Columbo: Murder in Malibu

TV Movie
1990
TV-PG
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

1.9K

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Cop Drama Police Procedural Crime Drama Mystery Romance

A successful writer of romance novels who is involved with a young, ambitious womanizer, is found shot to death in her Malibu home.A successful writer of romance novels who is involved with a young, ambitious womanizer, is found shot to death in her Malibu home.A successful writer of romance novels who is involved with a young, ambitious womanizer, is found shot to death in her Malibu home.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Theresa Goren's Malibu beach house is the same as that of Joanna & Charles Clay in the "Last Salute to the Commodore," 15 years earlier.

Goofs
Careful attention shows the dead body's chest expanding and exhaling while she is laying next to the chimney (both during the introduction teaser and the actual scene)

Quotes
Lieutenant Columbo: Let 'im go. No law against shooting a dead body.

Connections
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Featured review

5/10

Please make it stop :(

Good lord, this is atrocious. First the good news. Peter Falk is as terrific as always. Anybody in a scene with him in this movie pales in comparison. He is basically wasted in this thing. His sleuthing, especially toward the end, is solid.

The acting by everybody else is soooo bad, its unreal. Andrew Stevens is just beyond bad. He over acts or he's bland. There is no in between. Geez, is this really the best they could do ? The story is boring. Long winded. I was glad when this movie ended. By the time the end came i did not care. Everybody besides Falk was mediocre to pretty bad. This was painful to watch. I did like some of the ocean and beach scenery. Maybe because nobody was talking. Lol.

Best moment : there isn't one.