A Bird in the Hand... is the sixth episode of the tenth season of Columbo and the sixty-first episode overall. It first aired on November 22, 1992 and was directed by Vincent McEveety. In addition to Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, the episode stars Greg Evigan and Tyne Daly, with Frank McRae, Don S. Davis and Michael Gregory in key supporting roles.
In A Bird in the Hand..., a gambling addict desperately turns to his rich uncle for money, then plots to kill him when he refuses. Things go awry when the uncle is killed in a hit-and-run while his gardener is killed by the gambler's original murder plan! The story takes Columbo for several further twists and turns before the case is closed.
Cast[]
- Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo.
- Greg Evigan as Harold McCain, an obsessive gambler and wannabe cowboy who needs money, and fast.He botches his plan to kill his uncooperative uncle for inheritance because he's a grade-A idiot.
- Tyne Daly as Dolores McCain, Big Fred's wife and Harold's aunt-by-marriage, which doesn't seem to stop him from sleeping with her. Obestensibly an unstable alcoholic, Dolores seems to know more about Big Fred's demise than she lets on.
- Steve Forrest as "Big Fred" McCain, Harold's wealthy uncle, the owner of a professional football. He gets hit by a car while jogging, which screws up Harold's plans to blow him sky-high.
- Don S. Davis as Bertie, Big Fred's lawyer.
- León Singer as Fernando, Big Fred's gardener who is accidentally blown up by a bomb intended for Big Fred himself.
- Michael Gregory as Mr. Hacker, a bad dude that Harold owes a lot of money to.
- Frank McRae as Lieutenant Robertson, Columbo's fellow police officer.
- Joanna Sanchez as Sergeant Nancy Duran.
Columbo (season 10) |
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1."Columbo Goes to College" 2."Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" 3."Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star" 4."Death Hits the Jackpot" 5."No Time to Die" 6."A Bird in the Hand..." 7."It's All in the Game" 8."Butterfly in Shades of Grey" 9."Undercover" 10."Strange Bedfellows" 11."A Trace of Murder" 12."Ashes to Ashes" 13."Murder with Too Many Notes" 14."Columbo Likes the Nightlife" |