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Peter Falk dead at 83 -
24 June 2011
-Columbo star Peter Falk has died at the age of 83.-The beloved actor passed away peacefully at his Los Angeles home on Thursday (23Jun11).- Falk was born in New York in 1927 and enjoyed a career spanning 50 years.- He broke into the acting industry in 1956 when h
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A classic! 3 June 2004
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Blue Peter remake Jurassic Park 11 November 2004
Peter Falk - filmography
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American Cowslip
(2009)
Starring: Rip Torn, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd
Director: Mark David
Certificate: 
Trapped in small-town California USA, Ethan Inglebrink is searching for the perfect moment in a life that is running out of time. And the odds are against him. Ethan is an agoraphobic, drug addict obsessed with his garden. Ethan's neighbor, landlord and maniacal high school football coach Trevor O'..read more »
 
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The Thing About My Folks
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Paul Reiser, Elizabeth Perkins, Peter Falk
Director: Raymond DeFelitta
Certificate: 
Paul Reiser wrote and stars in THE THING ABOUT MY FOLKS, although he graciously handed over the lead role to veteran screen star Peter Falk. Directed by Raymond De Felitta (CAFE SOCIETY), the film is ostensibly a road movie that allows Reiser to dig beneath the surface of a unique father-son ..read more »
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from 56 members
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When Angels Come To Town
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Peter Falk, Sean Gallagher, Katey Sagal
Director: Andy Wolk
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In this sequel to 'Finding John Christmas', the angel Max walks into a
struggling department store in a small Maine town. 24-year-old assistant
manager Sally waits on him and, after Max leaves, she sees he has left
behind one of his many bags...
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from 56 members
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Undisputed
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker
Director: Walter Hill
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UNDISPUTED tells the story of a champion boxer (Ving Rhames) who is sent to prison on rape charges. There, he goes up against the top boxer (Wesley Snipes) in the inner-prison competition.
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Made
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Famke Janssen
Director: Jon Favreau
Certificate:
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Following their success five years before with SWINGERS, Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn team up again in MADE, a comedy about two very different down-on-their-luck L.A. friends who get caught up in a dangerous deal in New York City. Favreau stars as Bobby, a hardworking, very serious construction ..read more »
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The Lost World
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Matthew Rhys
Director: Stuart Orme
Certificate: 
This BBC presentation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's THE LOST WORLD follows an early 20th-century expedition to discover the existence of dinosaurs. Led by Professor George Challenger (Bob Hoskins), the party encounters primitive humans and various dinosaurs. The cast also includes James Fox, Peter ..read more »
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from 441 members
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Money Kings
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Peter Falk, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton
Director: Graham Theakston
Certificate: 
A hardhitting tale of urban betrayal and revenge starring Peter Falk (COLUMBO) as Vinnie, a kindhearted bookie who has lost the desire to play dirty and instead longs for a quiet life in the bar he owns. His plans are disrupted however with the arrival of the arrogant Tony (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and ..read more »
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Room Mates
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore
Director: Peter Yates
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Rocky, a loveable, wisecracking old man sets up home with his yuppie grandson Michael and all goes well until the youngster falls in love. A heart-warming comedy which bridges the generation gap.
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from 104 members
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Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys
(1995)
Starring: Woody Allen, Peter Falk, Sarah Jessica Parker
Director: John Erman
Certificate: 
An updated screen adaption of Neil Simon's hilarious 1972 play telling the tale of two legendary comedians Lewis and Clark (played by Woody Allen and Peter Falk) and their return to the stage after a lengthy hiatus from show business and each other. Also stars Sarah Jessica Parker.
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A Trick of the Light
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Wim Wenders, Nadine Buettner, Lucie Hurtgen-Skladanowsky
Director: Wim Wenders
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Weaving together docu-drama, fictional re-enactment and experimental photography, the film is a powerful and beautifully crafted exploration into the early days of German cinema and tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers who invented the Bioskop, the forerunner of the film projector.
