Dead Weight (1971)
- Directed by
- Jack Smight
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A retired Marine general murders his secretary to cover up a scheme. Detective Columbo investigates the crime and methodically picks apart the general's alibi.
tensemethodicalcerebralsuspensefulcat-and-mousesharpcoolwry
What happens
Mord unter sechs Augen (Originaltitel: Dead Weight, Alternativtitel: Ein ehrenwerter General) ist eine erstmals im Rahmen der NBC-Mystery-Movie-Serie gesendete Episode der Kriminalfilm-Reihe Columbo aus dem Jahr 1971. Die deutschsprachige Erstausstrahlung der dritten Folge der ersten Staffel folgte 1975 im Deutschen Fernsehen. Der US-amerikanische Schauspieler Eddie Albert verkörpert als Marinegeneral Martin Hollister den Gegenspieler von Inspektor Columbo, dargestellt von Peter Falk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- Ransom for a Dead Man (1971)
- Murder by the Book (1971)
- Death Lends a Hand (1971)
- Lady in Waiting (1971)
- Suitable for Framing (1971)
- Short Fuse (1972)
- Prescription: Murder (1968)
- Dagger of the Mind (1972)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…