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Peter Falk

Peter Falk was an American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of the rumpled detective Columbo in the television series of the same name. He earned four Primetime Emmy Awards for his role in the series and also appeared in numerous films, including The Princess Bride and Murder by Death. Falk passed away in 2011 at the age of 83.

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Columbo

Columbo

Series Age rating: 11 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 8.3

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdl...

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A Woman Under the Influence

A Woman Under the Influence

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1974 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extrem...

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Prescription: Murder

Prescription: Murder

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1968 IMDB Rating: 7.9

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 at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutena...

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Wings of Desire

Der Himmel über Berlin

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1987 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel...

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Ransom for a Dead Man

Ransom for a Dead Man

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A brilliant tort 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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Char·ac·ter

Char·ac·ter

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 7.4

A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark Rydell, Harry Dean Stanton and Sydney Pollack. Dra...

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Arthur Miller: Writer

Arthur Miller: Writer

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 7.4

One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which continue to move audiences around the world today. He al...

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Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 7.4

In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail.

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Murder by Death

Murder by Death

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 7.3

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 rooms, secret passages, false identities and more p...

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The In-Laws

The In-Laws

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 7.3

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 government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon in...

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