![]() The synopsis outline found at Kane’s wrote had the “wrong” ending - Columbo had found out the original ending was changed in order to make it more appealing to a film studio. ![]() But not in this one as Columbo has a second ace up his sleeve. In some episodes that would be plenty enough to get the murderer marched off to prison. Oh and only person who knew that the key they originally found “didn’t fit”. The lock that’s on the door now wasn’t on that night. ![]() Meeting Greenleaf at Mallory’s office, Greenleaf is told the key they found at Eddie's fits the office lock like a glove. Cleverness of the way Columbo catches out the murdererĬolumbo has already planted a bit of his trademark entrapment. Kane wouldn’t take the money and threatened Greenleaf. He knew that Kane wasn’t the person to write it so he offered him some money and gave the outline to Mallory to write. Confronting Greenleaf with this, Greenleaf says that Kane sent the outline nine months before. Then using a hand grenade lying around Eddie’s explosives filled house, he blow’s the place up.Īs Columbo and other offices investigate they discover Greenleaf’s name in Kane’s address book, and the planted outline of Mallory’s book with Eddie’s name on it. After Eddie has died, Greenleaf gets to work planting a copy of the new office key on Eddie’s keyring, and uses Eddie’s typewriter to draw up an outline of Malloy’s book. If can find the key, they’ve found the murderer.Īt a meeting at Eddie’s house, Eddie and Greenleaf toast their new publishing deal with some poisoned champagne. How did the murderer get in? There must be another key - the new key. So how did the murderer get in the office? He didn’t let anyone in - it would be on the tape recorder. Still remaining suspicious, Columbo states he is trying to find out who tried to frame Greenleaf, and states that the key they found doesn’t fit the office door as the key was changed 3 weeks before. Looking at the car Columbo notices the car lock has been jimmied and whilst he’s there a call comes from Greenleaf’s insurance agents reporting the car crash - thus ensuring Greenleaf’s alibi is firmly established His lawyer intervenes and Columbo allows him to leave.Ĭolumbo later establishes that the murder weapon was Greenleaf’s fun and at his home Greenleaf states he doesn’t remember anything but that his gun was missing was his car glove compartment when he looked that morning along with his copy of the key to Mallory’s office. The key is shown and Columbo believes it to be Greenleaf’s copy of the office key. Greenleaf proclaims he doesn’t know where he was as he was upset and drunk due to Mallory’s intention to move publisher. Meanwhile elsewhere in the city, Greenleaf’s car is found by the Police parked up in the park with Greenleaf sleeping inside and arrested.Īt the station Greenleaf is played the recording and asked to identify the voice on the tape and told Allen is dead. Listening to the recording of the death Columbo hears a sound at the end and notices that if the office door is opened the blinds in the window rattle. The mysterious key - quickly established to be a key to the office door - and the gun are swiftly found as is the dictation tape. Mallory’s body is later found by the security guard who had been bringing coffee up to the office and the police are called. This he follows up by deliberately crashing in to a car. Meanwhile Greenleaf is busy establishing his alibi by making a nuisance of himself in a bar on the other side of the premises. Finally as he leaves, Kane leaves a copy of the office key supplied by Greenleaf on the floor. Kane does this by getting into Mallory’s office whilst Mallory is dictating updates to his latest manuscript and the killing shot is recorded on the dictation tape. Greenleaf has arranged for Vietnam veteran and explosives fanatic Eddie Kane to kill Mallory in exchange for publishing Kane’s book on explosives. At a party hosted by Neal, Greenleaf arrives apparently drunk and tells Mallory that if he leaves Greenleaf, he will die. “Īuthor Allen Mallory, creator of five best selling detective dramas, has been courted to join Jeffrey Neal’s publishing house when his contract with Riley Greenleaf expires in a few weeks time. “When Greenleaf's finally arrested it's all just a bit 'meh'.
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