Movies and TvShows featuring "hotel-detective" theme.

Topper is a hilarious screwball comedy about a bank executive, Cosmo Topper, who is always focused on work and neglects his wife. After a car accident, Topper finds himself being haunted by two friendly ghosts who are determined to teach him how to live life to the fullest.

All in a Night's Work follows the story of a publishing house employee who is mistaken for a blackmailer and gets caught up in a series of comedic mishaps. As he tries to clear his name and find the real culprit, he falls in love with a beautiful woman. The film is based on a novel and combines elements of comedy, romance, and mystery.

Room Service is a comedy movie from 1938 that revolves around a group of people trying to stage a play while dealing with various obstacles, including a turkey in their hotel room. The Marx Brothers star in this hilarious film filled with irreverence and comedic chaos.

Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead face various trials and tribulations, including misunderstandings, mistaken identity, and jealousy, leading to humorous situations. They navigate through comedic mishaps and miscommunications, all while dealing with their employers, marriage, and a chaotic household.

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.

Hotel is a 1967 drama movie, based on a novel. It explores the lives of the people involved with a luxury hotel, including a professional thief, a call girl, and a newspaper photographer.

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.

Two Montana saddletramps head to Nashville to open up a detective agency. At first, the agency begins on a lark but, soon, they get involved in a case involving a kidnapped singer and an intricate blackmail scheme.

Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover that they have nothing in common. They separate. Hank decides to pick any name from the phone book and date them. That date results in a wild and frightful night for Hank, thanks to Eleanor's clever plan.

A comedic duo must solve a murder mystery when they find themselves trapped in a hotel with a killer on the loose. With mistaken identities, cross-dressing, and an eccentric cast of characters, chaos ensues as they try to catch the murderer.

Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.

Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky dude ranch. He immediately begins running things, at it's quite a while before his error is discovered. By the time he shows up at his own ranch, he's up to his ears in unpaid debts-which naturally requires a fund-raising musical show as a bail-out. Harriet Hilliard handles the romantic portion of the proceedings, occasionally dueting with her real-life husband, bandleader Ozzie Nelson.

In 45 Minutes from Hollywood, a man dresses as a woman and finds himself in a series of hilarious mishaps and misunderstandings in the bustling city of Hollywood in the 1920s. From jealousy to bank robberies, this silent comedy is packed with slapstick humor and absurd situations. Join the adventure as our protagonist navigates through hotel rooms, celebrity encounters, and wild chases on a bicycle, train, cow, and horse. Will he manage to keep his disguise and escape the chaos? Watch to find out!

Ambassador Rico DeMarco is in Washington trying to raise a five-million dollar loan for his country, Lower Salamia. Filbert Filmore and his domineering wife are about to sign on the dotted line for the loan when DeMarco's vivacious daughter, Estelita, upsets the deal by accidentally knocking hot coffee over the papers---and Mrs. Fillmore, who leaves the house in a huff. When word of the difficulties filters back home it's Viva la Revolution. But Estelita, disguised as a fortune teller tries to convince astrology believer Fillmore that the stars are propitious for his making the loan.

When Santa Claus's wife goes missing, a woman named Carol steps in to save Christmas by becoming Mrs. Claus. Along the way, she faces various challenges and finds unexpected love.

Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin, as guardian, not realizing that Ossie is just as bad. They set off on a transcontinental trip with mischief on their minds.

Shortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his apartment at the Savoia Hotel. Inspector Decker Dawes investigates the case and although the cause of death is described as apoplexy, Dawes is convinced it as murder, especially after he learns that Humbolt had been married fifteen times.

A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationship with crime reporter Ann Rogers. One gang member is caught; eventually, others follow. But Mason hasn't a clue to Slade, principally because he's unaware she's a woman.

Night has fallen, and the Pink Panther is looking for a place to sleep. A flop house denies him access, but he fortunately finds a key on the ground that gives him entry to a man's home, in which the Pink Panther helps himself to the man's shaving equipment, electric toothbrush, and bed. The man, a drunk, arrives home after one of his binges and, casting eyes on the pink feline in his bed, thinks he's having an alcoholic hallucination. He calls Alcoholics Anonymous to send someone to help him quit drinking. A man from A.A. throws all of the drunk's booze bottles into a garbage can, and they sit down to share a carton of milk. Then, both men see the Pink Panther walk past them! Befuddled, the two men rush to find the Department of Sanitation truck carrying the bottles of booze. After what they've seen, a drinking spree is in order!

In Rio Rita, a cabaret singer gets caught in a romantic rivalry and deception, all while secret agents try to sabotage a recording. With desperation, mousetrap farce, and a chase involving a laundry chute, this comedy takes the audience on a hilarious adventure.