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Writers:
Richard Levinson (creator) &
William Link (creator) ...
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Release Date:
9 December 1990 (USA) more
Plot:
The popular tv detective investigates a murder at a college where two students kill their professor who was trying to expel them... more | add synopsis
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One of the better post 1989 episodes more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter Falk | ... | Columbo |
 | Stephen Caffrey | ... | Justin Rowe |
 | Gary Hershberger | ... | Cooper Redman |
 | James Sutorius | ... | Prof. D.E. Rusk |
| William Lucking | ... | Dominic Doyle |
 | Katherine Cannon | ... | June Clark |
 | Alan Fudge | ... | Mr. Redman |
 | Maree Cheatham | ||
| Bridget Hanley | ... | Mrs. Rusk |
| Jim Antonio | ... | Joe Doyle |
| Steven Gilborn | ... | George |
| Guy Stockwell | ... | Club Owner |
| Robert Culp | ... | Jordan Rowe |
 | Les Lannom | ... | Malloy |
| Elizabeth Swackhamer | ... | Sara |
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Germany:90 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)
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1.33 : 1 more
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In "Columbo Goes To College", Columbo is a guest lecturer at a criminology class. He reminisces about the prior season's "Columbo: Agenda for Murder (#9.3)" (1990), describing how he obtained a piece of chewing gum belonging to murder suspect Oscar Finch (Patrick McGoohan), which was matched to teeth-marks on a piece of cheese left at the murder scene. more
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Continuity: Columbo is visiting Mrs Rusk - he walks towards her as she sits on the couch in the window. As he walks, his hands are visible and are empty. In the next shot, he has his notebook and pencil in his hands. more
Quotes:
Lt. Columbo: Well, sometimes, when you know something, it's better to keep it to yourself. You don't have to blab everything right away. Wait. Who knows what will happen? Timing. That's important. And lucky. You got to be lucky. more
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Followed by Columbo: It's All in the Game (1993) (TV) more
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I felt that way when I saw the episode in its original run and still agree when I watch it on reruns. You had the culprits totally mocking Columbo throughout the episode and treating him like he has down syndrome. And in the end you see their shock when Columbo gets them dead to rights and arrest them. You also get a realistic reaction from the arrogant preppy killers. They stillcouldn't give Columbo his props and say he just got lucky. I like the formula where there is an elaborate crime, the killer(s) totally underestimate Columbo, and then you get their realization that Columbo was totally playing the criminals. I recall in the first few episodes of the post 1989 episodes they weren't following that formula and this was the first episode that I was pleased with.