Lovely But Lethal
- Episode aired Sep 23, 1973
- TV-PG
- 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2.8K
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The formula for a miraculous wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder; Columbo is soon on the case.The formula for a miraculous wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder; Columbo is soon on the case.The formula for a miraculous wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder; Columbo is soon on the case.
Richard Stahl
- Burton
- (as Dick Stahl)
Layne Mathess
- Fashion Moderator
- (as Layne Matthess)
Anne Ramsey
- Rough Masseuse
- (uncredited)
Dianne Travis
- Blonde Instructor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe uniquely shaped lab at Beauty Mark, with observation windows above, also was used as the operating room in Season 2's A Stitch in Crime (1973).
- GoofsA woman sees a doctor wearing rubber gloves from her perspective, but he wears no gloves from his perspective (when he touches her face) and then gloves again from her perspective.
- Quotes
Viveca Scott: Lieutenant, I did not kill Karl Lessing. I couldn't kill a fly.
- SoundtracksThe Girl from Ipamnema
("Garota de Ipanema") (uncredited)
Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim (1962)
Portugese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes
English lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Toned down instrumental version played at fashion show
Featured review
Lovely but not quite among the best
As a big fan of Columbo, I enjoyed Lovely But Lethal. I think there are better entries in the series, but there are also entries that I deem worse. As always with Columbo, it is well made, slick in the editing and striking in the photography. The music is atmospheric and fitting with the period, Lovely But Lethal is strongly directed, the script has some good lines if a tad basic(there's still the murder but I can think of cleverer and more memorable ones such as with How To Dial a Murder and Swan Song) with the odd contrived moment and the story is well told and intriguing especially with the whole cosmetics industry milieu. The acting is great. Peter Falk is brilliant as always as the iconic Columbo, and while I consider Susan Clark's, Janet Leigh's and Ruth Gordon's female characters a little more interesting, Vera Miles' is credible enough and she gives her all. A young Martin Sheen also makes an impression, as does Vincent Price, part of you does wish there was more of him, but he still delivers with his smarminess and eloquence. Overall, not Columbo's best, but lovely and very watchable. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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