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The owner of a football team is found dead in a swimming pool. It looks like an accident, a slip and fall. However, Columbo doesn't really believe in this being an accident and investigates the accident as if it was a murder case. However, the person he suspects has a powerful alibi. Written by
Maarten Hofman <jen@cistron.nl>
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Trivia
Robert Culp's character of Paul Hanlon wears a green single breasted blazer as one of his costumes. Culp also wore a green blazer in both of his other appearances as the murderer, Investigator Brimmer in "Death Lends a Hand" and Dr. Bart Keppel in "Double Exposure".
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Goofs
When Shirley Wagner lands at the airport, there is a scene showing the wheels of her plane touching down. The wheels are of a B-52 bomber, and not a commercial airliner.
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Quotes
Lt. Columbo:
Uh, sir?
Walter Cunnell:
Yes?
Lt. Columbo:
You don't mind if I ask you a personal question, do you?
Walter Cunnell:
No.
Lt. Columbo:
What'd you pay for those shoes?
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Connections
Edited from
A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
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Robert Culp has appeared in several Columbo episodes. This time, he is again at it as the chief suspect in an unusual murder. Watching Columbo catch him is always fun. Dean Stockwell plays the victim who is a married cad. The woman who plays his wife is best known for her role on Dallas as one of the wives. Anyway, the plot is thin but the murder is quite complicated and not simple to explain here. I think you have to believe in Columbo's genius in figuring it out. I like the idea of ice cream truck which makes it interesting. The death is more unusual than normal but it's fun watching Peter Falk and Robert Culp together in another typical episode.