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Just One More Thing: Publish or Perish

Notes and screenshots for  Publish or Perish:  Originally broadcast on Jan 18, 1974, starring the great Jack Cassidy as manuscript-pilfering publisher Riley Greenleaf, crime author Mickey Spillane as a ... crime author, Mariette Hartley in her first of two Columbo appearances and, of course, Peter Falk as Columbo. "A book publisher hires a bomb-making veteran to murder a bestselling author of detective novels after the author decides to submit his latest novel to a different publisher. Lieutenant Columbo is on the case." -IMDB Summary "When a best selling author tries to leave Riley Greenleaf’s (played by Jack Cassidy) publishing company, the smooth, smarmy operator sees no choice but to have the writer killed, then blow up the creep he hired to do the deed. “Publish or Perish” is the last Jack Cassidy Columbo episode we’ll be covering, and it’s a doozy. Mickey Spillane! Bomb-making books! Bad interior design! Chili with catsup! Alan Fudge! The Valley! Leonard Pierce ( l...

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