Columbo
Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
Season 1989, Episode 1 · Aired 1989-02-06
Synopsis
An egocentric psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he's rehearsing his guillotine trick.
In the series
This episode is part of Columbo (1971–2003) on NBC.
The rumpled trap — howdunit inverted, guest killers as prestige toys.
Key cast
- Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo