This may have been the case Columbo wanted least to solve, but solve it he does even if justice is not quite served.
Most of the time on Columbo the killers are truly despicable people. Here however Armando Pucci the victim was a two timing dog of a human being who used and disposed of women like tissue paper. Only this time both Faye Dunaway and Claudia Christian find out about each other and when Dunaway shoots Pucci, Christian sets up an alibi.
The closest Columbo ever came to a dalliance is with Dunaway. But the more charm offensive she throws his way, no matter how tempted he is, the more convinced he is that she's the killer.
In the end he convinces Dunaway to confess, it's the only way he can clear this one and she only does it part way. How he does it is for you to see. At the very end is the only mention of Mrs. Columbo.
You also find out what a snake Pucci truly is.
Most of the time on Columbo the killers are truly despicable people. Here however Armando Pucci the victim was a two timing dog of a human being who used and disposed of women like tissue paper. Only this time both Faye Dunaway and Claudia Christian find out about each other and when Dunaway shoots Pucci, Christian sets up an alibi.
The closest Columbo ever came to a dalliance is with Dunaway. But the more charm offensive she throws his way, no matter how tempted he is, the more convinced he is that she's the killer.
In the end he convinces Dunaway to confess, it's the only way he can clear this one and she only does it part way. How he does it is for you to see. At the very end is the only mention of Mrs. Columbo.
You also find out what a snake Pucci truly is.