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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Steven Bochco (teleplay)
Richard Levinson (story) ...
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TV Series:
Original Air Date:
17 September 1972 (Season 2, Episode 1)
Plot:
An amoral conductor murders the gifted pianist with whom he is having an affair. Lt. Columbo is on the case. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
One of my personal favorites! more (14 total)
Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Peter Falk | ... | Columbo |
 | John Cassavetes | ... | Alex Benedict |
| James Olson | ... | Paul Rifkin |
 | Blythe Danner | ... | Janice Benedict |
| Anjanette Comer | ... | Jenifer Welles |
 | Myrna Loy | ... | Lizzy Fielding |
| James McEachin | ... | Billy |
| Don Knight | ... | Mike Alexander |
 | Pat Morita | ... | The House Boy |
| Michael Pataki | ... | Sam |
| Michael Fox | ... | Dr. Benson |
| Dawn Frame | ... | Audrey |
| Charles Macaulay | ... | Durkee |
| George Gaynes | ... | Everett |
| Wallace Chadwell | ... | TV director |
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Runtime:
90 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Finland:K-7 (2005)
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This is the debut episode for Dog, Columbo's pet basset hound. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Janice Benedict's hair, at the end, just before she accompanies Columbo and Alex into the screening room to watch the incriminating video, is swept up in a bun behind her head. When she enters the room (it's a continuous scene, leaving no opportunity for Janice to change hair styles), her hair is down in a long ponytail. more
Quotes:
Lieutenant Columbo: I can't stand suicide. Murder is bad, but suicide is sadder. more
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This Columbo episode is one of the better and perhaps one of my personal favorites. The cast includes Rosemary's Baby John Cassavetes as the maestro, his wife played by Blythe Danner (Gwyneth Paltrow's mom) and his mother-in-law played by Myrna Loy (one of America's greatest leading actresses in film of our time). Anyway I disagree with anybody who criticizes against this film. This episode is one of my favorites because you have an excellent cast who do a superb job in performing. I love watching Columbo with his beloved dog who he never names in the series. This time, the episode focuses in on classical music at the Hollywood Bowl, one of L.A.'s attractions. Of course, Columbo becomes as interested in classical music as he does anything else involving a crime.