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Release year: 1968

Storyline

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.

Top credits

Directors

Richard Irving

Writers

Cast

Peter Falk — Lt. Columbo
Gene Barry — Dr. Ray Flemming
Katherine Justice — Joan Hudson
William Windom — Burt Gordon

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Did you know

• Columbo establishes two of his most famous trademarks by needing to borrow a pencil and, just before leaving the psychiatrist's office, by saying, "There's one more thing . . . ".

• At the time, this was designed as a one-off television movie. Peter Falk was more interested in pursuing feature film opportunities, so it would be another three years before he returned to the character.

• The reception room at Dr. Flemming's office features a distinctive painting of trees and white houses with red roofs, which is prominent in several scenes. This same painting later appears in Suitable for Framing (1971) as part of the art collection from which two paintings were stolen by Dale Kingston.