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Murder Under Glass (1978)

Murder Under Glass poster
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Inspector Columbo investigates a food critic who uses his knowledge of poisonous substances to commit murder. The critic thinks he has committed the perfect crime but Columbo methodically picks apart his alibi.

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What happens

Mord à la Carte (Originaltitel: Murder Under Glass, Alternativtitel: Lauter Feinschmecker) ist eine erstmals auf NBC gesendete Episode der Kriminalfilm-Reihe Columbo aus dem Jahr 1978. Die deutschsprachige Erstausstrahlung der zweiten Folge der siebenten Staffel folgte 1983 im Deutschen Fernsehen. Der französische Schauspieler Louis Jourdan verkörpert als Gourmet-Kritiker Paul Gerard den Gegenspieler von Inspektor Columbo, dargestellt von Peter Falk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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