell Hammett novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2016
I've got friends in PIB—real friends, not the shamus crowd you're acquainted with that'll take you for your last nickel and then leave you to starve.
From Bear Trap by Alan Edward Nourse
Philip Marlowe at quarterback, Easy Rawlins at strong safety, and a fierce defensive line of framed shamuses.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2020
Lionel is one of a handful of shamuses — Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Suplee and Dallas Roberts play the others — known as Minna’s men.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2019
Since his death, several of the shamuses in his earlier stories have been renamed Philip Marlowe, a nod to the primacy and enduring power of that character.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2014
