Movies by Peter Falk
As part of the cast:
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American Cowslip: A Redneck Comedy (2009)
Cast: Val Kilmer, Cloris Leachman, Ronnie Gene Blevins …
Directed by: Mark David
This black comedy tells the tale of drug addict and all-around loser Ethan Inglebrink (Ronnie Gene Blevins), whose heroin habit and devotion to gardening take up most of his time. When Ethan…
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Next (2007)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel …
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Las Vegas magician Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) can see a few minutes into the future, a talent he uses to enhance his shows -- and to win at blackjack. But when an FBI agent (Julianne Moore)…
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Three Days to Vegas (2007)
Cast: Peter Falk, Rip Torn, George Segal …
Directed by: Charlie Picerni
When he gets word that his daughter is about to marry a complete waste of space in Las Vegas, Gus Fitzgerald (Peter Falk) rounds up his three loyal golfing buddies (Rip Torn, Bill Cobbs and…
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The Thing About My Folks (2005)
Cast: Peter Falk, Paul Reiser, Olympia Dukakis …
Directed by: Raymond De Felitta
Comedian Paul Reiser ("Mad About You") teams up with Peter Falk ("Columbo") in a father-and-son comedy that's semi-autobiographical, following Ben (Reiser) and Sam (Falk) Kleinman on an…
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Checking Out (2005)
Cast: Peter Falk, Laura San Giacomo, David Paymer …
Directed by: Jeff Hare
Ninety-year-old Morris Applebaum (played by Peter Falk, aka Lt. Columbo) has decided to "check out" on life and gathers his grown-up children to his Manhattan apartment for a final reunion.…
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Shark Tale (2004)
Cast: Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger …
Directed by: Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson
In this animated tale, an unlikely friendship forms between Oscar, a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble, and Lenny, a great white shark with a surprising secret:…
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Wilder Days (2003)
Cast: Peter Falk, Tim Daly, Josh Hutcherson …
Directed by: David M. Evans
Quixotic old codger James "Pop Up" Morse (Peter Falk) enjoys spinning colorful yarns for his 11-year-old grandson, Chris (Josh Hutcherson). But the boy's uptight, no-nonsense dad, John…
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Undisputed (2002)
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Walter Hill
Ving Rhames plays James "Iceman" Chambers, a heavyweight boxing champ who's convicted of rape and sentenced to prison, where an old-time gangster (Peter Falk) arranges a bout between…
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Three Days of Rain (2002)
Cast: Peter Falk, Lyle Lovett, Don Meredith …
Directed by: Michael Meredith
Set during a soggy weekend in Cleveland, this potent indie drama -- based on short stories by author Anton Chekhov -- juxtaposes a series of vignettes about love, loss and salvation. From a…
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Made (2001)
Cast: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Aspiring pugilist Bobby and pal Ricky head to New York as representatives of a Los Angeles mob boss. Their mission is to secure a money-laundering deal, but trouble hits when the two meet up…
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Corky Romano (2001)
Cast: Chris Kattan, Peter Falk, Peter Berg …
Directed by: Rob Pritts
Veterinarian's assistant Corky is plucked from his seemingly normal life when his dysfunctional mob family convinces him to go undercover as an FBI agent to destroy evidence against his…
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Lakeboat (2001)
Cast: Charles Durning, Tony Mamet, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Joe Mantegna
Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, State and Main, Heist) brings his own life experiences as a young man to the screen in this film…
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The Lost World (2001)
Cast: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Stuart Orme
This BBC adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel of the same name follows a 1911 British scientific team on a terrifying journey into an uncharted central Amazon jungle…
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A Storm in Summer (2000)
Cast: Peter Falk, Aaron Meeks, Nastassja Kinski …
Directed by: Robert Wise
Abel Shaddick (Peter Falk) is a lonely Jewish deli owner who accepts an inner-city kid, Herman (Aaron Meeks), into his home for the summer. Although the two come from different worlds, they…
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Enemies of Laughter (2000)
Cast: David Paymer, Judge Reinhold, Rosalind Chao …
Directed by: Joey Travolta
Nerdy-looking Paul (David Paymer) is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal (Judge Reinhold) has an idea that might turn things around when he decides…
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A Constant Forge: The Life and Art of John Cassavetes (2000)
Cast: John Cassavetes, Sean Penn, Jon Voight …
Directed by: Charles Kiselyak
Told through film clips and interviews with artists and friends who knew him and his work best, this engrossing documentary chronicles the life and art of filmmaker John Cassavetes. Actors…
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Money Kings (1998)
Cast: Peter Falk, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton …
Directed by: Graham Theakston
Vinnie (Peter Falk) runs a pub and backroom betting operation in South Boston. When the local mob starts muscling in on his action and sends a high-ranking boss's nephew, Tony (Freddie…
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Roommates (1995)
Cast: Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore …
Directed by: Peter Yates
At the age of 107, Rocky Holeczek (Peter Falk) is the oldest employed baker in Pittsburgh. His roommate is his grandson, Michael (D.B. Sweeney), a 35-year-old surgeon whom Rocky has raised…
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Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (1995)
