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Overview
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Writers:
Jonathan Latimer (written by)
Richard Levinson (creator) ...
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TV Series:
Original Air Date:
15 October 1972 (Season 2, Episode 2)
Plot:
Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns into a murder. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund, that is being managed by a man with a great love for orchids. full summary | add synopsis
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Reasonably originally-plotted and above-average entry in the series more (15 total)
Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Peter Falk | ... | Columbo |
 | Ray Milland | ... | Jarvis Goodland |
 | Bob Dishy | ... | Sergeant Frederic Wilson |
| Sandra Smith | ... | Cathy Goodland |
| Bradford Dillman | ... | Tony Goodland |
 | William Smith | ... | Nichols |
| Arlene Martel | ... | Gloria |
| Robert Karnes | ... | Grover |
| Milton Frome | ... | Driver |
| Peggy Mondo | ... | Woman |
| Richard Annis | ... | Officer |
| Larry Watson | ... | Sound Man |
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USA:73 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Finland:K-7 (2005)
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Continuity: When Cathy Goodland gets the telephone call from "kidnapper" Jarvis Goodland, we see that the bedside photo of her husband is turned toward her, on the nightstand. Only its edge is visible, propped against the clock-radio. Cathy gets up to find that her husband is indeed missing. When she returns to her bedroom, the camera pans across her nightstand to show that the photo of Tony is now turned around 90 degrees, facing toward the camera. Also, the photo has moved over to the far side of the clock-radio. more
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Where else does Bob Dishy appear as Sgt. Wilson?How many appearances did Ray Milland make in this series?
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Stemming from an enjoyably sarcastic, no-nonsense characterisation and a hammy performance from Ray Milland as the murderer and a plot which is reasonably fresh and original, this second season episode is deceptively entertaining.
Perhaps there is too much focus on the secondary characters, especially Sergeant Wilson (who is assigned to the case to help Columbo and who would make a further appearance in the series some 4 years later in "Now you see Him"), but it is not burdensome in the extreme and there are some typically choice moments of humour - nb: Columbo's fall after trying to negotiate his way down a steep hill.
Certainly not as intelligently conceived and executed as the vintage episodes in the series; the pacing is more playful than frenetic and the scenes between Falk and Milland are too few and far between. Nonetheless, above-average stuff and pleasing viewing.