Columbo (TV Series)

A Friend in Deed (1974)

Richard Kiley: Mark Halperin

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Quotes 

• Mark Halperin : [to his wife]  Darling, if you're embarrassed by all your millions, why don't you just sign them over to me? They wouldn't embarrass me in the least.

• Margaret Halperin : My money. My inheritance.

  Mark Halperin : Wrong, darling. MY inheritance.

• Columbo : You must have a lot of those, sir.

  Mark Halperin : What?

  Columbo : Gut feelings.

  Mark Halperin : What're you talking about?

  Columbo : Well, you had a gut feeling last night.

  Mark Halperin : I don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean "last night?"

  Columbo : When you asked for me to report to the Caldwell house.

  Mark Halperin : Yes?

  Columbo : I found out that you asked for me when you first called in.

  Mark Halperin : I did.

  Columbo : What I mean, sir, is that the burglar had never harmed anybody before, yet from your bedroom window, when you called in, you asked for me. No, I was just trying to figure out how you knew that the woman was already dead.

• Columbo : Commisioner, I believe you killed your wife, and I believe you either killed Janice Caldwell or you're covering up for it.

  Mark Halperin : You just lost your badge, my friend.

• Mark Halperin : We found Mrs. Caldwell's jewels here in your apartment.

  [Jessup snorts] 

  Mark Halperin : They were right under your mattress!

  Artie Jessup : Hey man, I don't even live here!

  Columbo : That's true, sir, I can attest to that.

  [opens dresser drawers] 

  Columbo : He doesn't live here, *I* live here. These are my shirts, this is my underwear,

  [takes out photographs] 

  Columbo : *my* brother-in-law, *my* nephew and niece.

• Police Pilot : A little early in the evening for this burglar, isn't it, Commissioner?

  Mark Halperin : You never know, Pete. Clocks don't mean a thing in an empty house, you know.