Short Fuse: Directed by Edward M. Abroms. With Peter Falk, Roddy McDowall, Anne Francis, James Gregory. Pressured to give up his birthright, a chemical company heir enacts a clever plan to get rid of his blackmailing uncle and take over the family business.

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Pressured to give up his birthright, a chemical company heir enacts a clever plan to get rid of his blackmailing uncle and take over the family business. But Lt. Columbo suspects the man's death was not just a tragic accident.

In this episode, after a car containing victim David L. Buckner, the President of the Chemicial company, goes off a cliff, Columbo then jumps on the idea that there must have been an exploding cigar box --- presumably due to the fact that when Columbo gets called into the case, he hears a telephone recording made during the car ride (something ...

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Short Fuse: Directed by Edward M. Abroms. With Peter Falk, Roddy McDowall, Anne Francis, James Gregory. Pressured to give up his birthright, a chemical company heir enacts a clever plan to get rid of his blackmailing uncle and take over the family business.

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"Columbo" Short Fuse (TV Episode 1972) - The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway in Palm Springs, CA was featured as the location of the climactic scene at the end of the show where Columbo tricks the murderer Roddy McDowall into revealing his guilt.

Short Fuse: Directed by Edward M. Abroms. With Peter Falk, Roddy McDowall, Anne Francis, James Gregory. Pressured to give up his birthright, a chemical company heir enacts a clever plan to get rid of his blackmailing uncle and take over the family business.