Columbo (TV Series)

Lady in Waiting (1971)

Jessie Royce Landis: Mrs. Chadwick

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Quotes 

• Columbo : Uh, my name is Columbo, ma'am. I'm a, uh... lieutenant, uh, from the police.

  [shows badge then puts it away] 

  Mrs. Chadwick : Dah, just a minute. Not so quickly. I'd like to look that over.

  [examines his I.D. then him] 

  Mrs. Chadwick : Well, I must say, you hardly look the role.

• Mrs. Chadwick : I should think that would be obvious. I'm in no mood for coffee.

• Mrs. Chadwick : But he had far too many responsibilities for marriage.

• Mrs. Chadwick : You aren't even capable of running your own life.

  Beth Chadwick : I've never been allowed to run my own life.

• Columbo : That's a tough little monkey you got there.

  Mrs. Chadwick : Enrico is not a monkey. He's a pedigreed silky.

  Columbo : Oh, I can see that, ma'am. It's just a figure of speech.

• Mrs. Chadwick : [to Columbo]  You there. Pay the cab and bring my luggage.