Jon Polito
Jon Polito is known for The Big Lebowski (1998), American Gangster (2007), Stuart Little (1999).
Biography
Jon Polito (born December 29, 1950 — September 1, 2016) was an American actor. In a career spanning 35 years and over 220 film and television credits, he became best known for his work with the Coen Brothers, most notably as the Italian gangster Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing. He also appeared in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and on the first season of Crime Story.
Questions about Jon Polito
How many Jon Polito films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 99 films with Jon Polito, from 1981 to 2018.
What is the best rated Jon Polito film?
The best rated Jon Polito film in the catalogue is The Big Lebowski (1998), rated 7.8.
What was the first Jon Polito film?
The first Jon Polito film in the catalogue is C.H.U.D., from 1984.
Who has Jon Polito worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Jon Polito shares the most credits with Carla Gugino (3 films), Carter Burwell (3 films) and Ethan Coen (3 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Trivia
- Also works as
- voice actor
- Studied at
- Villanova University · West Philadelphia Catholic High School
- Siblings
- Jack Polito
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
100 films — 99 in the catalogue
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6.1 The Maestro
2018 · Herbert Englehart
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7.0 Big Eyes
2014 · Enrico Banducci
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5.7 Locker 13
2014 · Don Dillon
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6.4 Gangster Squad
2013 · Dragna
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7.2 Batman: Year One
2011 · Commissioner Loeb (voice)
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4.3 From the Head
2011 · Vinnie
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5.5 Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011 · Orren Boyle
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3.0 Son of Morning
2011 · Mr. Bordasche
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4.0 라스트 갓파더
2010 · Don Bonfante
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7.0 DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2010 · Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
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4.1 Venus & Vegas
2010 · Frank
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5.2 Burning Palms
2010 · The Phamacist
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6.9 DC Showcase: The Spectre
2010 · Police Captain (voice)
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6.0 Stiffs
2010 · John "The Prince" Monaco
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3.3 Super Capers
2009 · Captain Sludge
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9.0 Animated American
2008 · Max Rabbit
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5.7 Bart Got a Room
2008 · Bob
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5.0 Rock Monster
2008 · The Colonel
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7.6 American Gangster
2007 · Rossi
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3.9 Cougar Club
2007 · Mr. Archibald
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5.1 Happily N'Ever After
2007 · Wolf #1 (voice)
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6.4 Big Nothing
2006 · Agent Hymes
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6.9 Flags of Our Fathers
2006 · Borough President
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4.9 Grilled
2006 · Leon Waterman
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4.7 Cutting Room
2006 · Sandy
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5.7 Haeckel's Tale
2006 · Montesquino
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5.7 The Alibi
2006 · Jimmy the Photographer
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4.0 The Honeymooners
2005 · Kirby
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6.1 Family Plan
2005 · Gold
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4.8 Gone But Not Forgotten
2005 · Sam Oberhurst
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5.1 Short Order
2005 · Tony
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5.7 The Last Shot
2004 · Wally Kamin
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10.0 Charlie the Ox
2004 · Freddy Boon
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5.1 The Singing Detective
2003 · Second Hood
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4.3 The Box
2003 · Michael Dickerson
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5.6 View from the Top
2003 · Roy Roby
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4.6 Black Mask 2: City of Masks
2002 · King
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4.7 29 Palms
2002 · The Security Guard
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A Film by Kirk
2002 · Father
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7.5 The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Creighton Tolliver
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4.8 The Shrink Is In
2001 · Judge Bob
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5.3 Mimic 2
2001 · Morrie Deaver
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6.0 The Tailor of Panama
2001 · Ramon Rudd
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5.1 Boys Life 3
2000
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6.7 The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
2000 · Virgil (voice)
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5.0 The Dancing Pumpkin
2000 · Finkgrinder The Ogre
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7.0 The Invisible Man
2000 · Eddie The Mammoth
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4.3 The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000 · Schoentell
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6.9 Homicide: The Movie
2000 · Steve Crosetti
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4.9 After Sex
2000 · Naldo (as John Polito)
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7.5 Flies on Cupid
2000 · Giorgio Gagantano
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6.1 Stuart Little
1999 · Officer Sherman
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5.8 The Apartment Complex
1999 · Dr Caligari
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6.0 Road Kill
1999 · Jelly
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6.1 Angel's Dance
1999 · Uncle Vinnie
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10.0 Carlo's Wake
1999 · Uncle Gus
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6.5 With Friends Like These
1998 · Rudy Ptak
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4.8 Money Play$
1998 · Lou Spano
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4.7 Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
1998 · Parsons
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5.6 Music from Another Room
1998 · Lorenzo Palmieri
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7.8 The Big Lebowski
1998 · Private Snoop
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4.5 The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998 · D.A. Al Orsini
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4.2 Nowhere Land
1998 · Frank
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3.0 The Corporate Ladder
1997 · Mr. Deacon
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5.5 Inside Out
1997 · Paparazzi Man
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4.8 Just Your Luck
1996 · Nick
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6.6 Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
1996 · Ashcan (voice)
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5.4 Bushwhacked
1995 · Agent Palmer
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7.0 Fluke
1995 · Boss
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5.0 The Shaggy Dog
1994 · Detective Al
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4.5 Bad Blood
1994 · Councilman Strand
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4.6 Girls in Prison
1994 · Boss Johnson
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5.4 Blankman
1994 · Michael "The Suit" Minelli
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7.5 The Crow
1994 · Gideon
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7.1 The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Mr. Bumstead
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7.0
Viper
1994 · Councilman Strand
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4.9 Leather Jackets
1992 · Fat Jack
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5.7 Flodder Does Manhattan!
