Just One More Thing: Playback
Notes and screenshots for Playback: Originally broadcast on March 2, 1975, starring Oskar Werner as gadget-happy murderer Harold van Wick, long-suffering Gena Rowlands as his devoted wife, Martha Scott as the vulnerable victim and, of course, Peter Falk as Columbo. "An inventor enthralled with gadgets uses his expertise in surveillance systems to craft the perfect alibi after he murders his mother-in-law for threatening to fire him as CEO of her electronics company. Columbo must unravel the alibi." -IMDB Summary "It’s our final 70s Columbo of the podcast! We’re saying farewell to the Lieutenant’s original decade with “Playback,” an episode featuring dazzling futuristic gadgetry, bowl haircuts and Gena Rowlands. Electronics executive Oskar Werner is on the verge of being fired by his mother-in-law. He kills dear old mom, then rigs his home’s elaborate security video setup so no one even discovers the murder, until he’s safely in alibi city, miles away. The gadget-happy...
