# Prescription: Murder (1968)

> A calculating psychiatrist engineers his wife's murder, only to face the relentless questions of the deceptively rumpled Lieutenant Columbo.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/351519

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Crime, Mystery, Drama, TV Movie
- Director: Richard Irving
- Cast: Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, William Windom, Nina Foch, Virginia Gregg, Andrea King, Susanne Benton
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061496/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: methodical, wry, psychological, classic mystery night, detective marathon

## Synopsis

A chilling tale of deception and murder unfolds as a psychiatrist's double life spirals out of control.

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