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Filmways, Inc. (also known as Filmways Pictures and Filmways Television) was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff and Edwin Kasper in 1952. It is probably best remembered as the production company of CBS' "rural comedies" of the 1960s, including ''Mister Ed'', ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', ''Petticoat Junction'', and ''Green Acres'', as well as the comedy-drama ''The Trials of O'Brien'', the western ''Dundee and the Culhane'', the adventure show ''Bearcats!'', the police drama ''Cagney & Lacey'', and ''The Addams Family''. The company also briefly distributed ''SCTV'' in the United States and also distributed a syndicated half-hour edition of reruns of ''Saturday Night Live'' in the late 1970s. Notable films the company produced include ''The Sandpiper'', ''The Cincinnati Kid'', ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'', ''Ice Station Zebra'', ''Summer Lovers'', ''The Burning'', ''King'', Brian De Palma's ''Dressed to Kill'' and ''Blow Out'', as well as ''Death Wish II''.

Filmways acquired several companies over the years, such as Heatter-Quigley Productions, Ruby-Spears Productions, and American International Pictures. It was also the owner of the film distributor Sigma III Corporation (''Closely Watched Trains'', ''Hi, Mom!''), and Wally Heider Recording in Hollywood. Provided by Wikipedia