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Tag Archives: Peter Falk
Pressure Point (1962) Hubert Cornfield, Stanley Kramer, Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk
An African-American prison psychiatrist (Sidney Poitier) finds the boundaries Read More »
Scared Straight! (1978) Arnold Shapiro, Peter Falk, Doug Cronin, Mickie Cold
This film shows the Scared Straight program that has hardened convicts from maximum security prisons Read More »
Husbands (1970) John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk
A common friend’s sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave together. Read More »
Mikey and Nicky (1976) Elaine May, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mobster wants him killed. Read More »
Luv (1967) Clive Donner, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Elaine May
Harry is a barely functional human. He meets an old friend who is having marital problems as Harry is about to leap off of a bridge. Read More »
The Cheap Detective (1978) Robert Moore, Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan
Lou Peckinpaugh, the Cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca and half Maltese Falcon. Read More »
Machine Gun McCain (1969) Giuliano Montaldo, John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk
Tough criminal Hank McCain gets released from prison after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Read More »
Big Trouble (1986) John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D’Angelo, Comedy
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 things any easier. Read More »
The Brink’s Job (1978) William Friedkin, Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Allen Garfield, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
After a long spate of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink’s security transports, taking $30,000. Read More »
Lo sbarco di Anzio / Anzio (1968) Edward Dmytryk, Duilio Coletti, Robert Mitchum, Peter Falk, Robert Ryan
Allied forces land at Anzio unopposed but instead of moving straight inland their commanding officer decides to dig in. Read More »
Roommates (1995) Peter Yates, Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore, Comedy, Drama
Michael Holeczak has a most unusual roommate, his grandfather, Rocky. Now Rocky’s a bit strange but loves Michael and only has his best interest. Read More »
Cookie (1989) Susan Seidelman, Peter Falk, Dianne Wiest, Emily Lloyd, Comedy, Crime
In this delicious caper, paroled labor racketeer “Dapper” Dino Capisco (Falk) is caught between a rock and a hard place Read More »
In weiter Ferne, so nah! / Faraway, So Close! (1993) Wim Wenders, Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Peter Falk, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In Faraway, So Close! angels watch over the people of Berlin. The world weighs heavily upon these men and women. Their attachment to things diminishes their desire for the invisible. As one angel laments, “It’s so exhausting to love people who run away from us.”
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…All the Marbles (1981) Robert Aldrich, Peter Falk, Vicki Frederick, Laurene Landon, Action, Comedy, Drama
Harry manages The California Dolls, a female wrestling tag team endlessly touring America, and he’s also romantically involved with one of them. Their fortunes seem on the slide (particularly when Harry accepts an engagement involving mud wrestling!) but then the big grudge match beckons.
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