Prescription: Murder, the 1968 pilot for Columbo, had been something of a muddled affair: overlong, unremarkable and, worst of all, a dull characterization of the lieutenant himself. Columbo ...

Columbo star Peter Falk knew Steven Spielberg was destined for greater things when they worked together on an episode of the show.

DVD Episode Summary - Lieutenant Columbo lays a clever trap for a suspicious psychiatrist who may have murdered his wife in the pilot movie for the popular series.

Falk was a highly unlikely TV star. He had a glass eye and a face that was as rumpled as Columbo’s raincoat. He’d achieved success in the theater and had carved out quite a film career in the ...