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from 107 members
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Columbo - Series 10 - Vol. 2
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Peter Falk
Certificate:
One of the most famous detectives to ever hit the television screen, COLUMBO (Peter Falk) has become an iconic character in popular culture. Forever clad in a raincoat and chomping a cigar, the dishevelled Columbo seems as scatterbrained as his appearance would suggest. However, even when it ..read more »
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Tune In Tomorrow
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Peter Falk, Keanu Reeves
Director: Jon Amiel
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A veteran soap opera writer Pedro Carmichael (Peter Falk) assigned to save a failing radio show finds inspiration when he arrives and meets a young writer Martin Loader (Keanu Reeves) who has fallen madly in love with his older, twice-divorced aunt Julia (Barbara Hershey). Drawing on his ..read more »
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from 186 members
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Columbo - Series 10 - Vol. 1
(4 discs)
(1990)
Starring: Peter Falk
Director: E.W. Swackhamer, Daryl Duke, Alan J. Levi
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One of the most famous detectives to ever hit the television screen, COLUMBO (Peter Falk) has become an iconic character in popular culture. Forever clad in a raincoat and chomping a cigar, the dishevelled Columbo seems as scatterbrained as his appearance would suggest. However, even when it ..read more »
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Not currently released
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A Notebook on Cities and Clothes
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Wim Wenders, Yohji Yamamoto, Nastassja Kiniski
Director: Wim Wenders
Certificate:
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Wenders meets renowned Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto to talk about their ideas on the creative process and to ponder on the relationship between cities, identity and the cinema in the digital age.
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Wings of Desire - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Nastassja Kiniski, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper
Director: Wim Wenders
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
The sky over Wenders' war-scarred Berlin is full of gentle, trenchcoated angels who listen to the tortured thoughts of mortals and try to comfort them. One of the angels wishes to become mortal after falling in love with a beautiful trapeze artist. Peter Falk, as himself, assists in the ..read more »
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from 332 members
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The Princess Bride - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Peter Falk, Peter Cook, Billy Crystal
Director: Rob Reiner
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Director Rob Reiner breathes vividly colored cinematic life into William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, effectively evoking the wondrous, wide-eyed spirit of the witty 1973 novel. When a sick boy (Fred Savage) receives a visit from his doting grandfather (Peter Falk) who intends to read to him from ..read more »
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from 553 members
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Wings of Desire
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Nastassja Kiniski, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper
Director: Wim Wenders
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) are angels who watch over the city of Berlin. They don't have harps or wings (well, they usually don't have wings) and they prefer overcoats to gossamer gowns. But they can travel unseen through the city, listening to people's thoughts, watching their ..read more »
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from 6,162 members
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The Princess Bride
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Peter Falk, Peter Cook, Billy Crystal
Director: Rob Reiner
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Director Rob Reiner breathes vividly colored cinematic life into William Goldman's THE PRINCESS BRIDE, effectively evoking the wondrous, wide-eyed spirit of the witty 1973 novel. When a sick boy (Fred Savage) receives a visit from his doting grandfather (Peter Falk) who intends to read to him from ..read more »
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from 31,373 members
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Big Trouble
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo
Director: John Cassavetes
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A troubled production history notwithstanding, BIG TROUBLE remains a lighthearted updating of the classic film noir DOUBLE INDEMNITY. Alan Arkin stars as Leonard Hoffman, an insurance salesman and father of triplets. When it becomes apparent that his dream of sending his three sons to Yale is ..read more »
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Tokyo-Ga
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Werner Herzog, Yuuharu Atsuta
Director: Wim Wenders
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Having been moved by the work of acclaimed director Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders travels to Japan to search out the Tokyo he has seen in his films, discovering along the way how the country is losing its identity and culture to Americanisation.
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from 264 members
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Paris, Texas
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Harry Dean Stanton
Director: Wim Wenders
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Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984, Wim Wenders's PARIS, TEXAS tells the haunting story of an amnesiac (Harry Dean Stanton) and his struggle to rebuild his shattered life. Featuring a story by Sam Shepard and a renowned score by Ry Cooder, the film also stars Nastassja ..read more »
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from 5,652 members
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Room 666
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Chantal Akerman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Maroun Bagdadi
Director: Wim Wenders
Certificate:
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During the Cannes Film Festival of 1982 Wenders persuades a number of film directors to lock themselves in a hotel room, switch on the camera and ponder on the question "What is the future of cinema?".
