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Columbo
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Publish or Perish
Season 3 · Episode 5
A ruthless publisher hires a hitman to kill a best-selling author who has threatened to sign with a rival company - but reckons without the involvement of the cigar-smoking sleuth, who is determined to put the culprit behind bars. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Mickey Spillane, Jack Cassidy and John Chandler
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- Peter Falk — Actor as Lt Columbo
- Mickey Spillane — Actor as Alan Mallory
- Jack Cassidy — Actor as Riley Greenleaf
- John Chandler — Actor as Eddie Kane
- Mariette Hartley — Actor as Ms McRae
- Jacques Aubuchon — Actor as Jeffrey Neal
- Alan Fudge — Actor as David Chase
- Gregory Sierra — Actor as Lou D'Allessandro
- Robert Butler — Director
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