Ray Milland is a bad boy in this one. He is always nasty. Never takes a break. Of course, the family he hangs with have no moral sense and so he fits right in. The women run around and the men are wimpy and ineffectual. Once again, this takes place i the environs of the super rich. The plot is a phony kidnapping which is orchestrated by the two men, one of whom ends up dead. The plot here is pretty foolproof, but, of course, when Columbo arrives all bets are off. History plays a part here. Jarvis overplays his hand, but before that, he was already leaning toward illegality. This is a consummate Columbo episode.
Review of The Greenhouse Jungle