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Nick's Film - Lightning Over Water
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Wim Wenders, Gerry Bamman, Nicholas Ray
Director: Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray
Certificate:
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Director Nicholas Ray is diagnosed with cancer and is determined to complete his final film before his untimely demise. Wim Wenders follows his quest and in this moving film charts the death of a rare talent. The film features an outstanding soundtrack which adds to the impact.
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The In-Laws
(1979)
Starring: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini
Director: Arthur Hiller
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Peter Falk and Alan Arkin play the soon-to-be-fathers-in-law in this crazy comedy. Falk is Vincent Ricardo the CIA agent, while Arkin is the mild-mannered dentist Sheldon Kornpett, whose children are getting married in 48 hours. Directed by LOVE STORY's Arthur Hiller this chalk and cheese comedy ..read more »
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The American Friend
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Nicholas Ray
Director: Wim Wenders
Certificate:
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Wim Wenders' mines Dennis Hopper's real-life experience as a painter and collector in this existential take on the American gangster film based on a Patricia Highsmith novel featuring the notoriously sociopathic Tom Ripley. Hopper stars as the eponymous American, currently a middleman selling the ..read more »
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Mikey And Nicky
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Ned Beatty
Director: Elaine May
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Elaine May's tense, well-paced thriller is her third film, and one of her most innovative. Using three cameras that she sometimes left running for hours, May captured a spontaneous, real interaction between actor Peter Falk (of the TV series COLUMBO), and actor (and maverick director) John ..read more »
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Murder By Death
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, Alec Guinness
Director: Robert Moore
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Neil Simon's screenplay is a clever spoof on murder mysteries in which eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain (Truman Capote) invites the world's greatest detectives to his home and challenges them to solve the perfect murder. Among the sleuths that try to solve the case are Milo Perrier (James Coco), ..read more »
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from 2,132 members
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Columbo - Series 6 And 7
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Peter Falk
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski, Robert Douglas
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One of the most famous detectives to ever hit the television screen, COLUMBO (Peter Falk) has become an iconic character in popular culture. Forever clad in a raincoat and chomping a cigar, the dishevelled Columbo seems as scatterbrained as his appearance would suggest. However, even when it ..read more »
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from 371 members
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Columbo - Series 5
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Peter Falk, Janet Leigh, Sal Mineo
Director: Ted Post, Harvey Hart, Patrick McGoohan
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The LAPD's cleverest detective returns to solve more seemingly unsolvable murders. Peter Falk stars as Detective Columbo, whose disheveled appearance and lackadaisical investigations disguise his sharp and shrewd intelligence. COLUMBO became popular and famous for its clever dramatic structure and ..read more »
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Columbo - Series 4
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Martin Milner
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski, Alf Kjellin, Harvey Hart
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Season 4 of the popular detective show COLUMBO, featuring the investigations of Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Includes the episodes 'An Exercise In Fatality', 'Negative Reaction', 'By Dawn's Early Light', 'Troubled Waters', 'Playback', and 'A ..read more »
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The Scarlet Letter
(1973)
Starring: Senta Berger, Rafael Albaicin, Angel Alvarez
Director: Wim Wenders
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In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne (Senta Berger) must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock
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Columbo - Series 3
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Richard Kiley, Peter Falk, Vera Miles
Director: Jeannot Szwarc, Leo Penn, Boris Sagal
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Peter Falk returns in his four-time Emmy-winning role as th wry and ruffled police lieutenant in Columbo Season Three. From the halls of Congress to that halls of academia, this dazzling 4 disc series includes over 10 TV hours of the classic third season. Star guests include Martin Sheen, ..read more »
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Columbo - Series 1
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Peter Falk
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Features all episodes from Series 1: Murder by the book,Death Lends a Hand, Dead Weight,Suitable for Framing, Lady in Waiting,Short Fuse, Blueprint for Murder. Also includes the 2 first Pilot episodes.
