Columbo (TV Series) Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health (1991) User Reviews

Best title ever

[lbowdls · 8/10 · 7 October 2021]

Yes got to be one of the best titles of an episode of not just Columbo but any other crime mystery shows. Anyway enough of the title, for what it's worth here's my assessment. I agree with most of what is said by other reviewers on here. Hamilton is as brilliant as ever- not quite as good as his previous episode but still a typical Hamilton performance that holds his own with both Peter Falk and Haskell- who is only in it for a short time due to being the victim- also great.

But I do agree that there are clumsy bits especially the beginning setting up who the character is by dialogue (explaining how he got job etc to someone who already knows) a big no no. Don't think it's ever happened in another Columbo new or old certainly not to this low degree. And the clumsiness of the murderer himself any wonder Columbo picked this up straight away. Even I and other non detectives would. And it borrows the cigarette trick from Agenda for Murder and re working tapes from Playback (and a couple of others too) so not exactly original. But what makes it great is that the originality of Columbo and his sleuthing is on full display.

So writing and set ups and ending not perfect but performances and style are. Overall a good classic.

Excellent later Columbo entry but with some anomalies

[last-picture-show · 7/10 · 3 July 2010]

This is one of the later Columbo episodes and as other reviewers have noted is better than most, particularly because of the presence of George Hamilton. However there are a few anomalies which spoil the plot.

Firstly why would Anders go to all the trouble of planting new cigarette butts in Clarke's ashtray? To what purpose? He knows Clarke is a chain-smoker so if he wanted to fill up the ashtray why not use butts from other ashtrays? Also why plant one of his own news stories on Clarke's desk? Why not delete the incriminating story from the HD and then print out another of Clarke's stories or use any old document from a filing cabinet or drawer? By using one of his own stories it could easily be traced back to him.

And then there's the faked alibi surveillance tape. This seemed to consist only of shots of Anders walking in and out of his office, surely it would mainly consist of shots of the empty outer office thus indicating the long time period he was supposed to have spent there. I realize they are simplifying things for the viewers but it's not properly explained. Plus it's not really a very secure alibi anyway because Anders could just as easily have left by an emergency exit or window, travelled to Clark's house, committed the crime and returned, so there was no need to fake the tape.

It's almost as though Anders wanted to plant clues for Columbo to find, which I could forgive if these clues (particularly the cigarette butts) didn't directly lead to Columbo tracing the nicotine poisoning, thus indicating murder.

For someone who fronts a TV crime show surely Anders would have known better and made the crime as simple as possible.

Also a final word about the clue of the dogs claws. It was kind of lucky for Columbo that the 'friendly' dog had a claw missing because without that Anders (or his lawyers) could easily have claimed that the claw marks were made by another dog.

Smoking will kill you

[bkoganbing · 7/10 · 16 September 2017]

George Hamilton and Peter Haskell play a pair of ambitious newsmen who are also bitter enemies. Haskell holds a grudge for rumors spread about him by Hamilton that kept him from a top anchor spot. Now with Hamilton the trusted John Walsh like host of a true crime series Haskell sees a chance for a little payback. He's uncovered a skinflick that Hamilton did years ago when he was a lot poorer and will expose Hamitlon exposing himself unless Hamilton quits the show and recommends Haskell as his successor.

The usual unflappable Hamilton goes into action by poisoning one of the chain smoking Haskell's cigarettes with a shot of pure nicotine. Shades of Edward R. Murrow

Hamilton may be unflappable but he hadn't yet met Lt. Columbo who really can get under one's skin if one is a perpetrator. Peter Falk has the presence of mind to order a toxicology report and the lab says homicide.

Hamilton and Falk worked very well together in this. This is one bad villain it was a pleasure to see Columbo nail.

Sticks solidly to formula and is all the better for it, producing a film that fans will really enjoy

[bob the moo · 6 February 2006]

Real crime show Crimealert (think Crime Watch) host Wade Anders has not got to his position by being a nice guy and letter the better man get a fair crack at the whip. So when he was going for the job of host against the much more experienced Budd Clarke, he was sure to drop lots of remarks to the producers about how unsuitable a character Clarke was for the show's image. His remarks (and more) worked and he won the gig, much to the ongoing annoyance of Clarke. Years later and Clarke has returned to tell Anders to quit the job and arrange for him to take over in his place – or else he'll break the story he has uncovered that will reveal that a pre-fame Anders made a porno film. Unwilling to let his life be ruined, Anders puts poison in one of chain-smoking Clarke's cigarettes and waits. With him dead all is good but when Lieutenant Columbo is assigned the case and can't seem to get over one or two minor details, it looks like it won't be over any time soon.

