Feb 20, 1968
100 min
Full-HD

Prescription: Murder (1968)

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.

Category

Crime Mystery Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Universal Television

Peter Falk

Columbo

Gene Barry

Ray Flemming

Katherine Justice

Joan Hudson

William Windom

Burt Gordon

Nina Foch

Carol Flemming

Virginia Gregg

Miss Petrie

Andrea King

Cynthia Gordon

Susanne Benton

Blonde

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