Prescription: Murder

Prescription: Murder

7.8IMDb Score
Released:1968-02-20
Duration:100 min
Director:Richard Irving
Actors:Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, William Windom, Nina Foch
Production:Universal Television

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.

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