简介：这是“美国电影剧场”第二季的一部分——制片人埃利·兰道（Ely Landau）的主意：拍摄戏剧，并在剧院上映两天两夜，而且你必须提前买票，就像剧院或音乐会的门票一样……我相信他们只有在还有票的时候才会现场售票（很像剧院或音乐会）。第一季包括《送冰人来了》（The Iceman Cometh）等作品，第二季还包括《玻璃亭里的男人》（The Man in The Glass Booth）和《女仆》（The Maids）。这是一个有趣的想法，但我确信它没有成功。这些影片似乎自最初在影院短暂上映后就消失了。《女仆》于1975年2月在美国影院上映。
简介：Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler.But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security.And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder.