Some Like It Hot success of "Some Like It Hot" is considered one of the final nails in the coffin for the Hays Code. It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago, during the era of Prohibition. Joe (Tony Curtis) is a jazz saxophone player, and an irresponsible gambler and ladies' man; his sensible friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) is a jazz double bass player. They work in a speakeasy (disguised as a funeral home) owned by gangster "Spats" Colombo (George Raft). Tipped off by informant "Toothpick" Charlie (George E. Stone), the police raid the joint. Joe and Jerry flee—only to accidentally witness Spats
Columbo but the astounding success of "The NBC Mystery Movie" series was not repeated. "Columbo" was an immediate hit in the Nielsen ratings and Falk won an Emmy Award for his role in the show's first season. In its second year the "Mystery Movie" series was moved to Sunday nights, where it then remained during its seven-season run. The show became the anchor of NBC's Sunday night line up. "Columbo" aired regularly from 1971–78 on NBC. After its cancellation by NBC in 1978 "Columbo" was revived on ABC between 1989 and 2003 in several new seasons and a few made-for-TV movie