Columbo : Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989)
Directed by Leo Penn
Genres - Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Police Detective Film |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
After an absence of nearly a decade, Peter Falk returns to the role of dishevelled detective Columbo in Columbo Goes to the Guillotine. The special guest murderer this time out is professional psychic Anthony Andrews. The victim is magician Anthony Zerbe, a onetime cellmate of Andrews' who had been the psychic's co-conspirator in a plan to steal military secrets. Zerbe is found lying next to his guillotine trick, his head neatly severed from his body. An accident, says the coroner. Maybe not, says Columbo, whose efforts to tighten the noose around Andrews' neck are complicated by the latter's ESP prowess. The 2-hour Columbo Goes to the Guillotine was telecast February 6, 1989, as the opening volley of The ABC Monday Mystery Movie.
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police-detective, cellmate, guillotine, investigation, murder, psychic, secrets