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Murder by the Book (1971)segment
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Send us Fan Mail A BIGGER BOAT #6: THE SPIELBERG MYSTERY HOUR With his contract at Universal yielding uneven results (Spielberg was not asked back to the series' he directed episodes for because he did not stick to the visual style they'd established), Spielberg was tasked with directing one of the first episodes of Columbo after it became a series. MURDER BY THE BOOK (1971) was filmed second in the full series order but aired first. Creators Richard Levinson and William Link encouraged Spielberg to be more cinematic and not less. The result...
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