Murder with Too Many Notes (12 Mar. 2001)

Findlay Crawford, a Hollywood film composer and conductor, murders a talented composer/musician who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work in recent years, including the entire score... See full summary »

Director:

Patrick McGoohan

Writers:

Jeffrey Cava (teleplay), Patrick McGoohan (teleplay),

Stars:

Peter Falk, Billy Connolly, Richard Riehle

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Falk	...	Columbo
Billy Connolly	...	Findlay Crawford
Richard Riehle	...	Sgt Degarmo
Charles Cioffi	...	Sidney Ritter
Hillary Danner	...	Rebecca
Chad Willett	...	Gabriel McEnery
Scott Atkinson	...	Tony
Obi Ndefo	...	Nathaniel Murphy
Randy Oglesby	...	Joshua Vinten
Luis Avalos	...	Antonio
Harry Danner	...	Fitch
Anne McGoohan	...	Marcia
Herschel Sparber	...	Priestly
Steve O'Connor	...	Throve
Larry Gilman	...	Tomblin

Storyline

Findlay Crawford, a Hollywood film composer and conductor, murders a talented composer/musician who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work in recent years, including the entire score for the last film, which won an Oscar. Crawford is jealous of the young musician whose talent outshines his own. Will Columbo find out who did it? It's just one more thing.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | film composer | composer | hollywood | detective series | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 2001 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV, Studios USA

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 90 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The studio stage roof-top set erected atop the Technicolor parking structure nearly covered the entire parking structure' surface area. After the set had been constructed, the Santa Ana Winds started blowing taking part of the set's roof area off the structure. The flats performed like sails flying off the North side of the parking structure during the night. The following morning, the prop maker crew carried the flats back to the roof structure, reassembling the set for the following day of filming of the scenes occurring on the setting. The winds cleared the haze for a spectacular bright sunny Southern California day.

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Goofs

Computer printer that prints music score is accompanied by the sound of a dot matrix printer, when the printer is clearly an HP 4MP Laser printer.

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Quotes

Lt. Columbo: Just one more thing, sir.

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Connections

Follows Columbo: No Time to Die (1992)

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Soundtracks

"Jaws (Theme)"
Music by John Williams

User Reviews

C'mon Columbo - you can do better than that!

I am a HUGE Columbo fan.. My trusty Tivo has become my best friend, and I never miss an episode! I don't want to criticize a Columbo, for fear that Peter Falk will read the comments and decide it's time to put the old detective away..

But, I've gotta say - out of the long list of episodes I've seen, this is by far the most disappointing. Not only was it very unrealistic - the forensics (for a 2000 movie) were very out of date, but the plot [the ending specifically] left us dangling.

I didn't even realize it was over! When he confessed and joked about prison, we were like "huh?? what happened?? why would he confess??".. Columbo is a brilliant detective, and this one sold him short.

I know future episodes will make up for it.. [hint hint].. he's not ready to be put down.. I hope if the powers that be read this, they will realize that Columbo has a lot of life left in him, but I hope they also choose scripts that really are his traditional style: the Columbo style we've grown to love.

For this episode specifically, definitely not the best.. but if you're a Columbo junkie, definitely worth a watch - even a bad Columbo makes you smile. =)