Columbo: Ashes to Ashes

Cat-and-mouse sparring between the cagey police officer and his quarry, a crafty mortician who killed an inquisitive reporter., Detective drama in which the crumpled detective must prove that a flamboyant Hollywood gossip reporter was murdered by her former lover. All evidence, however, points to one of the last people who saw her alive – a mortician-to-the-stars who specialises in celebrity funerals., Cat-and-mouse sparring between the cagey cop (Peter Falk) and his quarry (Patrick McGoohan), a crafty mortician who killed an inquisitive reporter (Rue McClanahan). Liz: Sally Kellerman. Mrs. Lerby: Edie McClurg. Eddie: Ron Masak. Roger: Spencer Garrett. McGoohan also directed., In this feature-length episode of the enduring and endearing television detective drama, the world’s most rumpled police investigator, Lt. Columbo investigates the mysterious disappearance of a controversial Hollywood gossip columnist. Columbo’s prime suspect is a secretive mortician who specializes in celebrity funerals.