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A Friend in Deed: Directed by Ben Gazzara. With Peter Falk, Richard Kiley, Rosemary Murphy, Michael McGuire. A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Ben Gazzara
- 1974-05-05
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is the eighth and final episode of the third season of Columbo and the twenty-fifth episode overall. It first aired on May 5, 1974 and was directed by Peter Falk's good friend Ben Gazzara.
faces one of the toughest cases of his career in A Friend in Deed when a murder is committed by his own boss. Richard Kiley stars as the murderer, with Michael McGuire as his reluctant accomplice and Val Avery as a local thief the villains attempt to frame.
•Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo.
•Richard Kiley as Deputy Police Commissioner Mark Halperin, who agrees to cover up a murder in return for help in the murder of his own wife.
•Michael McGuire as Hugh Caldwell, Halperin's close personal friend and neighbour who fatally chokes his wife, Janice, in a fit of rage and reaches out to Halperin for help. Halperin agrees in return for Caldwell assisting in the cover-up of Mrs. Halperin's murder.
•Val Avery as Artie Jessup, a cat burglar framed for the murders by Halperin and Caldwell.
•Rosemary Murphy as Margaret Halperin, Deputy Commissioner Halperin's wife who he drowns in the bathtub before making it look like she fell victim to the so-called "Bel Air Burglar."
•John Finnegan as Lieutenant Duffy, Columbo's colleague in the L.A.P.D.'s Robbery Division.
Learn about the plot, cast and twist of the 1974 Columbo episode A Friend in Deed, where the detective investigates a murder by his own boss. Find out how Columbo uses a burglar to trap the real killers and save his job.
Apr 28, 2018 · Columbo took a dark twist for its Season 3 finale, with A Friend in Deed pitting the Lieutenant against his own superior officer, Deputy Commissioner Mark Halperin. Is it a shining jewel in the Columbo crown, or just too dark for its own good?
"Columbo" A Friend in Deed (TV Episode 1974) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
What happens when Columbo's boss commits murder? We find out in "A Friend in Deed" (1974), in which police commissioner Mark Halperin (Richard Kiley) cover...
- 90 min
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- The Columbo Confab Podcast
Oct 28, 2018 · Watch the classic Columbo episode where Lieutenant Columbo faces a corrupt police commissioner Mark Halperin, played by Richard Kiley. Find out why this is one of the finest outings of the series and how to access more Columbo content.
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