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Columbo: Season 5, Episode 6Last Salute to the Commodore (2 Mar. 1976)Charlie Clay runs the ship building business of his father-in-law, Commodore Swanson, who turns up murdered; Lt. Columbo is on the case. Director:Patrick McGoohan |
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| Robert Vaughn | ... |
Charles 'Charlie' Clay
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| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... |
Kittering, Esq.
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| John Dehner | ... |
Commodore Otis Swanson
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| Dennis Dugan | ... |
Sergeant Theodore "Mac" Albinsky
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| Diane Baker | ... |
Joanna Clay
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| Joshua Bryant | ... |
Wayne Taylor
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Susan Foster | ... |
Lisa King
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Fred Draper | ... |
Swanny Swanson
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| Rod McCary | ... |
Coast Guard Officer Ens. O'Connor
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Joseph Roman | ... |
Fred - Shop Foreman
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Hanna Hertelendy | ... |
Woman
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Jerry Crews | ... |
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Charlie Clay runs a ship-building business owned by his father-in-law, Commodore Otis Swanson, who is not happy with his profiteering son-in-law's shady dealings. Nor is he pleased with any of the people closest to him, including his alcoholic daughter Joanna Clay, his elderly nephew Swanny Swanson or his lawyer Kittering. Soon the Commodore is murdered, and Charlie Clay covers it up by impersonating the Commodore, taking the corpse out on the man's yawl at night and throwing the body overboard. Lt. Columbo investigates this case with the help of a veteran sergeant and a 29-year-old novice. The rumpled, redoubtable detective knows Clay covered up the crime, but his assumption that Clay committed the crime may prove premature. Written by J. Spurlin
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Columbo: Accident... Oh, I'm sure this is an accident. Don't worry just because I'm from Homicide. Didn't I mention that? Well, never mind.
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(uncredited)
Traditional English children's song/nursery rhyme.
On soundtrack in several variations at end as Columbo rows away
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This is the first Columbo "whodunnit" where the murderer is revealed at the end of the episode. See more »Goofs
Columbo sprawls out on the pier with his left leg extended beneath him, and his right leg up and bent. Then he instantly switches to having his right leg extended below, and his left leg up - then switches back again. See more »Quotes
Charles 'Charlie' Clay: Listen, are the police always called in when there's any possibility of an accident?Columbo: Accident... Oh, I'm sure this is an accident. Don't worry just because I'm from Homicide. Didn't I mention that? Well, never mind.
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"This Old Man"(uncredited)
Traditional English children's song/nursery rhyme.
On soundtrack in several variations at end as Columbo rows away
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I'm a big fan of Peter Falk and his Columbo series - any showing is a must-see for me even where I have already viewed them a dozen times before since they aren't who-dunnits and Falk always gives a performance worth watching. Sad to say I think this is one of the two or three very disappointing episodes. Falk plays Columbo at half-speed, his two side-kicks are one (most would say two) too many, Vaughan has nothing to do and so ends up doing nothing, but most of all the pace of the first hour of the movie is far too slow.
So what went wrong. I suspect here we have a director trying for a twist on the Columbo formula - which is OK, it made sense to throw an off-speed delivery occasionally - and also experimenting with 'improvisation' by the actors. As we all know that sometimes comes off and sometimes crashes and burns horribly. In this case sadly the latter. The little quirky scenes in Columbo movies are a delight - but here almost the whole movie is made up of such scenes and so the plot gets horribly lost.
It should come as no surprise to fans of the Columbo genre that the director was Patrick McGoohan. A brave experimental director and actor
- and here in 1976 given the opportunity to try something out. Sadly it
doesn't work. However, given his fine performances in 4 other Columbo movies - and his fine direction in four other than this -I'm still a fan!