Detective and mystery films (Topical Term)

Lopez, D. Films by genre, c1993 (Private detective film (Detective film, Investigative film, P.I. film)

Yee, M.M. Moving image materials, 1988 (Detective films and programs; UF Murder mysteries, Who-done-it's)

Cataloging Service bulletin: 49: p. 52 (Gentleman detective films and programs, USE Detective films and programs)

Beaver, F.E. Dict. of film terms, 1994 (Whodunit; a colloquial term for a mystery or detective film whose plot is centered on efforts to solve a crime)

Example under references from Crime stories, [films, etc.]; Gentleman detective stories, [films, etc.]; Murder mysteries; Mysteries (Stories, films, etc.); Mystery and detective stories, [films, etc.]; Mystery stories, [films, etc.]; P.I. stories, [films, etc.]; Private detective stories, [films, etc.]; Private investigator stories, [films, etc.]; Who-done-it stories, [films, etc.]; Who-done-its; Whodunit stories, [films, etc.]; Whodunits