Peter Falk
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo (1968–2003), which earned him four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Murder, Inc. (1960) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961). He is also known for his collaborations with filmmaker and actor John Cassavetes in films such as: Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), Elaine May's Mikey and Nicky (1976) and the Columbo episode: Étude in Black (1972). Falk's other film roles include It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Great Race (1965), Anzio (1968), Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), The In-Laws (1979), The Princess Bride (1987), Wings of Desire (1987), The Player (1992), and Next (2007).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.495 |
| Birthday | 1927-09-16 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Пітер Фальк, 彼得·法尔克, Peter Michael Falk, Peter Faulk, پیتر فالک, |
1987
Wings of Desire
7.8/1355
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distre...
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Wings of Desire
1961
Pocketful of Miracles
7.273/172
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying...
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Pocketful of Miracles
2001
The Lost World
6/65
This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure story. Bob Hoskins makes an unusually genial Professor...
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The Lost World
2007
Next
6.098/2997
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underw...
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Next
2017
Arthur Miller: Writer
7.143/21
One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which contin...
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Arthur Miller: Writer
1987
The Princess Bride
7.7/4645
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid...
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The Princess Bride
1992
The Player
7.197/842
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
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The Player
1993
Faraway, So Close!
6.9/165
Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissa...
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Faraway, So Close!
1988
Vibes
5.682/74
Medium Sylvia Pickel and psychometrist Nick Deezy meet at a psychic research facility in New York. Not long after, they're contacted by Harry Buscafus...
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Vibes
1981
...All the Marbles
6.3/51
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
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...All the Marbles
1976
Murder by Death
7.169/821
Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning r...
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Murder by Death
1965
The Great Race
7.061/330
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward...
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The Great Race
2005
The Thing About My Folks
6.3/23
Ben's dad Sam shows up one night with a note from Ben's mother (Sam's wife of 46 years), that she has left. While Ben's wife and his three sisters try...
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The Thing About My Folks
1978
The Brink's Job
6/64
In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McG...
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The Brink's Job
1962
Pressure Point
6.6/37
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted...
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Pressure Point
2001
A Town Without Christmas
5.8/16
In the small town of Seacliff, Wash., a child's letter to Santa Claus captures the nation's attention. When the little boy, Chris, writes that he wish...
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A Town Without Christmas
1968
Anzio
5.7/66
American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back feroc...
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Anzio
1982
I Love Liberty
0/0
An all-star variety special saluting America.
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I Love Liberty
1974
A Woman Under the Influence
7.8/500
Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the compa...
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A Woman Under the Influence
1990
Tune in Tomorrow...
5.3/24
Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia,...
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Tune in Tomorrow...
1978
The Cheap Detective
6.224/85
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of...
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The Cheap Detective
2002
Undisputed
6.517/745
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. I...
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Undisputed
1960
Murder, Inc.
6.4/24
Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles...
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Murder, Inc.
2009
American Cowslip
5.4/16
In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with...
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American Cowslip
2001
Made
5.8/193
Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
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Made
1969
Machine Gun McCain
6.159/41
After serving 12 years behind bars for armed robbery, tough guy Hank McCain finds himself the pawn of a ruthless mob runt's rebellion against a high l...
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Machine Gun McCain
1969
Castle Keep
5.7/74
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against...
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Castle Keep
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
6/70
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob bos...
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
2001
Corky Romano
4.3/163
Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to inf...
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Corky Romano
2003
Finding John Christmas
6.2/12
When a photojournalist photographs a mysterious stranger performing an act of bravery, the act quickly becomes headline news and the town dubs the str...
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Finding John Christmas
1979
The In-Laws
6.649/121
In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a...
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The In-Laws
1970
Husbands
6.8/144
A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave the country together. But mindl...
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Husbands
2005
Checking Out
6.6/18
A feisty octogenarian on the verge of his ninetieth birthday invites his three grown children to his upcoming birthday celebration with the explicit u...
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Checking Out
2002
Three Days of Rain
5/7
Six Anton Chekhov short stories set in modern day Cleveland during a three day rain storm.
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Three Days of Rain
1993
Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
0/0
Get the scoop on the legendary actor-director-New Yorker John Cassavetes straight from the mouth of his friend, peer and co-star Peter Falk (Columbo)...
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Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes
1998
Money Kings
6.1/7
Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger p...
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Money Kings
1989
Cookie
5.2/19
Cookie Voltecki is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco, who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail,...
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Cookie
1976
Mikey and Nicky
6.869/168
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, h...
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Mikey and Nicky
1986
Big Trouble
5.3/40
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making thing...
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Big Trouble
1982
Shoot Don't Shoot
0/0
An eye opening program to find out what its like to be a police officer facing the deadly force dilemma
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Shoot Don't Shoot
1959
The Bloody Brood
4.5/11
Nico, a drug dealer, murders a telegram messenger-boy "for kicks", egged on by partner-in-crime, TV director Francis. Cliff, the boy's older brother,...
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The Bloody Brood
1993
Anything for John
6/2
An intimate portrait of actor-writer-director John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to his genius for studying and depicting the human character. In-de...
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Anything for John
1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
0/0
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John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1987
Happy New Year
5.5/9
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old...
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Happy New Year
1996
The Sunshine Boys
4.9/15
Two aging comedians who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrativ...
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The Sunshine Boys
1963
The Balcony
5.2/16
The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation. Preserved by the Academy Film Arch...
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The Balcony
1967
Luv
4.1/12
Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the Manhattan Bridge. At the last minute he's stopped...
