Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown

TV Movie
1990
TV-PG
1h 38m

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The handsome, charming junior partner in a dental group run by his father-in-law is a bad husband and a bad gambler deeply in debt. Facing divorce, ostracism and worse, he devises a cunning ... Read allThe handsome, charming junior partner in a dental group run by his father-in-law is a bad husband and a bad gambler deeply in debt. Facing divorce, ostracism and worse, he devises a cunning plan.The handsome, charming junior partner in a dental group run by his father-in-law is a bad husband and a bad gambler deeply in debt. Facing divorce, ostracism and worse, he devises a cunning plan.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,436

8,257

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Steven Bochco originally wrote this script in 1973 for the third season, but it was not made because Peter Falk felt the villain was not interesting enough. A few years later, Bochco used the story for a 1977 episode of McMillan & Wife (1971). Falk apparently changed his mind by the time this episode was filmed.

Goofs
Dr. Gorman claims he knew nothing about a patient's heart condition because he's a dentist, not an M.D. A dentist is required to take a patient's full medical history before treating them, therefore would certainly know about a heart condition.

Quotes
Columbo: I don't know what I want, but I don't want the usual.

Connections
Featured in Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown

Soundtracks
Mystery Movie Theme
by Mike Post

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good but a ripoff

This was the recycling of an old Macmillan episode that starred Stefanie Powers - notice I said Macmillan and not Macmillan and Wife. It was after Susan St. James left. That's the only reason I was disappointed in this episode - I'd seen it! It was "Affair of the Heart" on Macmillan. Strangely, Peter Falk himself did not realize that this episode had been previously done until I told him during an interview and sent him the Macmillan tape. Apparently, it was written by Steven Bochco, who also wrote for Columbo, and it was used again.

I enjoyed the Columbo episode more. The package was somewhat classier, including James Read, Paul Burke, and Jo Anderson. It also included a fun poker game that included Nancy Walker and Dick Sargent.