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"Columbo" By Dawn's Early Light (1974)
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Original Air Date:
27 October 1974
(Season 4, Episode 3)
Plot:
The commandant of a military academy murders the chairman of the board, who wants to oust him. Lt. Columbo takes up residence in the barracks to expose the killer. full summary | add synopsis
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Patrick McGoohan -- The Prisoner -- Dead At 80
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 15 January 2009, 2:04 AM, PST)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 15 January 2009, 2:04 AM, PST)
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Cast
(Episode Complete credited cast) | Peter Falk | ... | Columbo |
 | Patrick McGoohan | ... | Col. Lyle C. Rumford |
 | Burr DeBenning | ... | Capt. Loomis |
| Madeleine Sherwood | ... | Miss Brady (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood) |
| Tom Simcox | ... | William Haynes |
| Mark Wheeler | ... | Springer |
| Bruce Kirby | ... | Sergeant Kramer (as Bruce Kirby Sr.) |
| Sidney Armus | ... | Corso |
 | Robert Clotworthy | ... | Boodle Boy |
| Karen Lamm | ... | Susan |
 | Bruno Kirby | ... | Cadet Morgan (as B. Kirby, Jr.) |
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100 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Finland:K-18 (2006) (DVD) (self applied)
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Continuity: As Columbo joins Rumsford for dinner, he is given a plate with a good-sized steak, accompanied by sweetcorn, carrots and something green, all in small neat piles. A few shots later, when the assistant cadets are excused from the table, his plate is there with the steak, but absolutely piled high with peas and green beans, but no sweetcorn at all. Then when he adds bread to his plate, it has the same ingredients as the first plate.
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Col. Lyle C. Rumford:
[to Columbo] Well, we have - we have similar jobs in a way. I wear a uniform, you wear, uh...
[glances at Columbo's disheveled appearance]
Col. Lyle C. Rumford: suppose you could call that a uniform...
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[glances at Columbo's disheveled appearance]
Col. Lyle C. Rumford: suppose you could call that a uniform...
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Columbo vs. Patrick McGoohan's character is a classic -- better than many films, keeps you on edge and wondering the whole way. Definitely worth watching if you can find it. Here you see two actors who really know how to fill out a character and make him come to life. Huge fun.