Cast: Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Michael McKean …
Directed by: John Erman
Two former comedians (Woody Allen and Peter Falk) who were once a red-hot team haven't spoken since they split up decades ago. But a chance to earn $75,000 each by playing bit parts in a…
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Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Cast: Otto Sander, Nastassja Kinski, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Together with fellow angel Raphaela (Nastassja Kinski), Cassiel (Otto Sander) flies around post-Cold War Berlin observing the city and its mortals. Spying a girl (Aline Krajewski) in danger,…
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The Player (1992)
Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Director Robert Altman's wickedly funny masterpiece about a slick Hollywood studio executive named Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) -- a hotshot whose life is falling apart -- is packed with…
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Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Jon Amiel
It's 1950s New Orleans, and a radio soap opera writer (Peter Falk) has run out of overblown plotlines for the show he's been working on. That is, until he meets a hopeless romantic…
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Columbo Cries Wolf / Agenda for Murder (1990)
Cast: Peter Falk, Bruce Kirby, Deidre Hall …
Directed by: Patrick McGoohan, Daryl Duke
In Columbo Cries Wolf, Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) tries to prove that photographer Sean Brantley (Ian Buchanan) murdered his business partner and ex-lover. In the second half of this double…
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Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo / Uneasy Lies the Crown (1990)
Cast: Peter Falk, Helen Shaver, Ian McShane …
Directed by: Vincent McEveety, Alan J. Levi
In Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo, Vivian (Helen Shaver), seeks revenge against all those responsible for her husband's death in prison, including Columbo (Peter Falk). Meanwhile, a dentist…
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Murder in Malibu / Columbo Goes to College (1990)
Cast: Peter Falk, Andrew Stevens, Brenda Vaccaro …
Directed by: Walter Grauman, E.W. Swackhamer
When wealthy novelist Teresa (Janet Margolin) turns up dead, Columbo (Peter Falk) suspects her lover, Wayne (Andrew Stevens), might be guilty in Murder in Malibu. Columbo Goes to College…
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Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine / Murder, Smoke and Shadows (1989)
Cast: Fisher Stevens, Peter Falk, Lindsay Crouse …
Directed by: Leo Penn, James Frawley
Peter Falk reprises his Emmy-winning role as perpetually rumpled but brilliant detective Lt. Columbo in these two feature-length films from the 1980s: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine and…
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Columbo: Sex and the Married Detective / Grand Deceptions (1989)
Cast: Peter Falk, Lindsay Crouse, Julia Montgomery …
Directed by: Sam Wanamaker, James Frawley
Peter Falk reprises his Emmy-winning role as perpetually rumpled but brilliant detective Lt. Columbo in this pair of made-for-TV movies. Radio sex therapist Dr. Joan Allenby (Lindsay Crouse)…
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Columbo: Murder, a Self Portrait (1989)
Cast: Peter Falk, Patrick Bauchau, Fionnula Flanagan …
Directed by: James Frawley
Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) is on the case when famous artist Max Barsini's (Patrick Bauchau) ex-wife (Fionnula Flanagan) turns up dead. The eternally disheveled detective investigates…
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Vibes (1988)
Cast: Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands …
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
Linked by their supernatural gifts, psychic hairdresser Sylvia Pickel (Cyndi Lauper) and psychometrist Nick Deezy (Jeff Goldblum) are recruited by treasure hunter Harry Buscafusco (Peter…
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The Princess Bride (1987)
Cast: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Blending comedy, adventure, romance and fantasy, this cult classic follows peasant farmhand Westley as he battles three bumbling outlaws and a nefarious prince to win the hand of his one true…
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Wings of Desire (1987)
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander …
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders won the award for Best Director at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for this captivating vision about an angel (Bruno Ganz) who falls in love with a beautiful circus performer while…
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Big Trouble (1986)
Cast: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo …
Directed by: John Cassavetes
An insurance salesman and father of triplets, Leonard Hoffman (Alan Arkin) devises an elaborate insurance fraud scheme in order to raise the funds necessary to send his three sons to Yale.…
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The In-Laws (1979)
Cast: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Alan Arkin stars as a dentist who quickly grows skeptical about his daughter's wild claims that her future father-in-law, Vince (Peter Falk), is a CIA agent. But when he's sucked…
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The Brink's Job (1978)
Cast: Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield …
Directed by: William Friedkin
A small-time criminal concocts a big-time heist -- and inadvertently the crime of the century -- in this spirited comedy based on the infamous Brink's robbery in Boston, which netted the…
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The Cheap Detective (1978)
Cast: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan …
Directed by: Robert Moore
With the requisite abundance of plot twists and creepy characters, playwright Neil Simon skewers film noir in a parody that combines scenes from Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. Lou…
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Scared Straight! (1978)
Cast: Peter Falk, Danny Glover
