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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Second-rate "Columbo"
I generally love "Columbo," but this is nowhere near the best. Joyce Van Patton is a prim and proper and old-fashioned villain, but she lacks excitement, and so does the show. No one wants to watch a boring villain. (I think of something Alfred Hitchcock once said: The better the villain, the better the movie.) There's an overall aura of blandness to the show. Celeste Holm and Jeannie Berlin add a bit of juice, but not much.
Also: I don't have a clue why the killer tries to pin the job on the particular person she does. And I could rattle off some plot holes that would qualify as "spoilers," so I won't.
"Columbo" fans will want to see it, but they'll likely be disappointed.
Also: I don't have a clue why the killer tries to pin the job on the particular person she does. And I could rattle off some plot holes that would qualify as "spoilers," so I won't.
"Columbo" fans will want to see it, but they'll likely be disappointed.
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- jrhpax
- Jun 25, 2012
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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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