Starting with the usual "perfect" crime, this Columbo film sticks well to formula as our hero picks up on some small clues missed by everyone else, gets his sights on a main suspect and doggedly goes after his man until the end – much to the annoyance of the suspect. With this film the actual crime doesn't totally ring true in terms of logic but mostly it works in the context of the film and it sets up a series of flaws to hook Columbo. After that it is the usual cat and mouse pursuit, "one more thing" etc until the resolution; by sticking to this formula the film works well and produces plenty of the material than fans will enjoy. At points it is unconvincing (would Anders' porno really have not come to light years earlier?) but generally these concerns are lost in the sweep of the film and they don't detract too much. The solution is a clever one and an enjoyable example of Columbo's skills as an investigator.

Falk is as good as ever in the lead role and delivers his usual mix of scruffiness, deductive skills but also showing a nice touch with the comedy aspects. Hamilton is a solid guest star and he works well with Columbo – getting frustrated by him, trying to hold it together but generally being closed in on. The two men work well together and their chemistry is part of the formula working here where perhaps it wasn't so good in other "new" Columbo films. With the lead two carrying most of the weight the support cast are only OK but does throw up a few surprises. Gilborn turns up with his usual reoccurring (but pointless) character while the presence of Penny Johnson in a small role caught me off guard as a 24 fan.

Overall this is one for the fans, who will enjoy it because (like the 1970's films) it sticks closely to formula. The story is good and is developed well throughout – all the way to a conclusion that is a satisfying demonstration of how sharp Columbo really is (as opposed to some endings that come out of nowhere and don't show him actually picking at it). The two leads are solid and work well together and the end result is a Columbo film that stands up well with the best of them – engaging, interesting, funny and typically Columbo. Well worth seeing (and this from someone who greets all the "new" Columbo's with suspicion and slight dread).

A more film-noir type of approach Columbo movie.

[Boba_Fett1138 · 7/10 · 24 September 2008]

I sort of liked this Columbo movie its atmosphere, which was real thriller like and its approach even at times reminded me of film-noir, in the movie its first 30 minutes or so. It's really nice and done in a good old fashioned way, with the right camera angles and use of light. It doesn't mean instantly that this movie is a brilliant one though but its solid enough to consider this a good late Columbo movie entry. It's definitely a better movie than the average 'later' Columbo movie entry.

26 years after his previous Columbo movie appearance, George Hamilton returns once again to play the main lead opposite Peter Falk, again as the murderer, in a total different and new role of course. I liked him in his role and he was a good Columbo 'villain', who gave the good old Lieutenant some good competition. They had some nice sequences together. Problem with the 'modern' new Columbo movies always sort of had been that it didn't feature a good well known actor opposite Peter Falk. This movie obviously doesn't suffer from this problem. But I must say though that this movie doesn't feature Peter Falk at this best. He has certainly played the character better and his performance isn't quite consistent enough within this movie, which is probably also due to he movie its director Daryl Duke, who also directed the really dreadful movie "Tai-Pan", among many other projects.

It has a rather good and enjoyable story but the fact that the same sort of plot to cover up the murder had been used before in an earlier Columbo movie also doesn't help of course. It got used before in the 1975 movie "Columbo: Playback". Nevertheless it of course also still has plenty enough 'original' moments of its own with its story, even though of course in essence every Columbo movie is more or less the same. But oh well, that is what made the Columbo series so great and consistent. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

It also is true that within this movie more clues than usual are left out for the Lieutenant, which doesn't mean that the movie its murderer is more stupid or sloppy but I more see it as the writers being more overly enthusiastic than others. It doesn't make the movie or story bad and it in fact perhaps even makes it more enjoyable, to see Columbo hard at work and discovering all kind of small but important clues. Luckily the movie is also filled with some enjoyable effective relieving Columbo-comedy.

Simply a good late Columbo movie entry.

7/10

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A great murder undone by several tiny mistakes...and one bigger one.

[planktonrules · 9/10 · 12 August 2021]

George Hamilton plays Wade Anders, the host of a show very similar to "America's Most Wanted". The show is a big success and things look great for Anders...until an old enemy shows up to see him. It seems that a TV news man was also up for the job of host of this show....and he's bitter about Anders beating him out in becoming the host. But the news man has something on Anders...he has just discovered early in his life, Anders starred in a porno film...and the news guy has a copy and plans on using it!

