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( Dabney Coleman ): The arrogant and successful defense lawyer who believes he is above the law.

( Peter Falk ): The disheveled but brilliant homicide detective.

( Shera Danese ): Creighton’s ambitious assistant who discovers his crime and attempts to blackmail him for a partnership in his firm. Danese was Peter Falk’s real-life wife. "Columbo" Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star...

(Julian Stone): Marcy’s lover and the man framed for her murder. Little Richard : Appears as himself in a guest cameo. Production & Trivia Director: Alan J. Levi. Writer: William Read Woodfield.

The pivotal evidence rests on a photograph from a speeding ticket. Columbo proves the driver was an impostor because a flat mask does not produce the same shadows as a human face under bright lights. ( Dabney Coleman ): The arrogant and successful

Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star (TV Movie 1991) - IMDb

Creighton checks a gardener's schedule for Rockingham Drive , which was the real-world street where O.J. Simpson lived at the time. Danese was Peter Falk’s real-life wife

To preserve his reputation, Creighton murders Marcy at her beach house and frames her lover. His elaborate alibi involves a "speed-trap" photo; an accomplice (his assistant, Trish Fairbanks) drives his car past a camera while wearing a realistic mask of Creighton's face. Lieutenant Columbo must dismantle this seemingly perfect alibi, eventually proving that the person in the speeding ticket photo is wearing a mask by demonstrating the lack of a natural shadow under the nose.