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Columbo: Season 2, Episode 3The Most Crucial Game (5 Nov. 1972)The manager of a football team murders its callow owner, making it look as if the young man had had an accident in his swimming pool. Lt. Columbo is on the case. Director:Jeremy Kagan |
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Paul Hanlon
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Walter Cunnell
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James Gregory | ... |
Coach Rizzo
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Eve Babcock
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Shirley Wagner
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Eric Wagner
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Ralph Dobbs
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Kathryn Kelly Wiget | ... |
Miss Johnson
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Richard Stahl | ... |
Mr. Fremont
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Cliff Carnell | ... |
Plainclothesman
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Joe Renteria | ... |
Box Attendant Jimmy
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Ivan Naranjo | ... |
Sgt. Hernandez, L.A.P.D.
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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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Murder | Swimming Pool | Block Of Ice | Ice Cream Truck | Unconscious In Swimming Pool | See more »Parents Guide:
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Columbo: Gioco mortale (#2.3) See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles International Airport - 1 World Way, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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The murder victim's (Eric Wagner's) house is the same used in Murder by the Book where it was the house of Ken Franklin. See more »Goofs
Miscellaneous: 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. See more »
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