1978-01-30 • 75 min
A famous food critic is threatened by a restaurant owner, and so the critic leaves. Soon after, the cook dies. Columbo's involvement is welcomed by all the other chefs in the area, but Columbo wonders why the dead restaurant owner slammed the drawers before he died. And how could the poison that killed him enter an unopened bottle without the killer even being in the room? Could it have been suicide? But then there's the cheques to a mysterious society, and the victim's calender. Can Columbo's cooking skills really match the food critic's taste?
Richard Dysart
Max Duval
Louis Jourdan
Paul Gerard
Mako
Kanji Ousu
France Nuyen
Miss Choy
Larry D. Mann
Albert
Michael V. Gazzo
Vittorio Rossi
Shera Danese
Eve Plummer
Antony Alda
Mario DeLuca
Fred Holliday
Crawford
Alberto Morin
Chef Louis
Jimmy Murphy
Charlie
Carolyn Martin
Lady Cashier
Todd Martin
Sergeant Burke
Miyako Kurata
Geisha #1
Mieko Kobayashi
Geisha #2