With the destruction of his career a strong possibility, Anders hatches a mostly ingenious plan to murder the guy. However, of course, the plan is NOT perfect and Columbo is on the case....so sooner or later he's bound to get caught.

The crime is really neat and well thought out. But the actual execution left out some important details...so see the show and see how Columbo catches him. Well worth seeing and quite enjoyable.

"Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" (1991)

[Wuchakk · 7/10 · 8 January 2019]

PLOT: A crime show host (George Hamilton) murders a rival who blackmails him via an old porn flick to get his job (Peter Haskell).

COMMENTARY: Hamilton returns 16 years after his first gig with Columbo in "A Deadly State of Mind" (1975). The crime show is patterned after America's Most Wanted with John Walsh and makes for an interesting context. It's a solid episode that follows the formula to a 't,' nothing more, nothing less. Another reviewer accurately described it as "perfectly serviceable."

GRADE: B/B-

Familiar plot and Falk has been better, but it is a very good episode all the same

[TheLittleSongbird · 8/10 · 27 June 2010]

I am a fan of Columbo and while Caution: Murder Can be Hazardous to your Health is not the best of the lot, it is very enjoyable. The plot is well written and everything with a good motive but it has been used before and perhaps better, while Peter Falk has been better as Columbo. Don't get me wrong he was still wonderful but he has also been exceptional and outstanding too. The episode does look striking though, and the music is intense and atmospheric. I also loved the script, it was funny and intelligent and Columbo and Wade had some delightful scenes together, and the direction and pacing are super efficient. The acting is fine too, as I've said Falk is wonderful if not exceptional while George Hamilton plays a different character to what he played in A Deadly State of Mind. In my personal opinion he gave the better performance in that episode, but he is excellent and works well with Falk showing easily the frustration that make the best villains intriguing to watch. Overall, very good episode. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Enjoyable entry into the Columbo series

[blanche-2 · 7/10 · 31 July 2005]

After being off the air for a while, Columbo returned with some new made-for-TV mysteries that, while not being as good as the original series, are better than the shows that were done in the later '90s.

"Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" used the then (and I guess now, if you think about it) true crime shows as the situation for a murder. The murder is committed by a very successful, egomaniacal true crime show host, George Hamilton (in a nice bit of casting). His chain-smoking nemesis, who lost the job to him, played by Peter Haskell, attempts to blackmail Hamilton when he discovers a porno video Hamilton made with an underage actress in his salad days. Hamilton uses Haskell's cigarettes to deliver the death blow via poison, giving himself an alibi as well.

Columbo is brought in to find out what happened. You know the rest. Highly entertaining.

My favourite of the later Columbo's, here's why!

[movieguy96 · 10/10 · 7 June 2021]

'Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health' wisely sidesteps a lot of the problems that befell most of the later Columbo's, which seemed to substitute a tightly woven script and steady direction for farcical set pieces, tiresome padding out, and nonsensical side characters ('Death Hits the Jackpot' being a prime example, despite a promising story and villain). I think this was some bizarre attempt by the producers at trying to pay homage to the classic 70's era, while simultaneously failing to realise what elements made the series so successful in the first place. The best Columbo episodes have a strong set-up or backstory (i.e. The ex-Nazi in 'Now You See Him'), a credible and devious villain (i.e. Richard Kiley in 'A Friend In Deed' and Johnny Cash in 'Swan Song'), maybe a nicely meticulous murder (i.e. 'How to Dial a Murder'), and an always dependable performance from Peter Falk. The humour would then fit around it, rather in some of the later episodes where it just feels forced or like the characters are mugging at the camera. There was an increasing feeling of fatigue and laziness in creativity, but those exceptions which do stand out (i.e. 'C:MCBHTYH') do so because they stick to the simple winning formula mentioned above, and actually take themselves seriously, despite the tongue-in-cheek nature of the detective.

After revisiting 'C:MCBHTYH' recently I found it even better than when I saw it years ago. The first time I liked it, but the second time I was impressed, and that's because it doesn't mess around or deviate down a tangent which bogs the whole episode down. For example in this there's a boy who looks after a dog that becomes pivotal in solving the case. In other later episodes I could've well seen him be the comic relief or overused to the point it becomes distracting and unwelcome, but that doesn't happen here, and instead he appears at precisely the right moments. It's very well handled.

