Columbo (TV Series)

Dead Weight (1971)

Eddie Albert: Maj. Gen. Martin J. Hollister

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• Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : You know, Lieutenant, I don't see how a man, with the name of Columbo... shouldn't he be more at home on a boat?

  Lt. Columbo : Must've been another branch of the family, sir. How soon before we land?

• Lt. Columbo : I'm terribly sorry to disturb you, sir, but we have this report, uh, about this shooting.

  Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : A shooting?

  Lt. Columbo : Yes, sir. In this house.

  Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : That's quite an opening line, Lieutenant.

• Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : Mistakes have no gender.

• Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : Just a piece of advice. Find a different spot, or use a different bait, otherwise you're not gonna catch anything, Lieutenant.

• Col. Roger Dutton : I'm leaving for Geneva tonight. If I may make a suggestion, General, you might do the same.

  Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : I have a business to run. Besides, I never believed in a forced retreat.

• Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : Now, I think we ought to prosecute these martinis before their statutes of limitations expire.

• Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : You don't recognize me?

  Helen Stewart : Well, no. Should I?

  Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : You said that you saw me... shoot somebody today. No, no, you have nothing to fear from me, Mrs. Stewart, but if you'll watch the late news tonight, I'm sure you'll agree that, uh, you've miscast me... as a murderer.

• Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister : The defense rests. For today. Now, I think we ought to prosecute these martinis before their statutes of limitations expire.