Prescription: Murder
Crime
Mystery
TV Movie
Drama
The perfect crime had one flaw.
In Columbo's first outing, a psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
1968-02-20
en
Cast
Director
Richard Irving
Peter Falk as Columbo
Gene Barry as Dr. Ray Flemming
Katherine Justice as Joan Hudson
William Windom as Burt Gordon
Nina Foch as Carol Flemming
Virginia Gregg as Miss Petrie
Andrea King as Cynthia Gordon
Susanne Benton as The Blonde
Ena Hartman as Nurse
Anthony James as Tommy
Frank Baker as Man in Park (uncredited)
Clark Howat as Doctor (uncredited)
Mark Russell as Policeman (uncredited)