This mystery is less of a psychological chase than many other Columbo movies, and suffers from its reliance on an over-elaborate technique for committing the murder. Oliver Brandt rather overdoes his role, though the character of Theodore Bikel is undoubtedly supposed to be a rather repellent know-it-all. The climactic scene at the end, where Columbo traps the murderer into demonstrating the method he used, seems a little far-fetched. It seems hard to believe that a person with a high IQ but so little judgment could have gotten so far in successfully carrying out a murder, which makes his exposure at the end seem less of a challenge.
Review of The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case
