A lot of user comments rank this episode as good or even better than that. I'm a big fan of the show, for all it's episodes from the late 60s to the very last ones. And me giving this episode even a 7/10 will say something about that. But for me, it is a lesser entry. For one thing it tries to deal with some sort of political situation that has dated the episode quite quickly. (and yes, one of my other sub par Columbo's is The Conspirators). Besides that it nowadays looks totally ridiculous to have American actors play the Arab roles, which to me makes it more of a fancy dress party than an edge of seat crime story. And they don't have any real Arab ways of dealing or behaving, they behave very American, but with different clothes on. Check the interior of the study of the main suspect. Apart from the special items especially arranged for Falk to nearly drop them, the walls are covered with western paintings and every time they're near a bookshelf I find myself trying to read all the western titles. They just used an office on the Universal grounds and declared it Arabic. Having said that, there are some good moments and nice dialog. But if you want excellent episodes, look elsewhere.
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