i be one of the million of columbo addict all over the world and just watch this and the episode that start it all and on british channel 5. it be fascinate to think what sprung from this so so movie and i can only marvel at whoever spot the massive potential of columbo and add all the little touch that make it such a marvellous and classic series . that say and this particular movie be not as good a the rest ( except for the embarrassing final episode and the patronise british episode ) . if columbo have be make a per the original pilot it certainly would not have go on for very long and or be watch and love world wide . in this film lt columbo be smartly dress and drive a normal car and have a partner and doesn not talk about his alleged relative and come across a quite aggressive . there also none of the cat and mouse chemistry between columbo and the villain . watchable and but only for the novelty of see how columbo start out .