Prescription: Murder

1968 film by Richard Irving (pilot of Columbo)
Movie television_series_episode Q50350442
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Summary

Prescription: Murder is a television series episode[1]. It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: Murder — instance of (P31): television pilot[3], Murder — instance of (P31): television film[4]
  • Director: Murder — director (P57): Richard Irving[5]
  • Screenwriter: Murder — screenwriter (P58): Richard Levinson[6], Murder — screenwriter (P58): William Link[7]
  • Composer: Murder — composer (P86): Dave Grusin[8]
  • Genre: Murder — genre (P136): drama film[9]
  • Followed by: Murder — followed by (P156): Ransom for a Dead Man[10]
  • Cast member: Murder — cast member (P161): Peter Falk[11], Murder — cast member (P161): Gene Barry[12], Murder — cast member (P161): Katherine Justice[13], Murder — cast member (P161): William Windom[14], Murder — cast member (P161): Nina Foch[15], Murder — cast member (P161): Virginia Gregg[16], Murder — cast member (P161): Andrea King[17], Murder — cast member (P161): Anthony James[18], Murder — cast member (P161): Susanne Benton[19]
  • Part of the series: Murder — part of the series (P179): Columbo[20]
  • Director of photography: Murder — director of photography (P344): Ray Rennahan[21]
  • Part of: Murder — part of (P361): Pilotes de Columbo[22]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Murder — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[23]
  • Country of origin: Murder — country of origin (P495): United States[24]
  • Publication date: February 20, 1968[25], October 11, 1969[26]
  • Title: Prescription: Murder[27]
  • Duration: 100[28]
  • Season: Murder — season (P4908): Columbo, season 1[29]
  • P14449: 150534[30]
  • P14821: 61496[31]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 61496
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 61496, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269964|batch #269964]]"
  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche synchronkartei film id → 628
    Wikidata description → 1968 film by Richard Irving (pilot of Columbo)
    Omdb film id → 30079
    P14449 → 150534
    + 45 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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