As for Falk, I've always found his performance as the shabby detective can be bolstered or hindered depending on the quality of the script and direction in a particular episode, and he doesn't disappoint here (not that he ever does anyway!). In fact his performance, and physical appearance, in this episode so closely resembles his 70's iteration that I genuinely found him a sight to behold. He doesn't descend into any whimsical theatrics which the producers seemed more keen for him to do as the episodes went on. Instead he's dry, sharp, and persistent, but also his humorously irritable nature is well realised and not over the top. A good example is where he and George Hamilton's character are pulling into the same car park from opposite ends and he purposely acts dense before finally bumping into him. It's funny but the script fits it in well and nothing feels protracted or laboured.

On top of this are a tantalising, intricate set of clues (rather than the episode being just a lot about a little) and superior production values which rank among the best of any Columbo episode. It looks great and enhances what's already an all-round winning, and very welcome, entry in the series.

Another Where you must "Suspend Disbelief".

[gene-07202 · 6/10 · 27 February 2019]

He lets this man smoke the tainted cigarette and dies. Then he goes to all this elaborate trouble for an alibi. Planted cigarettes and so much else that is his undoing. As soon as the man dies? Get the tainted cigarettes. Get rid of them. Call 911. You were visiting him because you were discussing a story. He keeled over and you tried to save him..... When the police arrive, you are giving him CPR, etc. No evidence to indicate foul play. No cigarettes butts missing nicotine stains. No fake videos for fake alibis. The same for the video. The man chain smoked and was heading into Heart Attack Territory anyway.

It is a good acting.... Hamilton had played a murderer before. However. Not the best episode!

Report You Crime To Crime Stoppers

[DKosty123 · 9/10 · 27 March 2011]

This one is the grinding and gritting Columbo we have all come to know by this time. He has a lot of strange crime scene stuff he has to put together to figure out who killed a newscaster/ talk show host. The motive is obvious and the murderer is way to clumsy, but still it takes Columbo a while to solve it.

George Hamilton plays the host of Crime Stoppers which is a show like America's Most Wanted being done by Robert Stack in this era. Hamilton is afraid he might lose his job to his chain smoking rival who is trying to black mail him by attacking his image.

This show is pretty much formula Columbo, & great for fans of the series.

Perfectly serviceable instalment

[Leofwine_draca · 6/10 · 21 June 2016]

A fun entry in the 1990s series of revamped Columbo TV movies, this features George Hamilton playing the villain for the second time in the series (the first was 1975's A DEADLY STATE OF MIND). Hamilton has never been the world's greatest actor, but he's a solid fit for this 1990s-feeling piece, which has a relaxed atmosphere and plenty of light comedy to see it through.

Hamilton plays the presenter of a big crime TV show (think the BBC's CRIME WATCH) who discovers to his displeasure that a rival has uncovered a dirty secret from his past. He kills the guy by poisoning his cigarette, and Columbo is soon on the case. One of the annoying things about this episode is the slow, drawn-out way that Columbo describes the clues and the like to the audience; he actually seems quite slow-witted, and was never like this in the old episodes.

Still, the mystery is a good one, and there's an ingenious climax. Plus, I find the comedy in this latter episodes to be as strong as ever, with the interlude in the dog parlour a highlight. CAUTION: MURDER CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH is a perfectly serviceable entry in the Columbo TV series.

Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 23 July 2019]

George Hamilton still had some grey hair left over from his role in The Godfather III. He plays Wade Anders a security consultant turned smooth and successful true crime television host.

A rival host, chain smoking Budd Clarke lost out to the presenter's job and is bitter about it. He plans to blackmail Wade over a skin flick he made many years ago.

Wade is not taking this lying down and plans to kill Budd by poisoning his cigarettes.

This is one case where my sympathies are with Wade. Normally the killer is arrogant, here Wade is rather a nice guy. He might be self confident but his interactions with his colleagues seems genuine. Budd is a relic of the past and he somehow thinks if Wade resigns the executives are going to give him the gig.

Of course Columbo sees things do not sit well in the crime scene. A ashtray full of cigarette butts that were not smoked. It all smacks of writers inputting mistakes and conveniences so Columbo can catch the killer.

Hamilton was certainly ecstatic that Francis Coppola chose him for The Godfather III where he showed he can cut it with the best. Here he is certainly more restrained in his acting.

Good Columbo plot and formula covers up dreadful writing.

