Columbo (TV Series)

Candidate for Crime (1973)

James G. Richardson: Shelly

Quotes 

• [Columbo's car has been repaired. He's presented with the bill] 

  Lt. Columbo : That much, huh?

  Shelly : Wasn't the parts so much as the time it took. It's not easy to work on a car in that condition.

  Lt. Columbo : Will you take a check?

  Shelly : You haven't got a credit card?

  Lt. Columbo : I'm from the... uh... police. Lieutenant Columbo... uh.

  [He struggles to get out his I.D] 

  Shelly : What, are you... uh... undercover or something?

  Lt. Columbo : No, I'm underpaid.