Old Fashioned Murder
- Episode aired Nov 28, 1976
- TV-PG
- 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2.1K
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The head of a family-run museum murders her brother when he threatens to dissolve the financially strapped institution.The head of a family-run museum murders her brother when he threatens to dissolve the financially strapped institution.The head of a family-run museum murders her brother when he threatens to dissolve the financially strapped institution.
Mike Lally
- Sgt. George Carter
- (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
- Museum Patron
- (uncredited)
George Simmons
- Stylist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPeter S. Feibleman, who wrote this episode's teleplay, plays Milton Shaeffer, the museum's security guard.
- GoofsSupposedly, the burglar is shot by the accountant, who is shot in return. Columbo listens to the inventory tape many times but listens to the answering machine tape only once. If the two men shot each other at nearly the same time, the answering machine (fake) message would have two gunshots to account for the dual deaths. It had only one. Columbo failed to pick up on this, even if only to consider simultaneous gunfire.
- Quotes
Columbo: My watch costs thirty dollars. His must have cost a couple hundred and it's wrong. It says May first. Goes to show you money doesn't buy quality.
Sgt. George Carter: Lieutenant, it IS May first. Your watch is wrong, his watch is right.
Columbo: Oh. Well, what do you expect for thirty dollars.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Marie-Francine (2017)
- SoundtracksThe Girl from Ipamena
("Garota de Ipamena") (uncredited)
Music by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Portugese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes
English lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Instrumental version heard in beauty salon
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one of the best
This is one of the best Columbos. You can't beat the cast, the storyline, or anything about it. I can't be as erudite as the other poster, so I'll just say I loved it.
The cast is top notch - Joyce van Patten, Jeannie Berlin, Tim O'Connor and Celeste Holm, who is a riot. "I am not without influence, Lieutenant Columbus!" And a line I use myself even today: "I have told you, I cannot leave a room without a man to escort me." That line gets a neat twist at the end of the movie.
Joyce Van Patten, Holm and O'Connor are all family members who own a museum.
It's Van Patten's whole life, but it's a money pit and O'Connor wants to get rid of it. There lies the conflict.
I highly recommend this particular Columbo.
The cast is top notch - Joyce van Patten, Jeannie Berlin, Tim O'Connor and Celeste Holm, who is a riot. "I am not without influence, Lieutenant Columbus!" And a line I use myself even today: "I have told you, I cannot leave a room without a man to escort me." That line gets a neat twist at the end of the movie.
Joyce Van Patten, Holm and O'Connor are all family members who own a museum.
It's Van Patten's whole life, but it's a money pit and O'Connor wants to get rid of it. There lies the conflict.
I highly recommend this particular Columbo.
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- blanche-2
- Sep 8, 2004
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- Delitto d'altri tempi
- Filming locations
- Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Mansion - 10 Chester Pl, Los Angeles, California, USA(as The Lytton Museum)
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