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6.6/10   375 votes
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Director:
Dennis Dugan
Writers:
Richard Levinson (creator) &
William Link (creator) ...
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Release Date:
10 January 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery | Crime more
Plot:
L.A. radio moderator Chase kills Jerry Winters, a member of his staff who tried to help Chase's daughter... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A great match for Shatner and Falk again more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Peter Falk ... Lieutenant Columbo

William Shatner ... Fielding Chase

Molly Hagan ... Victoria Chase

Jack Laufer ... Gerald 'Gerry' Winters
Richard Kline ... Louis 'Lou' Cates

Yorgo Constantine ... Station Manager
Mark Lonow ... Theodore 'Ted' Malloy

Beverly Leech ... Deirdre 'DeeDee' Ross
Brian Markinson ... Deirdre's Agent
Robin Clarke ... Senator Gordon Madison
Christopher Templeton ... Marian Burke
John C. Anders ... Officer Davis
Denice Kumagai ... Martha (as Denice Kumagi)
Deryl Caitlin ... Second Biker (as Deryl Caitlyn)

Glenn Taranto ... Engineer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:120 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
UK:PG
Company:
Universal TV more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Second appearance by William Shatner as the villain in an episode of Columbo. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Radio commentator Fielding Chase wears a pencil-thin mustache, so wispy and light that it's barely visible even in most close-ups, except while he is talking to Columbo at the murder scene, when the mustache is suddenly, dramatically darker brown. Part of his disguise at the murder scene? Not likely, since the mustache was lighter during the murder itself, and is already back to its light and thin appearance when Fielding brings Columbo into his home afterward. more
Quotes:
Soap Opera Director: Okay... homeless people, go home! more
Movie Connections:
Follows "Columbo: Lady in Waiting (#1.5)" (1971) more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
A great match for Shatner and Falk again, 26 June 2002
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Author: Sylvia Marciniak (sylviastel@aol.com) from United States

For Columbo fans, William Shatner plays the controlling Fielding Chase who kills a man who can separate him from his adoptive daughter played wonderfully by Molly Hagen. The key to solving the case is as fascinating as the actual murder. Columbo figures out who done it but how does he catch him. As in any Columbo feature, all the crimes are solved by one loose thread or link. It is nice to see Three's Company Richard Kline as his daughter's friend and literary agent. William Shatner plays Fielding Chase as the overly protective suffocating surrogate father to Molly Hagen's character in this film. It is a believable one and fun to watch anyway. Like I said, I will watch Columbo all the time. I am waiting for the Columbo Cable Channel.

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