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20/02/1968 Crime, Mystery, TV Movie, Drama 1h 40m
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The perfect crime had one flaw.

Overview

In Columbo's first outing, a psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.

  1. Richard Irving

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Falk

    Columbo

  2. Gene Barry

    Dr. Ray Flemming

  3. Katherine Justice

    Joan Hudson

  4. William Windom

    Burt Gordon

  5. Nina Foch

    Carol Flemming

  6. Virginia Gregg

    Miss Petrie

  7. Andrea King

    Cynthia Gordon

  8. Susanne Benton

    The Blonde

  9. Ena Hartman

    Nurse

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2019-01-08
***“Prescription: Murder” (1968)***

PLOT: An arrogant, nonchalant psychiatrist (Gene Barry) murders his wife and uses his naïve actress girlfriend to get away with it (Katherine Justice), but Lt. Columbo strongly suspects the therapist and steadfastly works to obtain evidence. William Windom is on hand as the doctor’s loyal professional friend.

COMMENTARY: This was the first of two pilot movies for the Columbo series (1968-2003). It featured the inverted detective story, which starts by showing the murder and the murderer; and then focuses on HOW the perpetrator is ultimately caug...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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