Screenplay: Peter S. Fischer
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Peter S. Fischer. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 25
Columbo: A Friend in Deed (TV)
1974 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Ben Gazzara
Cast Peter Falk · Richard Kiley · Rosemary Murphy · Michael McGuire
Synopsis A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.
6.9
273 votes
6.9
273 votes
Columbo: A Deadly State of Mind (TV)
1975 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Harvey Hart
Cast Peter Falk · George Hamilton · Lesley Ann Warren · Stephen Elliott
Synopsis A psychiatrist, who specializes in hypnosis, murders the husband of his mistress and convinces her to lie to the police; it's up to Lt. Columbo to discover the truth.
6.6
278 votes
6.6
278 votes
Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo (TV)
1990 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Vincent McEveety
Cast Peter Falk · Helen Shaver · Ian McShane · Edward Winter
Synopsis A woman who blames Lt. Columbo for the loss of her husband sets out to get back at him. But before she goes after him, she first goes after the man who informed on her husband and by showing the...
6.6
253 votes
6.6
253 votes
Columbo: Negative Reaction (TV)
1974 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Alf Kjellin
Cast Peter Falk · Dick Van Dyke · Don Gordon · Larry Storch
Synopsis A photographer murders his wife and blames her death on a bungled kidnapping. But Lt. Columbo has an even sharper eye than the Pulitzer Prize winner.
6.5
298 votes
6.5
298 votes
Columbo: Publish or Perish (TV)
1974 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Robert Butler
Cast Peter Falk · Jack Cassidy · Mickey Spillane · Mariette Hartley
Synopsis A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of sex novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
6.4
257 votes
6.4
257 votes
Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality (TV)
1974 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast Peter Falk · Robert Conrad · Gretchen Corbett · Pat Harrington Jr.
Synopsis A health club owner murders one of his franchisees; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
6.3
263 votes
6.3
263 votes
Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey (TV)
1994 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Dennis Dugan
Cast Peter Falk · William Shatner · Molly Hagan · Jack Laufer
6.3
164 votes
6.3
164 votes
Columbo: Strange Bedfellows (TV)
1995 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Vincent McEveety
Cast Peter Falk · George Wendt · Jeff Yagher · Jay Acovone
6.1
162 votes
6.1
162 votes
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
1984 · Series · 45 min. · United States
Direction Peter S. Fischer · Richard Levinson · William Link · Anthony Pullen Shaw
Cast Angela Lansbury · William Windom · Ron Masak · Louis Herthum
Synopsis TV Series (1984-1996). 12 Seasons. 264 Episodes. Former substitute English teacher and famed mystery writer Jessica Fletcher has a gift for solving mysteries. You see, it seems murder follows her around, whether it be to the houses of her seemingly...
6.0
11K votes
6.0
11K votes
Columbo: Old Fashioned Murder (TV)
1976 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Robert Douglas
Cast Peter Falk · Joyce Van Patten · Jeannie Berlin · Tim O'Connor
Synopsis The Lytton family owns a museum. Ruth and Edward have devoted their life to the museum but things are not going well. So Edward has decided to sell it. Ruth doesn't agree and plans otherwise. She has a niece, Janie,...
6.0
250 votes
6.0
250 votes
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (TV)
1997 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Anthony Pullen Shaw
Cast Angela Lansbury · Mel Harris · Ray Baker · Cliff Bemis
Synopsis TV movie continuing the adventures of Mystery book writer Jessica Fletcher from "Murder, She Wrote". Jessica is on a train headed for El Paso where she is to lecture at a conference. She shares a table in the dining car...
5.4
130 votes
5.4
130 votes
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (TV)
2000 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Anthony Pullen Shaw
Cast Angela Lansbury · Richard Crenna · Robert Mailhouse · Kathryn Morris
Synopsis In this feature-length follow-up to the long-running TV series Murder, She Wrote, homespun mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) leaves her Cabot Cove residence to attend a big-city writer's conference. As generally happens wherever Jessica shows up, a murder takes...
5.3
112 votes
5.3
112 votes
Stranger at My Door (TV)
1991 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction Vincent McEveety
Cast Robert Urich · Markie Post · James Gammon · Michael Beck
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The Law and Harry McGraw (TV Series)
1987 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Allen Reisner · Seymour Robbie · Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · Jackie Cooper
Cast Jerry Orbach · Barbara Babcock · Juliana Donald · Shea Farrel
Synopsis Harry MacGraw is a private investigator who appeared three times in the television series, Murder, She Wrote. He now stars in his own series, wherein he is still a private investigator in Boston. Who always seems to lose all of...
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Murder, She Wrote: The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (TV)
1984 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction Corey Allen
Cast Angela Lansbury · Eddie Barth · Jessica Browne · Bert Convy
Synopsis Former English teacher Jessica Fletcher travels to New York to celebrate the success of her debut novel. But when an unwanted guest is murdered by gunfire at a costume party, she wishes she'd stayed home.
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Deadly Lady: Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
1984 · Series · 47 min. · United States
Direction Corey Allen
Cast Angela Lansbury · Claude Akins · Tom Bosley · Doran Clark
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The Last Child (TV)
1971 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction John Llewellyn Moxey
Cast Michael Cole · Van Heflin · Harry Guardino · Janet Margolin
Synopsis In a badly-overpopulated future, where each couple is only allowed one child and where people over 65 are forbidden medical care under a very draconian set of laws, a young couple, pregnant with their second child (the first died shortly...
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Blacke's Magic (TV Series)
1986 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Allen Reisner · Michael A. Hoey · Alan Cooke · Walter Grauman
Cast Hal Linden · Harry Morgan · R.J. Adams · Stephen Elliott
Synopsis A magician and his con-man father solve mysteries using a combination of sleight of hand and con games.
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Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series)
1971 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Jerry McNeely · David Victor · Harry Falk · Lou Antonio
Cast Arthur Hill · Joan Darling · Lee Majors · Christine Matchett
Synopsis TV Series (1971-1974). 3 Seasons. 70 Episodes. In a small California town, attorney Owen Marshall, assisted by several different younger lawyers, defends clients with great compassion for the accused.
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Once an Eagle (TV Miniseries)
1976 · Movie · 540 min. · United States
Direction Richard Michaels · E.W. Swackhamer
Cast Cliff Potts · Darleen Carr · Amy Irving · Glenn Ford
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