Possible Clues:

• Nick Charles, familiarly, with 'The'
• Dashiell Hammett's last novel, with 'The'
• Hammett mystery, with 'The'
• Classic Powell/Loy film, with 'The'
• Classic 1934 novel set in Prohibition-era New York City, with 'The'
• Dashiell Hammett novel, with 'The'
• Victim in a 1932 mystery novel, with 'the'