William Link

For many, he is above all the fluffy and at the same time ingenious investigator who transfers the powerful to their luxury villas in a crumpled trench coat. But Peter Falk not only embodied Inspector Columbo, but also worked as an actor with directors such as Frank Capra, Sydney Pollack and Blake Edwards. And of course with his friend John Cassavetes, for whom he played alongside Cassavete's wife Gena Rowlands in the independent film "A Woman Under Influence" from 1975. The documentary gets to the bottom of the great success of the TV series character - and the legendary actor who embodied him.

정신과 의사 앤(애너벨라 시오라)은 매저키즘에 빠진 이브라는 환자의 진료를 맡아 그녀의 성적 경험에 대한 이야기를 듣고 난 후부터 성 행위에 대한 꿈에 시달린다. 그로 인해 앤 자신도 은사였던 닥터 리오에게 상담을 자청한다. 그러던 중 앤은 항공조종사 더그를 만나 사랑을 느끼지만 그는 이브의 과거 연인으로 둘의 만남을 눈치챈 이브는 앤의 진료기록 테잎을 훔쳐내 그녀를 협박하고, 앤은 환자들의 치료과정에 대한 정보유출로 인해 의사 생활에 위협을 받는다. 그러던 어느날 이브가 살해된 채 발견되고, 더그와 앤의 환자였던 화가 자니가 용의자로 지목된다. 자니는 과거에 변태 행위로 교도소에 수감된 경력이 있는 새디스트로 이브의 갤러리 팜플렛에 실린 그의 그림이 이브의 피살당시 모습과 비슷하다는 점, 진료기록에 수록된 이브의 모습이 자신의 새디즘을 유발한다는 그의 말이 증거가 된다. 하지만 그는 결백을 주장하며 옥상에서 스스로 죽음을 택하고, 담당형사가 더그의 항공사 창고에서 숨겨진 채 발견되자 더그가 살인범으로 체포되고 사건수사는 일단 끝나는데...

When Walter's diagnosed with lung cancer, despite his squeaky clean lifestyle, he has to tell his screenwriter partner, because that partner is a chain-smoker. As Walter fights cancer he also tries to put his affairs in order by teaching writing to prison inmates, talking to his son and ex-wife, and getting his partner to quit smoking.

When Walter's diagnosed with lung cancer, despite his squeaky clean lifestyle, he has to tell his screenwriter partner, because that partner is a chain-smoker. As Walter fights cancer he also tries to put his affairs in order by teaching writing to prison inmates, talking to his son and ex-wife, and getting his partner to quit smoking.

There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with the concept of Due Process, and has vowed that Davi will receive a scrupulously fair trial when the terrorist is extradited to America. The defence mounted by Leibman confounds and aggravates government prosecutor Sam Waterston--but he, like Leibman, remains a man of judiciary integrity.

In the Rocky Mountains, Harry Kenyon seeks out his missing wife Chris in the Winter Parade. Harry meets Lieutenant Rudameyer and tells that him he is from San Francisco and has just married Chris, from Philadelphia, in Las Vegas. They traveled to the Rockies on honeymoon and they had an argument the previous day, and Chris left their isolated cabin in her car. Harry also says that he is worried about her disappearance since she is not a good driver. Harry returns to his cabin and receives a phone call from the local priest, Father Macklin, who summons him to go to the church. Father Macklin tells says Chris is in the church waiting for him. When Harry sees Chris, he tells that she is not his wife; but the woman knows details of their lives and Harry is discredited by the evidences. Is a stranger impersonating Chris or is Harry delusional?

The residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a burgulary. They decide to hire a security expert to patrol the building, but he seem a little over-committed to his work.

An intelligent android (Michael) constructed by a research team is taken outdoors and successfully passed off as human in a trial run. When the government hears of this, they order their own set of tests in Washington. When the project leader realizes the military want the android for a soldier, he can't accept it, and he and Michael go into hiding to avoid their clutches.

Television movie in which an actor humorously contends with unemployment and a failing marriage.

A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.

A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.

The historic federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth Huckaby, one of the teachers and girls' vice principal.

The historic federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth Huckaby, one of the teachers and girls' vice principal.

Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who wants him to stick to police work or get off the force in this pilot to the short-lived series.

An elaborate mystery involving a famous mentalist, his unfaithful wife who is trying to literally scare him to death, the best friend of the family, and the wife's ham-actor lover -- not only an intriguing who- (or whether) dunit, but also a literate, adult dramatic puzzle with an endless series of twists.

An elaborate mystery involving a famous mentalist, his unfaithful wife who is trying to literally scare him to death, the best friend of the family, and the wife's ham-actor lover -- not only an intriguing who- (or whether) dunit, but also a literate, adult dramatic puzzle with an endless series of twists.

A television writer is troubled by accusations that a young boy's death resulted from actions the boy copied from the writer's teleplay.

A television writer is troubled by accusations that a young boy's death resulted from actions the boy copied from the writer's teleplay.

