PLOT: A struggling cosmetics company mogul (Vera Miles) commits a crime of passion over a wrinkle remover cream. Vincent Price plays a rival tycoon, Sian Barbara Allen his duplicitous secretary and Martin Sheen a chemist assistant who steals the miracle formula.
COMMENTARY: By this point it's clear that each Columbo movie features a unique setting dependent upon the occupation of the murderer; in this case, it's a ritzy cosmetics corporation. Vera Miles is enjoyable as the villainess while Price steals every scene he's in, which isn't many since he's a side character. Sheen shows his formidableness at the early age of 32 (during shooting). Several sequences take place at a "fat farm" along the scenic coast of Southern Cal.
GRADE: B
COMMENTARY: By this point it's clear that each Columbo movie features a unique setting dependent upon the occupation of the murderer; in this case, it's a ritzy cosmetics corporation. Vera Miles is enjoyable as the villainess while Price steals every scene he's in, which isn't many since he's a side character. Sheen shows his formidableness at the early age of 32 (during shooting). Several sequences take place at a "fat farm" along the scenic coast of Southern Cal.
GRADE: B