1992 · Larry Rosenbaum
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7.5 Barton Fink
1991 · Lou Breeze
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6.5 The Rocketeer
1991 · Bigelow
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7.4 Miller's Crossing
1990 · Johnny Caspar
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6.3 The Freshman
1990 · Chuck Greenwald
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8.0 Memories of Manon
1989 · Carmack
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5.0 Homeboy
1988 · Moe Fingers
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4.3 Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988 · Brad Stakowski
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5.5 Critical Condition
1987 · Kline
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8.0 Crime Story: Pilot
1986 · Phil Bartoli
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4.2 The Princess and the Call Girl
1986 · Private Detective
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6.2 Fire with Fire
1986 · Boss Duchard
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6.0 A Deadly Business
1986 · Vitola
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6.9 Highlander
1986 · Det. Walter Bedsoe
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4.4 Dream Lover
1986 · Dr. James
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6.3 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985 · Zack
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5.3 Compromising Positions
1985 · 1st Cop
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6.9 Death of a Salesman
1985 · Howard
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5.6 C.H.U.D.
1984 · Newscaster
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9.0 A Good Sport
1984 · Man in Taxi
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10.0 Running Out
1983 · Joe Poswalsky
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5.6 The Clairvoyant
1982 · Detective Sporaco
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8.3 Gangster Wars
1981 · Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese
Series and TV shows
50 titles
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7.4
Major Crimes
2012 · Dino Kotero
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7.3
Franklin & Bash
2011 · 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli
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7.9
ThunderCats
2011 · Conquedor (voice)
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8.2
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010 · Mizaru (voice)
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7.9
Modern Family
2009 · Earl Chambers · 3 ep.
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8.0
Castle
2009 · Harold Metzger
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8.4
The Mentalist
2008 · Bertram Duesterberg
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7.8
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
2007 · Cast · 2 ep.
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8.2
Chowder
2007 · Funjl (voice)
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8.8
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005 · Chief Arnook (voice) · 3 ep.
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8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · Joe Grimaldi · 2 ep.
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7.0
American Dad!
2005 · Dr. Kalgary (voice)
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8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · Gino
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7.1
Masters of Horror
2005 · Montesquino
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7.5
Medium
2005 · Vincent Discala
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7.0
Threshold
2005 · Nicky Frost
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7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004 · Charles Skouras
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7.0
Las Vegas
2003 · The Cleaner
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7.5
Two and a Half Men
2003 · Mr. Sharipa
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7.9
Monk
2002 · George Gionopolis
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7.6
She Spies
2002 · Edward Malloy
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7.2
Without a Trace
2002 · Jimmy Fusco
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7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Dick
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8.2
Scrubs
2001 · Mr. Summers
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7.9
Gilmore Girls
2000 · Pete · 3 ep.
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7.1
The Invisible Man
2000 · Eddie The Mammoth · 2 ep.
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8.2
Batman Beyond
1999 · Major (voice)
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7.5
Judging Amy
1999 · D.A. Gerald Abner
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6.6
Popular
1999 · Caesar Croutons
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7.2
Becker
1998 · Leonard Nagle
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5.9
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997 · Cast
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7.4
Early Edition
1996 · Cliff Mourning
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7.7
Millennium
1996 · Eddie Scarpino Giannini
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6.6
Nash Bridges
1996 · Roland Margolis
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7.4
The Pretender
1996 · Ben Hansel
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6.5
The Drew Carey Show
1995 · Stansfield · 2 ep.
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6.2
Viper
1994 · Councilman Strand · 2 ep.
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7.2
Chicago Hope
1994 · Bill Ranford
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7.3
New York Undercover
1994 · Cast
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8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Steve Crosetti · 13 ep.
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7.0
NYPD Blue
1993 · Paul Biaggi
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6.8
Mad About You
1992 · Ralphy
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7.8
Dinosaurs
1991 · Ty Warner (voice)
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6.9
Dream On
1990 · Louie · 4 ep.
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8.3
Seinfeld
1989 · Silvio
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8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Nikos Stano
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8.0
Crime Story
1986 · Phil Bartoli · 35 ep.
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7.2
The Equalizer
1985 · Gianni
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7.4
Miami Vice
1984 · El Gato · 2 ep.
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7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Lieutenant Peter DiMartini · 2 ep.
People data: TMDb.
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