스릴넘치고 흥미만점인 롤러 코스터를 타려는 인파로 북적대며, 모두 즐거움에 들뜬 축제 분위기에 젖어 있는 오션 뷰 파크 대공원. 그러나 멀지않은 곳에서 이 광경을 지켜보던 한 청년이 원격폭파 장치를 누르자, 잠시 후 폭발물이 터지면서 열차 레일은 엿가락처럼 휘어지고, 가공할 속도로 달려오는 열차는 파괴된 레일을 박차고 공중으로 뜨는 아비규환의 대참사가 벌어진다. 비뚤어진 청년은 백만불의 돈을 요구하며, 또다른 놀이터도 폭파시킬 것을 치밀한 암시로 예고한다. 안전 검사관 해리는 이 미친 듯한 살인 게임을 방지하기 위해 경찰을 도와 치밀한 조사를 펴 나간다. 마침내 두 사람은 매직 마운틴에 새로 건설된 대형 쾌속열차에서 맞부딪히게 되고 더욱 커다란 위험은 무섭게 다가온다.

스릴넘치고 흥미만점인 롤러 코스터를 타려는 인파로 북적대며, 모두 즐거움에 들뜬 축제 분위기에 젖어 있는 오션 뷰 파크 대공원. 그러나 멀지않은 곳에서 이 광경을 지켜보던 한 청년이 원격폭파 장치를 누르자, 잠시 후 폭발물이 터지면서 열차 레일은 엿가락처럼 휘어지고, 가공할 속도로 달려오는 열차는 파괴된 레일을 박차고 공중으로 뜨는 아비규환의 대참사가 벌어진다. 비뚤어진 청년은 백만불의 돈을 요구하며, 또다른 놀이터도 폭파시킬 것을 치밀한 암시로 예고한다. 안전 검사관 해리는 이 미친 듯한 살인 게임을 방지하기 위해 경찰을 도와 치밀한 조사를 펴 나간다. 마침내 두 사람은 매직 마운틴에 새로 건설된 대형 쾌속열차에서 맞부딪히게 되고 더욱 커다란 위험은 무섭게 다가온다.

A California rancher hires a private detective to deliver the rancher's long-lost daughter to him. However, several people, including the rancher's new wife, his foreman and a crooked sheriff, don't want the girl--who would inherit the rancher's large spread if he died--to make it to the ranch alive.

1937년 봄 한덴버그라 명명된 거대한 비행선이 뉴욕을 향해 베를린을 출항, 97명의 승객이 항해하고 있었다. 운항 중에 일어나는 믿을 수 없는 소문으로 승무원과 승무원간의 불신의 갈등이 생긴다.

When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled by her dying clue, prompting him to bring in his son, mystery writer Ellery Queen, to help in the investigation. This was the pilot film for the short-lived TV series.

When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled by her dying clue, prompting him to bring in his son, mystery writer Ellery Queen, to help in the investigation. This was the pilot film for the short-lived TV series.

A talk-radio host, who specializes in abusing and insulting his audience, gets a call from a disturbed teenage girl who says she is going to commit suicide. After first encouraging her, he has a change of heart and frantically tries to get his listeners to help find the girl before she makes good on her threat.

The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.

The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.

The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.

The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.

A TV reporter investigates compromising photographs of a nominee to the Supreme Court.

A retired judge who opens a private detective agency and her ex-con associate try to track down $750,000 in bank robbery loot.

A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and various parolees helping in the day-to-day operation.

A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and various parolees helping in the day-to-day operation.

The manager of a football team murders its callow owner, making it look as if the young man had had an accident in his swimming pool. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit from his fourteen-year-old son Nick, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother Janet. The boy does not know that his father is gay and committed to Gary McClain, his life partner of several years.

The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit from his fourteen-year-old son Nick, who lives in Los Angeles with his mother Janet. The boy does not know that his father is gay and committed to Gary McClain, his life partner of several years.

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.

Detective Ellery Queen has to solve a series of murders where the victims were killed in numerically descending ages, the male victims were strangled with blue cords and the female victims with pink ones.

An outgoing young girl and a square stockbroker meet on a park bench in Boston and are mistaken for international spies and chased by both sides.

An outgoing young girl and a square stockbroker meet on a park bench in Boston and are mistaken for international spies and chased by both sides.

An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.

A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for "The Psychiatrist."

A pregnant white Southern girl and a black New York lawyer, both on the run in rural Texas, meet up in a boarded-up, abandoned house and realize they both need each other in order to survive.

A student radical, accused of murdering a cop during a campus revolt, welcomes a court confrontation and then refuses to take the stand, despite the urging of the three high-priced lawyers he has hired to represent him in this second pilot of "The Lawyers," a rotating segment of "The Bold Ones" series.

An art dealer on a special mission is pulled into dangerous intrigue while railway detective Cheval tries to help and pursues criminals on the Istanbul Express.

A slice-of-life drama involving a young lawyer, his adoring secretary who tries to help to advance his career, and his employer, a famed lawyer burdened with an unfaithful wife.

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 lieutenant.