Directed by: Arnold Shapiro
Peter Falk hosts this groundbreaking documentary that won an Oscar and eight Emmys in 1978. The film follows 17 juvenile delinquents who are taken inside a maximum-security prison and brought…
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Opening Night (1977)
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes …
Directed by: John Cassavetes
In one of John Cassavetes's most acclaimed films, the director's favorite leading lady, wife Gena Rowlands, plays a stage star heading for a breakdown -- just as her latest show is…
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Murder by Death (1976)
Cast: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco …
Directed by: Robert Moore
In this murder-mystery spoof, enigmatic millionaire Lionel Twain invites six brilliant detectives to a dinner that turns into a murder investigation with a hefty prize going to the one who…
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Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Cast: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty …
Directed by: Elaine May
Elaine May directed this intense thriller about two friends, Mikey (Peter Falk) and Nicky (John Cassavetes), who, after 30 years, may finally have hit a wall in their friendship. With his pal…
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A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Cast: Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, Fred Draper …
Directed by: John Cassavetes
Gena Rowlands delivers an emotionally wrenching, Oscar-nominated performance as Mabel, an anxious housewife whose life revolves around waiting for her children to return from school and her…
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Husbands (1970)
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes …
Directed by: John Cassavetes
Spurred by the surprising death of one of their closest friends, middle-aged pals Harry (Ben Gazzara), Archie (Peter Falk) and Gus (John Cassavetes) decide to leave their ordinary lives --…
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Castle Keep (1969)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack directs an all-star cast (Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, Bruce Dern, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Patrick O'Neal) in an allegorical tale about an American military squad that,…
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Machine Gun McCain (1969)
Cast: John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Giuliano Montaldo
When the mob bails him out of jail after 12 years behind bars, gangster Hank McCain (John Cassavetes) gets roped into a complicated payback plan involving the high-stakes heist of a Las Vegas…
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Anzio (1968)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
The bloody assault by Allied forces on the beaches of Anzio, Italy, and their four-month march into Rome is detailed in a joint American, Italian and Spanish production filmed largely in…
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Columbo (1968)
Cast: Peter Falk
Criminal minds tended to underestimate disheveled homicide detective Lt. Columbo ... until he fired back with a dead-on dissection of every case in this long-running crime series that earned…
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The Great Race (1965)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Professional daredevil Leslie Gallant (Tony Curtis) convinces turn-of-the-century automakers that a race from New York to Paris will help promote car sales. Leslie's archrival, Prof.…
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Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. …
Directed by: Gordon Douglas
"Rat Packers" Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. join "The Groaner" (Bing Crosby) in a musical update of the Robin Hood tale set in prohibition-era Chicago. Southside racketeer…
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The Balcony (1963)
Cast: Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant …
Directed by: Joseph Strick
Joseph Strick helmed this adaptation of playwright Jean Genet's surrealistic political satire about customers who continue their fantasy role-playing in a brothel, oblivious to the…
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar …
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Before literally kicking the bucket when his car careens off an embankment, "Smiler" Grogan tells onlookers he's stashed $350,000 beneath the big "W" in Santa Rosita -- and thus begins a…
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Pressure Point (1962)
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk …
Directed by: Hubert Cornfield
Conservative prison psychiatrist Sidney Poitier is a master at unraveling the troubled psyches of inmates, but he has his hands full when he tries to "head shrink" a racist Nazi fanatic.…
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Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange …
Directed by: Frank Capra
In Frank Capra's final directing effort, bag lady Apple Annie (Bette Davis) convinces her long-absent daughter (Ann-Margret) that she's a wealthy socialite. The daughter, who grew…
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Murder, Inc. (1960)
Cast: Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan …
Directed by: Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg
In the wake of Prohibition, violent gangsters are finding work as racketeers and contract killers, and one particular group -- known menacingly as Murder, Inc. -- is terrorizing Brooklyn with…
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The Twilight Zone: Vol. 17 (1959)
Cast: Rod Serling, Peter Falk, Joan Blondell …
Directed by: William Asher, Jus Addiss
Creator Rod Serling's long-running, Emmy-winning television series brought science fiction to the masses. Viewers enjoyed the twisted, often-humorous mysteries as well as the show's…
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The Bloody Brood (1959)
Cast: Peter Falk, Barbara Lord, Jack Betts …
Directed by: Julian Roffman
With the cops completely stymied, Cliff (Jack Betts) swears to track down and punish the man who killed his kid brother with a hamburger laced with ground glass in this seedy exploitation…