Just One More Thing: Uneasy Lies the Crown
Notes and screenshots for Uneasy Lies the Crown: Originally broadcast on April 28, 1990, starring James Read as a death-dealing dentist, Jo Anderson as the unfaithful wife he aims to frame, and a poker table of lesser luminaries including quicker-picking-upping advocate Nancy Walker, occasional Darren Dick Sargent, Los Angeles Dodger Ron Cey and, of course, Peter Falk as Columbo. "A dentist who works for his father-in-law is a compulsive gambler, deeply in debt. Facing divorce and the prospect of losing his job, he devises a cunning plan to implicate his wife in the murder of her lover. Lt. Columbo investigates." -IMDB Summary "As we reach the end of the podcast’s run, we come upon “Uneasy Lies the Crown,” a rarely-mentioned late entry in the series. Steven Bochco recycles a 1970s script, in which a dentist/gambling addict tries to frame his wife for the murder of her famous actor lover. It’s actually not a bad murder scheme, and some of the performances are good, but ...