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Luv
1990
In the Spirit
3.3/3
After her husband loses his job, Marianne moves from Beverly Hills to a nightmare New York City. She hires ditzy psychic Reva to redecorate her apartm...
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In the Spirit
2000
A Storm in Summer
5.8/4
Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly aga...
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A Storm in Summer
2004
When Angels Come to Town
6/11
Max, an angel in exile, walks around the United States to help humans. In a small town in Maine, he meets a young woman without a family named Sally....
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When Angels Come to Town
2000
Lakeboat
5.1/10
A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea.
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Lakeboat
1966
Penelope
5.625/20
When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disgu...
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Penelope
1964
Attack and Retreat
6.7/36
Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.
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Attack and Retreat
2003
Wilder Days
5/3
Quixotic old codger James "Pop Up" Morse (Peter Falk) enjoys spinning colorful yarns for his 11-year-old grandson, Chris (Josh Hutcherson). But the bo...
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Wilder Days
1976
Griffin and Phoenix
5.3/7
Griffin has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Instead of quietly facing his death, he decides to have fun in the time remaining. At a college class...
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Griffin and Phoenix
1960
The Secret of the Purple Reef
2.5/2
When a man mysteriously vanishes on his ship in the Caribbean, his two brothers journey there to investigate his disappearance.
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The Secret of the Purple Reef
2000
Enemies of Laughter
5.5/2
Nerdy-looking Paul is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal has an idea that might turn things around when he...
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Enemies of Laughter
2012
Char·ac·ter
4/1
A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark...
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Char·ac·ter
1971
The Making of 'Husbands'
0/0
A documentary behind the scenes of John Cassavetes' 'Husbands' (1970).
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The Making of 'Husbands'
1970
Operation Snafu
5.5/2
World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.
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Operation Snafu
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
0/0
A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.
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NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2007
Three Days to Vegas
3.8/6
Four grumpy old men go on a road trip from their retired life in Florida to the excitement of Las Vegas in order to stop one of their daughters from m...
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Three Days to Vegas
1971
A Step Out of Line
7/1
Three financially down-and-out buddies plot to pull a bank robbery to cure their financial woes.
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A Step Out of Line
2006
Edge of Outside
5.8/4
An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and...
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Edge of Outside
1995
Roommates
6.2/26
An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
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Roommates
1990
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
0/0
A leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Th...
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Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1966
Too Many Thieves
4.5/2
When some priceless Macedonian treasures are swiped, lawyer Falk arrives to get to the bottom of things.
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Too Many Thieves
1997
Pronto
5.3/6
Harry Arno is a Miami Beach bookie who finds himself in trouble with his mob bosses for reasons he can't quite figure out. When an assailant attempts...
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Pronto
2014
Lost Case
0/0
A completely new story based on existing footage from the series Columbo.
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Lost Case
2004
Shark Tale
6/6389
Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea c...
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Shark Tale
1966
Brigadoon
7/4
Every 100 years, people stumble upon the Scottish village of Brigadoon, which will never be found on a map. A wonderful, fun filled day will be had by...
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Brigadoon
1989
Arena - John Cassavetes
0/0
Tribute to actor and director John Cassavetes who died in February 1989. Friends, associates and fellow directors remember the man and his work.
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Arena - John Cassavetes
2003
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
8.3/2
This is a documentary about the making of "Wings of Desire" (1987). The director, writer, actors, composer and other contributors speak at length and...
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Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
1981
The Great Muppet Caper
6.8/308
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is sto...
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The Great Muppet Caper
1977
Opening Night
7.6/235
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about agin...
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Opening Night
1972
Ransom for a Dead Man
7.156/46
A brilliant attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
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Ransom for a Dead Man
2001
Hubert's Brain
6/1
It tells the story of a science geek who befriends a talking brain-in-a-jar.
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Hubert's Brain
2000
A Constant Forge
6.6/13
One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmma...
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A Constant Forge
1968
Prescription: Murder
7.8/29
In Columbo's first outing, a psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart a...
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Prescription: Murder
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
0/0
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
0/0
Though very polite and British, this feature-length documentary about German filmmaker Wim Wenders offers the most penetrating insights and the best o...
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Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
2000
From Where I Sit
0/0
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From Where I Sit
1960
Pretty Boy Floyd
6.3/3
Trying to shake his troubled past and start a new honest life, Floyd loses his job because of that past. With nowhere to go but back home in Oklahoma...
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Pretty Boy Floyd
1958
Wind Across the Everglades
6.1/26
Set in the early 20th century, the film follows a game warden who arrives in Florida to enforce conservation laws. He soon finds himself pitted agains...
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Wind Across the Everglades
1968
A Hatful of Rain
0/0
A 1968 made-for-television remake of the 1957 film, based on the disturbing 1956 Michael V. Gazzo play, as performed by members of The Actors' Studio...
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A Hatful of Rain
1995
Cops n Roberts
0/0
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Cops n Roberts
2019
Peter Falk Versus Columbo
7.4/7
For millions of viewers, Peter Falk is Columbo. Despite playing the quintessential blue-collar TV detective of the '70s and '80s, his early career is...
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Peter Falk Versus Columbo
1978
Scared Straight!
7.3/10
The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
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Scared Straight!
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
6.2/6
A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
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Frank Capra's American Dream
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
7/53
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...
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And the Oscar Goes To...
1994
The World of Jim Henson
7.3/6
In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a...
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The World of Jim Henson
2020
My Darling Vivian
7.5/8
The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of John...
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My Darling Vivian
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
6.3/19
Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...
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The Muppets Go Hollywood
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6.5/2
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7/604
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...
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