After the head of a private paramilitary think tank who is embezzling funds murders a blackmailer, he has to match wits with the persistent Lieutenant Columbo.After the head of a private paramilitary think tank who is embezzling funds murders a blackmailer, he has to match wits with the persistent Lieutenant Columbo.After the head of a private paramilitary think tank who is embezzling funds murders a blackmailer, he has to match wits with the persistent Lieutenant Columbo.
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- Trivia(at around 43 mins) This is one of the few Columbo episodes in which the Lieutenant's supposed first name is displayed. Columbo is showing Frank Brailie a plastic evidence bag of leaves and mud retrieved from the collar of the victim, and the name 'Frank Columbo' can be read on the bag.
- GoofsWhen Columbo looks at the body of Sergeant Major Lester Keegan, he can be seen to be blinking.
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Lieutenant Columbo: You know, Colonel, the way we always agree with one another, that's amazing, considering the fact that we really don't like one another. Would you agree with me on that?
Colonel Frank Brailie: I think I'd have to agree.
Lieutenant Columbo: You see? We agree again.
- Crazy creditsAs the program ends and the credits roll, the camera pans across the Civil War miniature figurines on their battlefield. It ends its motion on a tight closeup of a miniature figurine of Columbo himself, complete with trademark rumpled tan raincoat and arms up in his classic pose when interrupting to make a point. Clearly, his figurine is intended not as a Civil War relic, but instead as a little joke for the viewers.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Columbo: Grand Deceptions
COMMENTARY: This one has always ranked high on my list of favorites of the latter-day series. Some people don't like it because of the quasi-military setting and Foxworth's supposedly wooden portrayal. But he's no more wooden than Gene Barry in the very first Columbo flick, "Prescription: Murder" (1968). Both roles called for an arrogant, calm, overconfident and inexpressive person.
Janet Eilber plays the general's much younger wife and her character is genuinely winsome and noble, yet she's taken a foolish path and feels guilty about it. This all leads to a convincing and potent sequence.
Look for Lee Arenberg in an amusing bit part.
GRADE: A-/B+
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