As a kid in the Seventies, it was bedtime after Disney when the Sunday Mystery Movie started. I remember the show beginning with eerie (to me) opening music and a man approaching the audience with a searchlight. Well, 50 years later I get to watch on IMDB whenever I want. This particular episode was an especially fun Columbo for me, employing all the Columbo tropes except that they occur on the sea. Mrs. Columbo should make an appearance on a small ship, but she never does. Robert Vaughan is one of Columbo's great villains and his villain here is cold-blooded, calculating, and over-confident. But the best parts are the Seventies throwbacks: the nurse who smokes, Dr. Bombay, and Dean Stockwell's goofy even for the Seventies hair. A nice escape-especially for us oldsters.
Review of Troubled Waters
