 A Colonel works for a highly revered and well respected General. Among the things that he has been doing is having an affair with the invalid General s wife and been diverting funds from the General s foundation to fund arms sales. The General discovers some peculiarities going on at the foundation, so he instructs Sergeant Keegan to investigate, he learns of the Colonel s activities, then instead of reporting it to the General, he tries to blackmail the Colonel. The Colonel in turn kills the Sergeant. But it s not long until Lt. Columbo is on the case and on the Colonel s trail.