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Columbo Goes to the Guillotine: Directed by Leo Penn. With Peter Falk, Anthony Andrews, Karen Austin, James Greene. An egocentric psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he's rehearsing his guillotine trick.
Mar 29, 2020 · Episode synopsis: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine. Renowned psychic (i.e. fraud and charlatan) Elliott Blake is undergoing a series of tests in order to secure funding for the Anneman Institute, where he ‘works’ with his big-haired lover, Dr Paula Hall.
Given a chance at revenge, Blake takes it: he traps Dyson in Dyson's own homemade guillotine, and decapitates him. Columbo now has to solve the crime before the government whisks Blake beyond his reach, changing his identity.
"Columbo" Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (TV Episode 1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sore Loser: After his deceptions are exposed, Blake attempts to kill Columbo while the latter is lying down on the trick guillotine. Unfortunately for him, Columbo had already switched the labels, so the detective is left unharmed.
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine is the first episode of the eighth season of Columbo and the forty-sixth episode overall. It first aired on February 6, 1989 and was directed by Leo Penn. This episode was the first in nearly eleven years, as NBC ended production of Columbo after Season 7 in 1978.
It's up to quirky LAPD homicide detective Columbo (Peter Falk) to catch Blake before the government puts him out of reach from the law.
- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Jun 5, 2019 · When self-proclaimed psychic Elliott Blake (Anthony Andrews) meets a magician who has been hired by the government to debunk him, the old bad blood between proves too much for Blake, who arranges...
A magician is beheaded during rehearsal for his guillotine trick by his old psychic mentor.
An egocentric psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he's rehearsing his guillotine trick.
