The Most Dangerous Match (1973)
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A world-class chess grandmaster commits murder to clear his path to the championship. Police detective Columbo pieces together clues and uses psychological strategy to corner him.
tensecerebralcat-and-mousemethodicalsuspensefulcalculatedintelligentquiet
What happens
Schach dem Mörder (Originaltitel: The Most Dangerous Match, Alternativtitel: Schachmatt) ist eine erstmals im Rahmen der NBC-Sunday-Mystery-Movie-Serie gesendete Episode der Kriminalfilm-Reihe Columbo aus dem Jahr 1973. Die deutschsprachige Erstausstrahlung der siebenten Folge der zweiten Staffel folgte 1976 im Deutschen Fernsehen. Der litauisch-britische Schauspieler Laurence Harvey verkörpert als Schachgroßmeister Emmet Clayton den Gegenspieler von Inspektor Columbo, dargestellt von Peter Falk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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