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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Lou Shaw (teleplay) and
Peter S. Feibleman (teleplay) ...
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TV Series:
Original Air Date:
10 October 1976 (Season 6, Episode 1)
Plot:
Ward Fowler is an actor of a soap opera and his character is Detective Lucerne. His producer is Claire Daley... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Shatner at his hammiest -- delicious more (16 total)
Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Peter Falk | ... | Columbo |
 | William Shatner | ... | Detective Lucerne / Ward Fowler |
 | Bert Remsen | ... | Mark |
| Alan Manson | ... | Sid Daley |
| Lola Albright | ... | Clare Daley |
| Danny Dayton | ... | Director |
 | Timothy Carey | ... | Tony (as Timothy Agoglia Carey) |
| Walter Koenig | ... | Sgt. Johnson |
 | John Finnegan | ... | Assistant Director (as J.P. Finnegan) |
| Victor Izay | ... | Conroy |
| Shera Danese | ... | Molly |
| Jimmy Joyce | ... | Camera Operator |
| Frank Emmett Baxter | ... | Walter Gray |
| Fred Draper | ... | Joseph (first scene, flubbed line) |
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Runtime:
Germany:70 min | Italy:71 min | USA:73 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Norway:11 (2007) (DVD) | Denmark:15 (2007) (DVD) | Sweden:15 (2007) (DVD) | Finland:K-18 (2007) (DVD) (self applied)
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Goofs:
Continuity: Sid's comb-over hairstyle is a little windswept from one camera angle, but not others, as Columbo is speaking to him beside the "Jaws" shark pool. more
Quotes:
Lieutenant Columbo: I sometimes have a funny effect on people, being a police lieutenant. At least I hope that's what it is. more
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The repartee between Columbo and Shatner who plays an actor playing a TV-detective. Columbo asks Shatner for help and the relationship between the two is hilarious throughout. The result is one of the more memorable entries of the series. This one gets an "A" from me.