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Columbo: Season 4, Episode 4Troubled Waters (9 Feb. 1975)Lt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco, but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship. Director:Ben Gazzara |
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Dr. Frank Pierce
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Hayden Danziger is on a cruise with his wife Sylvia, who is older than he and much, much richer. Rosanna Wells is on the same ship as a singer. Rosanna and Hayden are lovers and Rosanna blackmails Hayden, but he has decided to kill her and has planned the perfect crime. Or so it seems since Lt. Columbo is cruising on that same very ship and the Captain asks for his help. Written by Baldinotto da Pistoia
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9 February 1975 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Sun Princess Cruise Ship, Priness Cruise Line, Santa Clarita, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Hayden Danziger: Mind what?
Lt. Columbo: Mind firing the gun into the mattress. I hate guns. Besides, I'm a bad shot, I'm liable to miss.
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(uncredited)
Written by Sid Rubin and Charlie Chavers
Played by ship's band
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The magician's box of props is labeled with the name of the actor playing the magician, Curtis Credel. See more »Goofs
When Vaughn runs downstairs to commit the murder he passes the same stairwell twice, judging by a sign and a trolley with plates. See more »Quotes
Lt. Columbo: [Lt. Columbo is preparing to test fire a bullet for a ballistics check] Would you mind?Hayden Danziger: Mind what?
Lt. Columbo: Mind firing the gun into the mattress. I hate guns. Besides, I'm a bad shot, I'm liable to miss.
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We gratefully acknowledge the co-operation and courtesies furnished by Princess Cruises and the offices and staff of the Sun Princess. See more »Soundtracks
"Undecided"(uncredited)
Written by Sid Rubin and Charlie Chavers
Played by ship's band
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Probably an unique thing is that the movie features the Columbo character from about the first shot on. He just happens to present at a location (aboard a cruise ship) where a murder gets committed, like a Jessica Fletcher type of murder-mystery. This is a new sort of approach for a Columbo movie. It's unfamiliar and new ground for a Columbo movie and doesn't follow the usual patterns of a Columbo movie, which makes this a bit of an odd Columbo movie, when compared to the others. It also puts Columbo outside of his familiar environment. Not of course that this movie is horrible but I just prefer the old fashioned Columbo approach over this.
As soon as Columbo gets introduced in the story, as soon as he disappears out of it again, until the actual murder occurs. It takes for too long for the murder to occurs and on top of it the entire build up to it and the complexity surrounding it is just a bit overdone. The clues that are left out for the lieutenant also are a bit too obvious, which makes the murder far from the perfect one and not halve as clever as most other murders committed in a Columbo movie, despite its long and complex execution of the murder in this movie.
I've always liked Robert Vaughn. He's just one of those actors that don't seem to have changed ever since the '60's on till now. He also always plays the same sort of characters. Besides Vaugh, the movie also features other well known and respected actors such as Dean Stockwell and Patrick Macnee as the captain.
It's fun to see Columbo out of his usual environment for a change, which obviously adds some nice comical touches to the movie. Of course he gets seasick and remarkably enough he keeps his famous trademark trench-coat on during for most of the sunny trip. It are not necessarily the settings that are bad but it's more that it does not really work out for a Columbo movie, or perhaps it could had, if it had a better script to work with.
A different but definitely not better than average Columbo entry.
7/10
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