Richard Kiley plays a Los Angeles commander who lives well with his wealthy wife in an unidentified part of Los Angeles. His friend and neighbor admit to killing his wife. Kiley's character helps his friend out of his crime in exchange for him killing his wife. It's kind of like Patricia Highsmith's book, "Strangers on the Train." Of course, Kiley's character has been planning it better and with more thought than his friend. Anyway, jewelry is stolen and it the crime is set to look like a robbery gone awry. Anyway, I love the scene with Columbo and a paroled experienced Jewel thief exchanging barbs. He looks at him after Columbo hands him a cheap piece of jewelry and laughs and says that he would get laughed at in prison for being caught with something so obvious. Anyway, I love how Columbo catches Kiley in the end.
Review of A Friend in Deed
