PLOT: A senatorial candidate (Jackie Cooper) shoots his dictatorial campaign manager (Ken Swofford) and makes it look like a mob hit on himself via mistaken identity. Joanne Linville plays his wife and Tisha Sterling his mistress.
COMMENTARY: This 'political campaign episode' is a longer Columbo, running 1 hour, 38 minutes. Linville was perhaps best known as the Romulan Commander in the Star Trek segment "The Enterprise Incident" (1968); it's nice to see her again. Tisha was best known for "Village of the Giants" (1965) and "Coogan's Bluff" (1968) and is still attractive in that innocent-looking way. This is a solid, if unspectacular, Columbo flick.
GRADE: B
COMMENTARY: This 'political campaign episode' is a longer Columbo, running 1 hour, 38 minutes. Linville was perhaps best known as the Romulan Commander in the Star Trek segment "The Enterprise Incident" (1968); it's nice to see her again. Tisha was best known for "Village of the Giants" (1965) and "Coogan's Bluff" (1968) and is still attractive in that innocent-looking way. This is a solid, if unspectacular, Columbo flick.
GRADE: B