️ Dead Weight (Columbo, season one, 1971): Eddie Albert plays a decorated Korean War veteran who turns to murder to cover up his illicit business dealings. We also get a brief glimpse of Columbo’s ID card, apparently revealing his first name as Frank.
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Directed by Steven Spielberg, the season one opener of Columbo, Murder by the Book, starred Jack Cassidy as one half of a mystery writing duo who murders his fellow novelist.
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Tonight in 1976 — GRIFFIN AND PHOENIX: A LOVE STORY w/ Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh debuted on ABC.
I was way too young for a TV movie about terminally ill people falling in love, but I watched. 
It's on YouTube if you feel emotionally prepared: https://youtu.be/OYHwdoOWICc
Gene Hackman, Oscar-Winning Star of ‘The French Connection,’ Dies at 95
#MovieNews #Movies #AlPacino #BarbraStreisand #ClintEastwood #DustinHoffman #FrancisFordCoppola #GeneHackman #KevinCostner #MikeNichols #Obituaries #PaulNewman #PeterFalk #RobertDuvall #SusanSarandon #WarrenBeatty #WesAnderson #WilliamFriedkin
Tonight in 1968 — Peter Falk made his debut as COLUMBO in PRESCRIPTION: MURDER on NBC.
He would play the character for 35 years.
“He was perfect,” co-creator William Link said. "And then he got better.”
Make Me a Perfect Murder (Columbo, 1978): In a superb episode, a TV exec (Trish Van Devere) takes revenge on a boss who denied her promotion.
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Columbo cooks up a storm in Murder Under Glass (1978), directed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs). It also featured Michael V Gazzo (The Godfather Pt. 2). #columbo #peterfalk #thegodfather #1970s #70s #television #tv #jamesbond
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How to Dial a Murder (Columbo, season seven, 1978): A renowned behavioural psychologist trains his Doberman pinschers to savage the man who had a fling with his wife. Starring Nicol Williamson.
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Try and Catch Me (Columbo, season seven, episode one, 1977) featured Ruth Gordon as mystery author Abigail Mitchell who executes a murder plot of her own - in real life. #columbo #television #tv #1970s #70s #peterfalk
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#ACAB (all columbos are beautiful)
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The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case (Columbo, 1977): Columbo takes on a high-IQ killer, and Jamie Lee Curtis makes a cameo appearance. #columbo #peterfalk #television #v #1970s #70s www.speckled.band
Ich hab mir heute für das kommende Jahr ein wenig Abendunterhaltung gegönnt.
Ich vermute mal, dass es mindestens ein Jahr braucht, bis ich die kompletten 94 Stunden und 50 Minuten durchgesehen habe. Ich hatte noch zwei ältere Gutscheine, die ich mal geschenkt bekommen habe und die wollten gerne für etwas Sinnvolles und kulturell Wertvolles eingelöst werden.
… ahh , one other thing … 
https://youtu.be/xJ27fEm_ZCA
Fade in to Murder (Columbo, season six, episode one, 1976) featured Star Trek’s William Shatner as fictional sleuth Ward Fowler. His Star Trek colleague Walter Koenig (Chekov) plays Sergeant Johnston. #columbo #startrek #television #tv #1970s #70s #peterfalk #williamshatner
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️ Last Salute to the Commodore (Columbo, season five, episode six, May 1976) closed the season with a bizarre story directed by Peter Falk’s friend and trusted collaborator Patrick McGoohan, star of cult 1960s series The Prisoner. Commodore is divisive fare and many fans would gladly see it sunk to the fathomless deeps never to be seen again! Any fans?
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33 years ago today:
Columbo
S10E4: Death Hits the Jackpot
After winning a $30 million lottery, photographer Freddy Brower, who wishes to keep the money a secret from the wife who is divorcing him, arranges with his uncle, wealthy jeweler Leon Lamarr, to pretend the lottery ticket is Lamarr's, until the divorce is final. Little does Brower know his uncle is...
Airdate: 1991-12-15
https://themoviedb.org/tv/873/season/10/episode/4
#Columbo #PeterFalk #RipTorn #BetsyPalmer #ABC #NBC #tvseries
@Pamela1960 just looking at the IMDB now, I think I might watch it for Christmas, make it an event!
I had no idea there were so many Peter Falk Christmas movies, but there are!
A Deadly State of Mind (Columbo, sixth and final episode of season four, April 1975) starred George Hamilton as ace psychiatrist Dr Mark Collier. He’s having a fling with vulnerable patient Nadia Donner (Lesley Ann Warren). When her husband Karl (Stephen Elliott) discovers the affair, a row breaks out. Collier strikes Karl Donner with a poker, killing him.
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Playback (Columbo, March 1975, season four, episode five) starred Austrian Oskar Werner as philandering gadget whizz - and killer - Harold Van Wick.
#columbo #peterfalk #television #tvshow #tv #1970s #70s
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Tour du Cinéma 1974 – Etappe 3: „Eine Frau unter Einfluss“ (A Woman under the Influence) von John Cassavetes
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Wann: Freitag, 18. Oktober, 20 Uhr
Wo: Thalia-Kino, Dresden
Eintritt: 8 €, für Vereinsmitglieder des Phase IV e. V. ist der Eintritt frei!
Fassung: OmdU
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Eine Hausfrau (Gena Rowlands) versucht verzweifelt ihre Familie zusammenzuhalten, während sie mit den verheerenden Auswirkungen eines Nervenzusammenbruchs klarkommen muss.
Eindringlich gespieltes Familiendrama, belohnt mit einer Oscar-Nominierung für #GenaRowlands und #JohnCassavetes.
#AWomanUnderTheInfluence #PeterFalk #filmbubble #cinema #movies #Thalia #Dresden
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