How to Dial a Murder is the fourth episode of the seventh season of Columbo and the forty-fourth episode overall. It first aired on April 15, 1978 and was directed by James Frawley. In addition to Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, the episode stars Nicol Williamson, Kim Cattrall and Ed Begley Jr..
In How to Dial a Murder a behavioral psychologist tricks his late wife's lover into using a command word which incites a fatal attack by guard dogs. The murder method presented here is one the most well-remembered in the series.
| Columbo (season 7) |
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| 1."Try and Catch Me" 2."Murder Under Glass" 3."Make Me a Perfect Murder" 4."How to Dial a Murder" 5."The Conspirators" |