Peter Falk remembered
by Gena Rowlands
He was America's most famous TV detective Columbo… but he was also so much more, recalls Gena Rowlands
Troubled marriage: Peter Falk with Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
I first met Peter Falk in 1969 on the set of a film called Gli Intoccabili, which, for some reason, was released in America as Machine Gun McCain. It was what I call a "kind of good movie" and it was a lot of fun to make. We hit it off and became good friends, Peter, John [Cassavetes, Rowland's husband] and I. That was the beginning of a long, close and very creative friendship. A very special friendship.
