Screenplay: Dean Hargrove

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Dean Hargrove. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (TV)

1971 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Richard Irving

Cast Peter Falk · Lee Grant · John Fink · Harold Gould

Plot A lawyer comes up with a clever plan to murder her husband. After the deed is done, a seemingly slow-witted, slovenly homicide detective is assigned to the case--but he's not...

6.8

320 votes

6.8

320 votes

6.6

70 votes

Columbo: Candidate for Crime (TV)

1973 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Boris Sagal

Cast Peter Falk · Jackie Cooper · Joanne Linville · Tisha Sterling

Plot Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong. Columbo hits the campaign...

6.5

289 votes

6.5

289 votes

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series)

1964 · Series · 50 min. · United States

Direction Sam Rolfe · E. Darrell Hallenbeck · Joseph Sargent · John Brahm

Cast Robert Vaughn · David McCallum · Leo G. Carroll · Barbara Moore

Plot TV Serie (1964-1968). 4 Seasons. 105 episodes. Napoleon Solo and Illya Kullyakin are the two agents of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement, who fight evil (primarily an organization...

6.5

197 votes

6.5

197 votes

Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem (TV)

1974 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Alf Kjellin

Cast Peter Falk · José Ferrer · Lew Ayres · Robert Walker Jr.

Plot The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.

6.4

245 votes

6.4

245 votes

Perry Mason (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 120 min. · United States

5.9

293 votes

5.9

293 votes

4.8

154 votes

Matlock (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Dean Hargrove · Christopher Hibler · Harvey S. Laidman · Leo Penn

Cast Andy Griffith · Nancy Stafford · Julie Sommars · Clarence Gilyard Jr.

Plot Ben Matlock is a Georgia bred, Harvard educated defense attorney. His fee is $100,000 but he's worth every cent of it as he defends his clients not only in Atlanta...

4.8

290 votes

4.8

290 votes

Father Dowling mysteries (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Dean Hargrove · Joel Steiger · Charles S. Dubin · Christopher Hibler

Cast Tom Bosley · Tracy Nelson · Mary Wickes · James Stephens

Plot Father Frank Dowling is a fine Catholic priest in a Chicago parish, but drives his housekeeper Marie to despair by his habit to be late for dinner as he and...

4.6

105 votes

4.6

105 votes

Jane Doe: Vanishing Act (TV)

2005 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

3.4

34 votes

3.4

34 votes

Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (TV)

2007 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction James A. Contner

Cast Lea Thompson · Joe Penny · William R. Moses · Jessy Schram

Plot DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a company whistle-blower, but Jane Doe believes the real killer may be a...

3.3

21 votes

3.3

21 votes

Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (TV)

2008 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Lea Thompson

Cast Lea Thompson · Joe Penny · William R. Moses · Jessy Schram

Plot Cathy and Frank partner with a beautiful insurance investigator in the recovery of stolen art. Frank is smitten with her, even though it becomes more apparent she may be the...

3.0

23 votes

3.0

23 votes

Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well (TV)

2006 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Armand Mastroianni

Cast Lea Thompson · Joe Penny · William R. Moses · Jessy Schram

Plot A famous mentalist who possesses the names of secret foreign agents in the middle east is about to give up this information to kidnappers unless a hefty ransom is paid...

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Cutter (TV)

1972 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Richard Irving

Cast Peter De Anda · Cameron Mitchell · Barbara Rush · Gabriel Dell

Plot Private eye searches for a missing football quarterback in Chicago.

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Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (TV)

2006 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Lea Thompson

Cast Lea Thompson · Joe Penny · William R. Moses · Jessy Schram

Plot Jane Doe investigates the murder of an international business mogul.

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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Sam Rolfe · Barry Shear · John Brahm · E. Darrell Hallenbeck

Cast Stefanie Powers · Noel Harrison · Leo G. Carroll · Randy Kirby

Plot This spinoff from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." features the adventures of sexy spy April Dancer, who works for an international agency called the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement,...

Not rated

Not rated

McBride: Requiem

2006 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Mark Griffiths

Cast John Larroquette · Marta DuBois · Matt Lutz · Tom Parker

Plot A classical violinist is murdered, and McBride sets out to find the killer and clear the accused, convinced that the murderer was someone else that the violinist knew.

Not rated

Not rated

Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (TV)

2005 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Armand Mastroianni

Cast Lea Thompson · Joe Penny · William R. Moses · Jessy Schram

Plot The Declaration Of Independence is stolen while on display in a Los Angeles Bank. The NSA with the assistance of a puzzle slover Code Name Jane Doe becomes involved and...

Not rated

Not rated

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

1975 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Dean Hargrove

Cast Gabriel Dell · Will Geer · Anjanette Comer · Joyce Van Patten

Plot A chicken hatchery owner (and novice private eye) tries to solve the arrow murder of local milkman, philanderer and animal fetishist.

Not rated

Not rated