Prescription: Murder

Prescription: Murder

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie | Feb. 20, 1968

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.

Prescription: Murder

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie | Feb. 20, 1968

Prescription: Murder
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Universal Television
Original title Prescription: Murder
Directors George Bisk, Richard Irving
Writers William Link, Richard Levinson

Cast

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

Sherry Boucher

as Air Hostess

Anthony James

as Tommy

Frank Baker

as Man in Park (uncredited)

Jim Creech

as Policeman in Hospital (uncredited)

Ed Haskett

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Robert Hitchcock

as Pilot (uncredited)

Clark Howat

as Doctor (uncredited)

Mark Russell

as Policeman (uncredited)

Don Stewart

as Airline Ticket Man (uncredited)

Tom Williams

as Laundry Delivery Man (uncredited)