Peter Falk
Lt. Columbo
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Prescription: Murder: Directed by Richard Irving. With Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, William Windom. 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.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Richard Irving
- 1968-02-20
Aug 19, 2015 · A classic Columbo episode from 1968, where the Lieutenant matches wits with a brilliant psychiatrist who murders his wife and frames his lover. Read the episode synopsis, opinion, best moment and more on this blog.
- 11 min
Overview. Prescription: Murder is the first ever episode of Columbo. It first aired on February 20, 1968 and was directed by Richard Irving. The episode stars Peter Falk in his first appearance as Lieutenant Columbo and Gene Barry as the series' first murderer, Dr. Ray Fleming.
Levinson and Link then adapted the TV drama into the stage play Prescription: Murder. This was first performed at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco on January 2, 1962, with Oscar -winning character actor Thomas Mitchell in the role of Columbo. Mitchell was 70 years old at the time.
Jan 13, 2019 · 295. 201K views 5 years ago. Steve and Sean turn the dial on the Wayback Machine to 1968 and the premiere of Prescription: Murder (1968), starring Gene Barry as an adulterous psychiatrist who...
- 84 min
- 201.6K
- Jeff Zest
Watch the first episode of the classic crime drama series Columbo, starring Peter Falk as the clever detective who outwits a murderous psychiatrist. Prescription: Murder is a 1968 TV movie that aired as a pilot for the show.
