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Mind Over Mayhem

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Dr. Marshal Cahill, head of a think tank, is forced to protect his plagarizing son by killing the professor, Nichols, who discovered the plagarized information. Cahill programs a robot to take his place during a war game exercise that he runs from an isolated room, then fakes a hit-and-run accident on Nichols and plants evidence to make it look like a drug theft gone awry. The first thing Columbo notices upon arrival is a match burned down to the base - something Columbo knows well because it's how you light a cigar. And Dr. Cahill is the only other cigar smoker around. There are a lot of other little things that Columbo notices as well, and with the help of a child prodigy he discovers how Cahill used the robot to provide himself with an alibi. But without one major clue, Columbo arrests the son to force Cahill, who was willing to kill for his son, to confess his crime to protect the boy.

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  • Originally Aired February 18, 1974
  • Runtime 90 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Network ABC (US)
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created August 9, 2018 by
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  • Modified May 18, 2023 by
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Name Type Role
Steven Bochco Writer
Dean Hargrove Writer
Roland Kibbee Writer
Robert Specht Writer
Darrell Zwerling Guest Star
Jefferson Kibbee Guest Star
José Ferrer Guest Star
Charles Macaulay Guest Star
Deidre Hall Guest Star
Lew Ayres Guest Star
Lou Wagner Guest Star
Jessica Walter Guest Star
William Bryant Guest Star
Robert Walker Jr. Guest Star
Arthur Batanides Guest Star
Bert Holland Guest Star
William Christopher Guest Star
Lee Montgomery Guest Star
John Zaremba Guest Star
Dianne Turley Travis Guest Star
Ed Fury Guest Star
Alf Kjellin Director