Just One More Thing: A Friend In Deed
Notes and screenshots for A Friend In Deed: Originally broadcast on May 5, 1974, starring Richard Kiley as a Deputy Police Commissioner who uses his position to facilitate the murder of his wife, Michael McGuire as a family friend blackmailed into helping, Rosemary Murphy as the victim, character actor John Finnegan (as a cop, this time!), and, of course, Peter Falk as Columbo. "A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a neighbor who killed his wife in a fit of rage. He then kills his own wife in cold blood and blackmails the neighbor into faking an alibi for himself. Lt. Columbo has to untangle this mess." -IMDB Summary "In “A Friend in Deed,” (dir. Ben Gazzara!) Richard Kiley is an LA police commissioner who helps a pal cover up the murder of his wife. Then, on top of it, Kiley tries to crisscross-Strangers-on-A-Train the guy into helping with the murder of his wife! Not cool. How does Columbo manage the case when he suspects the boss’ boss’ boss? Pretty well...
