Columbo: Season 13, Episode 2A Trace of Murder (15 May 1997)A beautiful wife and her forensic expert boyfriend try to frame her very rich husband for murder. Director:Vincent McEveety |
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Columbo: Season 13, Episode 2A Trace of Murder (15 May 1997)A beautiful wife and her forensic expert boyfriend try to frame her very rich husband for murder. Director:Vincent McEveety |
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| David Rasche | ... |
Patrick Kinsley
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| Shera Danese | ... |
Cathleen Calvert
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| Barry Corbin | ... |
Clifford Calvert
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Raye Birk | ... |
Howard Seltzer
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Will Nye | ... |
Officer Will
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| John Finnegan | ... | ||
| Franklin Cover | ... |
Harry Jenkins
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Alice Backes | ... |
Harriet Jenkins
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| Dion Anderson | ... |
Stuart March
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| Donna Bullock | ... |
Tracy Rose
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| John F. O'Donohue | ... |
Doherty
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| Dyana Ortelli | ... |
Colenari
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| Kymberly Newberry | ... |
District Attorney
(as Kymberly S. Newberry)
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| Maury Sterling | ... |
Store Clerk
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A millionaire's being threatened with a lawsuit by a man he did business with. When he gets into a fight with the man, his trophy wife is more embarrassed than concerned about her husband. Now she can't divorce her husband because of a pre-nuptial agreement. And if she kills him, she would be the prime suspect. So she along with her lover decides to kill the man who is using her husband and frame her husband. Which they do. When Columbo investigates the murder, one of the forensic people helping him is the woman's lover. Written by <rcs0411@yahoo.com>
By all means A Trace of Murder is not quite one of the best of the later episodes, but it is a more than watchable and worthy one. I wasn't too crazy about the ending though, I liked the twist, but the reveal itself too too dragged-out and contrived for my liking. Still, it is like all the Columbos a well made episode, with a score that fits well with the atmosphere and tension. The writing also convinces, especially in the pleasingly subtle comedy, and the story is diverting with a good mix of tense, charming and humorous scenes. Peter Falk is still excellent as Columbo, was there anything this man could not do, and while Shera Danese is solid in her most interesting role of the series I found Barry Corbin as the volatile framed husband even better. All in all, very watchable, and while not one of the best A Trace of Murder is a worthy episode still. 8/10 Bethany Cox