![]() ![]() Various radio, TV, and stage adaptations followed and a remake starring Johnny Depp has been rumored for a while now. The duo were portrayed by William Powell and Myrna Loy (above), who came back for five more installments, the last of which appeared in 1947. Nick & Nora Charles: One of the great crime-solving couples of all time, Nick and Nora Charles got their start in a 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett, which made its way to the big screen the same year. ![]() Unlike so many ageless fictional series characters they actually grew older in these successive appearances. ![]() Starting with The Secret Adversary in 1922 (supposedly the first Christie work to be filmed, six years later), they appeared in a total of five novels and a story collection over the next half century. Tommy & Tuppence: Chronologically speaking I suppose you’d have to start this list with Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence (Thomas and Prudence Beresford), though perhaps there were other crime-solving couples who predated them. Some are best known for their appearances in fiction while others are remembered for their time spent on the big screen. In any event, here are a few great couples from way on back. In kicking off an article about amateur detectives of yore, most of whom just happen to be married, the obvious opener would a play on the phrase “’til death do us part.” Since I’m not clever enough to come up with anything I’ll invite the reader to insert their own. ![]()
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