[sos45-977-267352 · 1 May 2014]

Like the other reviewers, I generally enjoyed this episode, which pretty much sticks to formula and has a decent murder plot with lots of real sleuthing for the good detective to figure out. However, there were two aspects that I think really kept it from being great - neither of which anyone else has mentioned. Firstly, I never was a great George Hamilton fan. Not only did his crazy tanning efforts totally disfigure his truly handsome face of the early years, he simply was not a very good actor. I think he was more truthful than humble when he said that he was a movie star, not an actor. There are none of the subtle changes in facial expressions and tone that the true stars like McGoohan and Cassidy implemented so well. He either smiles to Columbo, or loses his temper. There are none of the subtle in-between expressions, where you smile while indicating irritation or discomfort. Secondly, I thought the writing was dreadful. I have a simple test for the quality of a Columbo episode: see how many enjoyable quotes there are. The great ones had tons of funny quips about Columbo's quirks, and subtle hints by the detective that revealed his train of thought and suspicions. This movie had exactly one decent line (which I submitted to the site), when the victim chokingly states he can't breath, and Anders quips, 'I told you those things will kill ya.' There was not a single other line that I could rate as even half decent. All attempts at humor, which usually add so much to this series, were dreadful here, such as the infantile and overly extended scene where Columbo crashes into Anders' car, or the one where he picks up 'dog' from the pedicure, or when he asks about the cost of Anders' shirt and wonders why his own shirt is so much cheaper even though it 'travelled just as far.' Pullease. Can professional writers do no better than that? Finally, as in many late Columbos, instead of making the detective sound quirky and old-fashioned, it makes him speak like an old dimwit, who explains everything as if to a three year old - such as the demonstration with the typewriter pages being pulled out, or when showing Anders the cigarette butts. It just makes you wince. In this episode, it is the overall plot and the old Columbo formula that saves matters and makes it enjoyable - despite all its faults.

Crime Alert

[safenoe · 7/10 · 8 May 2023]

I loved various meta aspects of Murder Can Be Hazardous To Your Health, especially the opening scene which we learn is actually from the fictional Crime Alert program, which is a homage (or send-up) of Unsolved Mysteries.

I was hoping this Columbo movie would get extra meta by having the Crime Alert producers portraying the murder of the producer in one of its segments, with a George Hamilton lookalike playing Wade Anders.

It turns out Wade had motive big time to do the deadly deed, with his history as an adult movie star about to be exposed. But imagine if it was now. I suspect it wouldn't make such a difference to one's career really.

Writers Block or What?

[toyguy-31519 · 8/10 · 2 October 2021]

A very good episode overall except for a couple of mistakes on the writers part.

Dripping a liquid into the opening of a cigarette is going to soak the paper and it will stain immediately from the tobacco inside.

Some viewer(s) of the Crime Alert show would have recognized Wade Anders from the porno and sold it to a tabloid. The adult video clerk knew of it.

The over exaggerated camera shots showing what items the killer is putting in his pockets etc. Is as bad as Vanna White waving her hands around game show prizes along with the less than subliminal messages about smoking being hazardous to your health. That can be blamed on the director or camera crew.

The whole dance number was just annoying filler.

Aside from the above, an enjoyable episode with humorous touches here and there.

Always love to see Dog in the show.

Formula still works okay.

[rmax304823 · 6/10 · 29 April 2007]

One of the better entries in the second series of Colombo, this one has Falk investigating a death by nicotine sulfate, with George Hamilton as the killer. It sticks closely to the template. To say much more about the plot would be pleonastic.

We all know how it works by now -- Colombo stumbling around in the world of Pop TV, goggling at the stars, stumbling onto clues by means of a series of independent events whose statistical likelihood is remote to the point of nonexistence. Colombo's almost startling stupidity -- "Sir, this is really important. (Pulls a piece of paper out of the printer.) Did you see THAT?" Hamilton: "I saw you pull a piece of paper out of my printer." Colombo: "Lemme do it again." That's part of its charm, though. It's so thoroughly ritualized that it constitutes a fixed point in a changing and generally disappointing universe, not that different from attending church. No surprises.

Then there is the heavy. George Hamilton has one of the more interesting skulls on the screen. A line drawn between its two most distant points would run from the top of his occiput down to his jutting chin. His head has the shape of everyone's head in a fifth-grade classroom. His dolichocephaly runs wild across the screen. (Gene Barry, the first Colombo heavy, had the opposite characteristics, his cranium as round as a bowling ball.) End of discussion of Hamilton's head.

