Prescription: Murder

Feb 20, 1968

1h 40m

★ 7.8

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.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

TV Movie

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Television

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Cast

Columbo

Peter Falk

Dr. Ray Flemming

Gene Barry

Joan Hudson

Katherine Justice

Burt Gordon

William Windom

Carol Flemming

Nina Foch

Miss Petrie

Virginia Gregg

Cynthia Gordon

Andrea King

The Blonde

Susanne Benton

Nurse

Ena Hartman

Air Hostess

Sherry Boucher

Tommy

Anthony James

Man in Park (uncredited)

Frank Baker

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