Fantasmes

Original title: Columbo: Sex and the Married Detective

TV Movie
1989
TV-PG
1h 38m

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Peter Falk, Lindsay Crouse, Peter Jurasik, Ken Lerner, Stephen Macht, and Julia Montgomery in Fantasmes (1989)

Cop Drama Police Procedural Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

When a successful sex therapist with a best selling book and a hit TV show accidentally witnesses her business partner and lover cheating on her with an employee, she murders him. Lt. Columb... Read allWhen a successful sex therapist with a best selling book and a hit TV show accidentally witnesses her business partner and lover cheating on her with an employee, she murders him. Lt. Columbo is on the case.When a successful sex therapist with a best selling book and a hit TV show accidentally witnesses her business partner and lover cheating on her with an employee, she murders him. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

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7.2/10

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Trivia
The property used for Dr. Allenby's home also was used in the pilot of Clair de lune (1985) as the home of Madelyn Hayes.

Goofs
When Dr Allenby is trying on her "murder outfit" at her house prior to going to the party, she is shown putting on a black silk undergarment (covering her chest). She then puts on a black dress. This dress has deep "V" neck which goes down to her stomach showing her skin - the black undergarment has disappeared.

Quotes
Dr. Joan: Do you think less of me?
Lt. Columbo: I'm only a policeman. Judging people... that's all up to somebody else, but I can tell you that I've enjoyed our talks very much, and I think I do understand.

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7/10

Lindsay Crouse in Columbo

Successful sex therapist Dr. Joan Allenby (Lindsay Crouse) spies her boyfriend David Kincaid (Stephen Macht) cheating on her. She murders him with what she assumes to be the perfect plan dressed as the woman in black. Police detective Columbo (Peter Falk) takes it apart piece by piece.

This is the standard howcatchem from Columbo. It is fun to see Lindsay Crouse deteriorating from smug to harried. A lot of Columbo is about seeing the next guest star doing a villain turn and Crouse is always great at making the turn. Stephen Macht is the second star although he only has a limited role. This is good.