Columbo · S3 · E8
A Friend in Deed
A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.
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A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.
Season 3
1Lovely But Lethal
73 minSep 23, 1973★ 7.2
Viveca Scott, the founder of Beauty Mark Cosmetics, is being threatened by her rival David Lang. When he finds out that her revolutionary cream formula actually removes wrinkles, he has the formula pirated.
2Any Old Port in a Storm
96 minOct 7, 1973★ 7.8
A wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
3Candidate for Crime
93 minNov 4, 1973★ 7.6
A Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer's bullet.
4Double Exposure
70 minDec 16, 1973★ 7.7
A motivational researcher blackmails to further his career, kills a man, then frames the victim's wife.
5Publish or Perish
73 minJan 18, 1974★ 7.3
A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.
6Mind Over Mayhem
73 minFeb 18, 1974★ 7.2
The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.
7Swan Song
99 minMar 3, 1974★ 7.7
A Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.
8A Friend in Deed
98 minMay 5, 1974★ 8.1Now viewing
A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.
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