Prescription: Murder (1968)

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Written by Richard Levinson

Directed by Richard Irving

Running Time: 115 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1968

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Made for TV

Overlong and curiously flat pilot for the long-running TV series, which sees the titular detective attempting to get the goods on a philandering psychiatrist who has cured his wife's neuroses by the simple expedient of murdering her. An eerily youthful-looking Peter Falk makes his debut as Columbo (a role first played by Bert Freed), whose persona has yet celebrated slovenliness of later entries in the series, while Gene Barry, Katherine Justice and William Windom co-star.

Cast

Image for Peter FalkPeter FalkLt. Columbo
Image for Gene BarryGene BarryDr. Ray Flemming
Katherine JusticeJoan Hudson
William WindomBurt Gordon
Nina FochCarol Flemming
Virginia GreggMiss Petrie
Andrea KingCynthia Gordon
Susanne BentonThe Blonde
Ena HartmanNurse
Sherry BoucherAir Hostess
Anthony JamesTommy

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