Hamilton's personality and career. He's a product of Memphis and has always derided himself as an actor. At a film festival, he was sitting next to Nick Nolte (or Redford or somebody) and some kid ran up breathlessly and asked Nolte, "Are you a movie star?" "No," said Nolte, "I'm an actor." So the kid turned to Hamilton and asks, "Are you an actor too?" Hamilton chuckled and said, "I guess I'm a movie star." Now that kind of disarming candor is charming. Hamilton's always been a kind of minor league Cary Grant -- tall, VERY tan, handsome, and good at light roles. And yet he's turned in some decent performances, in "Evel Knievel" or whatever it was called, and a couple of low-budget numbers like, "Crime and Punishment, USA." This story turns on a dog's paw prints. And there you have it. Up to par.

He Should Have Just Shot Him!

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 27 April 2024]

Our old friend, and cover boy for Tanning Quarterly, George Hamilton is front and center here. He has stepped on the toes of a guy who is out for revenge. Apparently, George did a porno film in his youth and the guy is blackmailing him. Hence, a murder plot using cigarettes and a deadly poison. George's character is a huge TV personality on a true crime show. He is arrogant and smug and in danger of losing his cash cow. The problem involves some cigarette butts he used. The victim was a chain smoker, leaving himself a target for the killer. George also uses a surveillance tape to cover his tracks. Of course, Columbo knows it's him quite quickly, but he has to gather evidence. It's a well made episode with some nicely put together deductions.

By the numbers, but good enough.

[punishmentpark · 7/10 · 1 October 2015]

George Hamilton is the perfect sleazy villain who turns out to have a particularly sleazy past. He would have fit perfectly in a soap series such as 'As the world turns', but I could only find he did one episode of 'The bold and the beautiful' and fifteen 'Dallas' gigs. Other than that, I'm sure I remember seeing him in other films, but only a few titles look familiar - but I don't remember his part. Anyway, he does more than well enough for a Columbo baddie.

Other than that, this is a by the numbers episode, but good enough. The details that have Columbo doubt the apparent, 'innocent' heart attack due to an unhealthy lifestyle, are perhaps a little too coincidental (the trimmed bushes) and far fetched (would a killer as smart as this not think of the fingerprints, the text layout and the differences between the cigarette buds?). But then again, such details are rather common in this series.

The whole 'crime show backdrop' is fun as well, and when Frank meets his 'spitting image' in an adult store things get funny once again. The bits with the kid and the dog were somewhat uninteresting, which didn't help the ending.

A small 7 out of 10.

The Smoker

[AaronCapenBanner · 6/10 · 6 March 2016]

George Hamilton stars as Wade Anders, a successful host of a true crime TV series called "Crime Alert" who finds himself being blackmailed by the runner-up for the job called Budd Clarke(played by Peter Haskell) who has a videotape of an adult film Wade did long ago that he desperately wants to keep a secret, so rather than give in to his demands(resign as host, and see to it Budd is his replacement), Wade kills him by using poisoned cigarettes, but of course Lt. Columbo(Peter Falk) finds discrepancies in the clues, so sets his sights on Wade as his prime suspect. Hamilton(making his second appearance) is smooth as the killer, though plot does ramble on a bit.

RIDICULOUS!

[skarylarry-93400 · 6/10 · 7 August 2021]

I already wrote 1 review. Adding: when Columdo gets in the little fender bender with Hamilton, Hamilton asks,"what kind of car was that anyway?" Woudn't he say, what kind of car IS THIS anyway. Also, Anders doing a porno movie when he was a young man would not have hurt his career whatsoever; maybe would have even helped him.

Murder Makes No Sense, Some Clues Brilliant Final Clue A Let Down

[poetcomic1 · 7/10 · 4 November 2020]

My main gripe with this title is that if the crime show host simply filmed and recorded the attempt to blackmail or defame him he would have MORE against the news man than the newsman's old 'youthful indiscretion' porn tape of him. This is way past the time when such a tape would have destroyed a career - years before this Sylvester Stallone's youthful porn tape 'Italian Stallion' was a bestseller for years and didn't really hurt him at all.

RIDICULOUS!

[skarylarry-93400 · 6/10 · 7 August 2021]

First of all, I think Hamilton would have mentioned to Clarke that he shouldn't let the dog scratch all over people's cars. And...when Clarke played the Porno movie for Hamilton, I think he would have pointed a gun at Hamilton; he knew Hamilton would desperately want that tape back! A real GOOF!