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Release year: 1997

Storyline

A cheating wife convinces her lover, who's a forensic scientist, to kill her husband's business rival and frame her rich husband for the murder. Lt. Columbo investigates.

Top credits

Directors

Vincent McEveety

Writers

Cast

Peter Falk — Columbo
David Rasche — Patrick Kinsley
Shera Danese — Cathleen Calvert
Barry Corbin — Clifford Calvert

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Did you know

• Peter Falk's actress-wife, Shera Danese, performs the role Cathleen Calvert, the conniving wife who wants to frame her husband. This was the last of her six appearances in the Columbo movies.

• The filming location for the exterior and interiors of the lead characters was the former estate of Clark Gable in the San Fernando Valley. The interior's hardwood flooring had to be covered with cardboard for protection and removed in areas being filmed, being promptly reset while the next set-up was rehearsed or lighted for camera filming. A few additional pieces of furniture replaced the owner's antiques, which were either unstable or too delicate for actual use. Otherwise, the property was filmed as decorated.

• When soliciting help in questioning the accomplice, Columbo says to Pat, the murderer, "Three eyes are better than one." This is seen by some as an inside joke (a reference to Peter Falk having a prosthetic right eye). However, as it is a line from Columbo himself it seems to explicitly state that the character does as well.