Old Fashioned Murder
- Episode aired Nov 28, 1976
- TV-PG
- 1h 13m
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7.1/10
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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
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- 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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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.
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- Delitto d'altri tempi
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- Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Mansion - 10 Chester Pl, Los Angeles, California, USA(as The Lytton Museum)
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