A Trace of Murder
- Episode aired May 15, 1997
- TV-PG
- 1h 32m
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7.5/10
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A beautiful woman and her forensics expert boyfriend try to frame her very rich husband for murder.A beautiful woman and her forensics expert boyfriend try to frame her very rich husband for murder.A beautiful woman and her forensics expert boyfriend try to frame her very rich husband for murder.
Kymberly Newberry
- District Attorney
- (as Kymberly S. Newberry)
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Did you know
- TriviaPeter Falk's actress-wife, Shera Danese, performs the role Cathleen Calvert, the conniving wife who wants to frame her husband. This was the last of her six appearances in the Columbo movies.
- GoofsColumbo gets visible white cat hair all over his gray trousers when he momentarily kneels near the victim's body. However, moments later, Kinsey shows no trace of cat hair on his black trousers after crawling extensively across the same area.
- Quotes
Lt. Columbo: That'll be good, you and me together, Pat. Three eyes are better than one.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998)
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Framing a loudmouth boor
Real life Mrs. Peter Falk, Shera Danese is one of two people who plot a killing, the other is her lover David Rasche. Danese is married to tycoon Barry Corbin who is a real loudmouth boor. But he's got her by the pre-nup, she gets not enough to continue the style of living she was accustomed to.
But if Corbin gets murdered she's looked at right away as a suspect. What to do, but murder someone that Corbin has a motive to kill. The poor schnook they pick on is someone who is suing Corbin and who Corbin had a public quarrel with.
That would be Raye Birk, middle-aged bachelor who lives a quiet conservative lifestyle. Rasche murders him and together evidence is planted implicating Corbin.
Truthfully I don't think many would have missed Corbin. But Birk is an innocent soul and these two are as coldblooded a pair that Columbo ever encountered.
It's as usual little details with Columbo that don't quite fit. He's up against something he's never faced before with one of the killers which I won't reveal. But it all hinges on Danese and Rasche keeping their relationship secret. And it's little things that give them away.
Columbo always spots these details, but in this one he's almost Monk like in his anal retentiveness.
One of the best of the newer batch.
But if Corbin gets murdered she's looked at right away as a suspect. What to do, but murder someone that Corbin has a motive to kill. The poor schnook they pick on is someone who is suing Corbin and who Corbin had a public quarrel with.
That would be Raye Birk, middle-aged bachelor who lives a quiet conservative lifestyle. Rasche murders him and together evidence is planted implicating Corbin.
Truthfully I don't think many would have missed Corbin. But Birk is an innocent soul and these two are as coldblooded a pair that Columbo ever encountered.
It's as usual little details with Columbo that don't quite fit. He's up against something he's never faced before with one of the killers which I won't reveal. But it all hinges on Danese and Rasche keeping their relationship secret. And it's little things that give them away.
Columbo always spots these details, but in this one he's almost Monk like in his anal retentiveness.
One of the best of the newer batch.
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- Коломбо: Закон Коломбо
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- 5148 Louise Ave, Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA(Clifford Calvert's house)
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