The 1971 Universal/ NBC TV Movie Columbo: Murder by the Book is directed by the 24-year-old Steven Spielberg, written by Steven Bochco, and stars Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Martin Milner, and Rosemary Forsyth. Director Steven […]
Lee Grant stars as a brilliant but arrogant attorney who kills her boring husband, disposes of the body, fakes his kidnapping and keeps the ransom money, in Ransom for a Dead Man (1971). the second […]
Columbo: Prescription Murder (1968, Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Nina Foch). ‘The pilot episode of television’s most popular detective. The perfect crime had one flaw.’ Director Richard Irving’s 1968 Universal/ NBC TV Movie Columbo: Prescription Murder […]
MGM’s popular 1940 hospital drama film Dr Kildare’s Strange Case stars Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, and Shepperd Strudwick. Director Harold S Bucquet’s 1940 MGM hospital drama film Dr Kildare’s Strange Case stars Lew […]
Music-hall comics Harry Korris, Cecil Fredericks and Robbie Vincent star in the 1943 British black and white wartime comedy film Happidrome, a happy spin-off from their popular BBC radio series. Director Phil Brandon’s 1943 British […]
The 1954 British crime thriller film Meet Mr Callaghan is based on a play version of Peter Cheyney’s novel The Urgent Hangman, and stars Derrick De Marney, Harriette Johns, Adrienne Corri, Delphi Lawrence, and Belinda […]
The 20th Century Fox 1943 American Technicolor musical film Coney Island stars Betty Grable in one of her biggest and best hits. Director Walter Lang’s 20th Century Fox 1943 American Technicolor musical film Coney Island stars Betty Grable, […]