PLOT: Identical twins who hate each other (both played by Martin Landau) become suspects in the electrocution death of their rich uncle. Julie Newmar plays his younger bride-to-be while Tim O'Connor appears as his opportunistic lawyer.
COMMENTARY: The interesting deviation of this installment is that we don't know who the murderer is until the close; all we know is that it's one of the twins, at the very least. The bathtub murder is memorable. I was never big on Julie Newmar but, man, she's at her curvy height here; I also like her interesting immaterialist character. Columbo's constant clashes with the overly fastidious maid (Jeanette Nolan) are amusing.
GRADE: A-
COMMENTARY: The interesting deviation of this installment is that we don't know who the murderer is until the close; all we know is that it's one of the twins, at the very least. The bathtub murder is memorable. I was never big on Julie Newmar but, man, she's at her curvy height here; I also like her interesting immaterialist character. Columbo's constant clashes with the overly fastidious maid (Jeanette Nolan) are amusing.
GRADE: A-