Columbo (TV Series)

Forgotten Lady (1975)

John Payne: Ned Diamond

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• Columbo : Listen, uh, you don't mind if I pump your hand, do ya? You're the fellow that was in all those musicals. Wait'll I tell my wife. You were always her favorite. She dragged me to every musical you were ever in.

  Ned Diamond : I'm sorry you had to be dragged.

• Ned Diamond : Lieutenant, you must be aware of the fact that... that men who retire from very active lives very often go into severe depression for no apparent reason whatsoever. I know. I've been there.

  Columbo : You didn't shoot yourself, did ya? Big difference between being old and unhappy and puttin' a gun to your head. Has to be a reason.

• Grace Wheeler Willis : That policeman's starting to get on my nerves.

  Ned Diamond : What's he still hanging around for?

  Grace Wheeler Willis : He says... he's searching for a crystal-clear reason why Henry killed himself. I've tried to be patient, helpful, but the point is Henry did, and he just keeps bringing up painful memories.

• Columbo : I have very good reason to believe that Miss Wheeler killed her husband.

  Ned Diamond : If you think I'm gonna stand here and listen to that... I'll get a lawyer - I'll get a battery of lawyers - and the least that can happen will be the end of one very unimportant career! OUT!

• Ned Diamond : Anyway, what difference does it make? It doesn't mean anything.

  Columbo : Oh, it means a great deal, sir. It goes to the very heart of the matter.