Garfield's Babes and Bullets (1989)

Garfield's detective name is Sam Spayed. A woman looking for a detective says, "Are You Spayed?". Garfield then says he never knows how to answer that question

Garfield believes the murder victim was having an affair. He is wrong

There is no violence. But it is implied.

A car drives off a cliff. We do not see the actual accident, just the car driving off. This is shown twice

Garfield looks at a body in a morgue. We do not see it, but it is described.

Garfield is beaten by a man

Garfield mentions a man who was shot in the back for jaywalking

Ominous music is played.

The murder is intense.

In one scene, Garfield and the murder victim's wife are walking away from the scene of the car accident. We suddenly see a man hidden in bushes watch them leave

The same man is seen watching them at a diner. He is revealed to be Garfield's landlord, and he is two months late with the rent