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Columbo - Vol. 2
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Peter Falk
Director: Hy Averback, Nicholas Colasanto, Boris Sagal
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This COLUMBO collection presents three more TV movies starring Peter Falk as eccentric detective Frank Columbo, one of the small screen's most renowned and beloved sleuths. The release includes SUITABLE FOR FRAMING, ETUDE IN BLACK, and CANDIDATE FOR CRIME.
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Husbands
(1970)
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes
Director: John Cassavetes
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The quiet, simple family lives of Gus, Harry and Archie (John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk) are shattered when their best friend, Stuart, has a heart attack and dies suddenly. Now facing their mortality, the three men fall into their own midlife crises. First by spending their days playing ..read more »
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Castle Keep
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, Patrick O'Neal
Director: Sydney Pollack
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Sydney Pollack directs this dramatic allegory about an American military squadron seeking refuge in a castle in the Ardennes Forest during the final days of World War II. When the soldiers get a little too comfortable in their new environment, they spark a conflict with its owner over the castle ..read more »
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Anzio
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Arthur Kennedy
Director: Edward Dmytryk
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Classic World War II story of the Allied landing at Anzio Beach in Italy, the first and most costly battle of the Italian Campaign. Robert Mitchum stars as an American news correspondent covering the landing, under fire, of British and American troops. Based on a novel by Wynford Vaughan-Thomas.
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Attack And Retreat
(1965)
Starring: Arthur Kennedy, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Raffaele Pisu
Director: Giuseppe De Santis
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This 'solidarity' war epic hinges on the plot device of Italian and Soviet WWII troops forming a united front against their one-time ally, the Germans. To drum up business in America, the producers hired two Hollywood stars: Arthur Kennedy (as a fascist leader) and Peter Falk. In some prints of ..read more »
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The Great Race
(1965)
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood
Director: Blake Edwards
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Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star as archrivals The Great Leslie and Professor Fate in this madcap, round-the-world adventure comedy. The enemies are determined to win a turn-of-the-century automobile race from New York to Paris. Also competing is the beautiful suffragette Maggie Dubois (Natalie Wood).
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Robin And The Seven Hoods
(1964)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Director: Gordon Douglas
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The Robin Hood legend is updated to Prohibition-era Chicago in this jazzy spoof that has a crime king (Sinatra) and his merry mobsters bilking the rich, giving to the poor and battling a rival (Peter Falk). Enjoy the Ol' Blue Eyes' signature 'My Kind Of Town' and 9 more songs.
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The Balcony
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Peter Falk, Shelley Winters, Leonard Nimoy
Director: Joseph Strick
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The denizens of a sordid brothel become embroiled in a bloody coup in this arty political satire adapted from the Jean Genet play. Shelley Winters stars as the cathouse's madam, a stern woman who supervises the fantasy role-playing of her beautiful employees and their well-heeled customers, ..read more »
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Pocketful Of Miracles
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell
Director: Frank Capra
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Director Frank Capra's last feature film, Pocketful of Miracles is a Technicolor remake of his 1933 film Lady for a Day. A barely recognizable Bette Davis plays Apple Annie, the besotted, unkempt, rag-clad street vendor who controls the activities of all the beggars on Broadway. Apple Annie is the ..read more »
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Wim Wenders Collection
(10 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Nastassja Kiniski, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper
Director: Wim Wenders
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Best known for such international hits as Wings Of Desire, Paris, Texas and the Oscar®-nominated Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders remains one of the most unique and important directors in the world today. In these 10 acclaimed feature films and documentaries - including several available for ..read more »
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Peter Falk facts
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...irl of 4 was also transfixed.
The film is a comedy fairytale told by Grandad Peter Falk to his 'Wonder Years' Grandson. There is Swashbuckling swordplay reminiscent of...
Falk is a Genius 26 July 2005
