A Bird in the Hand

Given a deadline to pay his debts or else, chronic gambler Harold plants a bomb under the Rolls Royce of his uncle, sports magnate Big Fred. However, Big Fred is killed by a hit-and-run driver while jogging that very morning, and the Rolls Royce explodes when Fred's gardener tries to move it out of the way of the TV camera crews. Just when Columbo thinks he has the goods on Harold, it is Harold who turns up dead.

Writing:
  • William Link
  • Richard Levinson
  • Jackson Gillis

Stars:
Release Date: 1971-09-15
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Metacritic: 8.5/10
TMDb: 8.1/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 75

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