Why Peter Falk was Uncomfortable with Female Murderers on Columbo

TVC 667.3: David Koenig, author of Unshot Columbo: Cracking the Cases That Never Got Filmed, talks to Ed about how “Old-Fashioned Murder,” the sixth-season episode featuring Joyce Van Patten as the murderer, was originally conceived as a modern-day Richard III that would have featured Burgess Meredith as the lead character, and why Peter Falk always wanted female murderers on the series to be seen as sympathetic characters. Both Shooting Columbo and Unshot Columbo are available through Bonaventure Press.

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