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Uneasy Lies the Crown: Directed by Alan J. Levi. With Peter Falk, James Read, Jo Anderson, Nancy Walker. The handsome, charming junior partner in a dental group run by his father-in-law is a bad husband and a bad gambler deeply in debt. Facing divorce, ostracism and worse, he devises a cunning plan.
Oct 18, 2020 · A dentist kills his lover and frames him for a car accident in this 1990 Columbo episode. Read the plot summary, cast, and analysis of this classic mystery with a witty title.
In Uneasy Lies the Crown, a dentist devises an ingenious way to get rid of his unfaithful wife's lover; hiding a time-release poison inside a dental crown. He then plans to frame his wife for the suspicious death.
When Adam Evans (Marshall R. Teague), a Hollywood heartthrob having an affair with Lydia, comes under his care, Corman puts a time-release poison made from digitalis under a crown. It takes effect when the couple are together that evening and Corman is playing cards, thereby framing Lydia for the murder.
"Columbo" Uneasy Lies the Crown (TV Episode 1990) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
S09:E04 - Uneasy Lies the Crown. While investigating the death of a popular actor, Columbo must outwit a cunning dentist, who has set up his wife for a murder in order to keep up his image and expensive lifestyle.
When Evans comes under Dr. Corman's care, Dr. Corman kills him by putting a time-release digitalis-based poison under a dental crown, one that takes effect just as Evans is getting intimate with Lydia that evening, thereby framing her for the murder.
