Columbo
Butterfly in Shades of Grey
Season 1994, Episode 1 · Aired 1994-01-10
Synopsis
L.A. radio moderator Fielding Chase kills Gerry Winters, a member of his staff who tried to help Chase's daughter Victoria (also a staff member) to leave her father and become a novelist in New York. Chase presents a fine alibi: Winters was shot dead while speaking to him on the phone, even the shooting was recorded on his answering machine. Everything seems perfect, but will Lt. Columbo really believe this story?
In the series
This episode is part of Columbo (1971–2003) on NBC.
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Key cast
- Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo