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Director:
E.W. Swackhamer
Writers:
Richard Levinson (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
User Comments:
The Screenwriters Need To Go Back To College more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
Germany:90 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Company:
Universal TV more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
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
Goofs:
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: I know what you asked and I'm trying to avoid the question. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Columbo: Undercover (1994) (TV) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
The Screenwriters Need To Go Back To College, 1 June 2001
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Author: rossmcdonald2001 (rossmcdonald2001@hotmail.com) from Stockton-on-Tees, England

The casting of Robert Culp is probably the only decent move the production team made with this film. Falk and Culp were marvellous, but as culp was not Falks nemesis this time, chemistry was lacking. Columbo is only as strong as his opposite number, and this time he didn't have one.

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