"Columbo" Old Fashioned Murder (1976)

Director:

Robert Douglas

Writers:

Peter S. Feibleman (teleplay)
Lawrence Vail (story)

TV Series:

"Columbo" (1971)

Original Air Date:

28 November 1976 (Season 6, Episode 2)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The Lytton family owns a museum. Ruth and Edward have devoted their life to the museum but things are not going well...

Plot Keywords:

Museum | Police Detective | Murder | Police Investigation | Police

Cast

Peter Falk	...	Columbo
Joyce Van Patten	...	Ruth Lytton
Jeannie Berlin	...	Janie Brandt
Tim O'Connor	...	Edward Lytton
Celeste Holm	...	Mrs. Brandt
Peter S. Feibleman	...	Milton Shaeffer
Jon Miller	...	Sgt. Miller
Jess Osuna	...	Dr. Tim Shaeffer
Anthony Holland	...	Darryl
Lucy Saroyan	...	Elise
Gary Krawford	...	Watch salesman
Eloise Hardt	...	Maid
Morris Buchanan	...	2nd Detective
Giles Douglas	...	Photographer

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:11 (2007) (DVD) | Denmark:15 (2007) (DVD) | Sweden:15 (2007) (DVD) | Finland:K-18 (2007) (DVD) (self applied)

Company:

Universal TV

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene where Columbo and his sergeants are examining the dead body in the phone booth Columbo refers to one of the sergeants as "Carter". In the next scene where he is talking to Ruth Lytton in the same room, Columbo refers to the same sergeant as "Sergeant Shaw". Sergeant Carter/Shaw is played by Mike Lally.

Quotes:

Janie Brandt: Aunt Ruth, he was in the Army, he can handle a gun, and he's the only one who was willing to work for that salary.

Columbo goes to museum

The Lytton siblings run the Lytton museum.Brother Edward decides to sell the museum.Ruth is against this, and decides to kill him.She's helped by the guard and a petty thief called Milton Schaeffer.Both the guard and Edward end up dead.Ruth frames her beloved niece Janie for the murder.Robert Douglas' Columbo episode "Old Fashioned Murder" is from 1976.It's the second episode of the 6th season.This is a fine Columbo episode, although not quite as good as the 1st episode of the season.Peter Falk does an excellent job as always as the cooky detective.Joyce Van Patten (Dick's sister) plays Ruth Lytton, and she does an excellent job.Tim O'Connor is great as the brother Edward she murders.Celeste Holm is marvelous as the older sister, Mrs. Brandt, who keeps fainting in Columbo's presence.Jeannie Berlin (Elaine May's daughter) is magnificent as Janie Brandt.Peter S. Feibleman, who did teleplays for this and the previous episode, does a great job portraying Milton Schaeffer.And so does Jess Osuna as his brother, Dr. Tim Schaeffer.This Columbo has some fine moments.It's a fun moment when Columbo goes get a manicure and a haircut.For a moment he doesn't look like Columbo at all.And it's always fun to watch how his mind works.And this time he's in a museum environment, which makes it all a bit more interesting.He gets the killer before the closing time.