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Old Fashioned Murder ()

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  • Season 6
  • Episode 2
The head of a family-run museum murders her brother when he threatens to dissolve the financially strapped institution.
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Columbo
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Ruth Lytton
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Janie Brandt
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Edward Lytton
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Phyllis Lytton Brandt
Peter S. Feibleman ...
Milton Shaeffer
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Sgt. Miller
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Dr. Tim Shaeffer
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Darryl
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Elise
Gary Krawford ...
Watch Salesman
Eloise Hardt ...
Cathy - Maid
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2nd Detective
Giles Douglas ...
Photographer
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Sgt. George Carter (uncredited)
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Museum Patron (uncredited)
George Simmons ...
Stylist (uncredited)
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Museum Patron (uncredited)
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Plainclothesman (uncredited)

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Robert Douglas

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Peter S. Feibleman ... (teleplay by)
 
Peter S. Fischer ... (story by) (as Lawrence Vail)
 
Richard Levinson ... (created by) (creator) &
William Link ... (created by) (creator)

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Everett Chambers ... producer
Joseph D'Agosta ... associate producer

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Dick DeBenedictis ... (music score) (as Dick De Benedictis)

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Irving Lippman ... director of photography (as Irving I. Lippman)

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Stanley Frazen

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Michael Baugh

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Peg Cummings ... (set decorations)

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George Whittaker ... (as George R. Whittaker)

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Robert J. Anderson ... unit manager (as Robert Anderson)
Charles Clement ... post production operations head (uncredited)

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Charles E. Walker ... assistant director (as Charles Walker)

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Brian Courcier ... sound effects editor
Jerry Smith ... sound (as Jerry E. Smith)

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Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Henry Mancini ... composer: Mystery Movie theme
James D. Young ... music editor

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Chris Haynes ... driver (uncredited)

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William Driskill ... executive story consultant (as Bill Driskill)
Hank Simms ... announcer
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Plot Summary

The Lytton family owns a museum. Siblings Ruth and Edward (curator and trustee, respectively) have devoted their lives to it, but with things not going so well, Edward has decided to sell it. Ruth doesn't agree and plans otherwise (the old-fashioned way). She has a niece, Janie, whom she loves more than her mother does, who has hired Milton Schaeffer, a petty thief and inveterate gambler (and the brother of her (Janie's) lover), as their new security guard. With a subsequent double-homicide on hand utilizing these details, Columbo delves into the family's personal history to help unravel spinster Ruth's ruthless scheme. Written by Baldinotto da Pistoia / with additional information by statmanjeff

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Also Known As
  • Meurtre à l'ancienne (France)
  • Bei Einbruch Mord (Germany)
  • Vanhanaikainen nainen (Finland)
  • Delitto d'altri tempi (Italy)
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Trivia Peter S. Feibleman, who wrote this episode's teleplay, plays Milton Shaeffer, the museum's security guard. See more »
Goofs Supposedly, the burglar is shot by the accountant, who is shot in return. Columbo listens to the inventory tape many times but listens to the answering machine tape only once. If the two men shot each other at nearly the same time, the answering machine (fake) message would have two gunshots to account for the dual deaths. It had only one. Columbo failed to pick up on this, even if only to consider simultaneous gunfire. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Marie-Francine (2017). See more »
Soundtracks The Girl from Ipamena See more »
Quotes Columbo: My watch costs thirty dollars. His must have cost a couple hundred and it's wrong. It says May first. Goes to show you money doesn't buy quality.
Sgt. George Carter: Lieutenant, it IS May first. Your watch is wrong, his watch is right.
Columbo: Oh. Well, what do you expect for thirty dollars.
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