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The Most Popular TV, Movie Detectives…and One Real One

As one real detective tells his story, a look back at the best fictional ones.

As one real-life detective tells his story, "20/20" looks back at some of the best detectives TV, movies have to offer.

Pop Culture Detectives
Pop Culture Detectives
Ken Brennan is a motorcycle-riding, iron-pumping private investigator who used his ingenuity and dogged determination to bring a violent criminal to justice. Sound familiar? That's because for years, filmmakers and writers have been conjuring fictional detectives with memorable traits not unlike Brennan's. Only time will tell whether Brennan himself catches Hollywood's attention. But in the meantime, here's a look back at some of the most famous pop culture private eyes and police detectives. (ABC News)
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