Try and Catch Me

Episode aired Nov 21, 1977
TV-PG
1h 13m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

3.3K

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An old lady who writes popular mystery novels strongly suspects that her niece's husband murdered her, so she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe while devising a solid alib... Read allAn old lady who writes popular mystery novels strongly suspects that her niece's husband murdered her, so she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe while devising a solid alibi. It's up to Columbo to unravel the subterfuge.An old lady who writes popular mystery novels strongly suspects that her niece's husband murdered her, so she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe while devising a solid alibi. It's up to Columbo to unravel the subterfuge.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
At 80, Ruth Gordon (Abigail Mitchell) was the oldest actor to play a murderer in Columbo.

Goofs
Abigail locked her nephew in the safe, but it is a very big safe. It seems to be a room containing at least 20 cubic meters of air. If the nephew breathes normally, one cubic meter is more than enough for about an hour's stay, so he shouldn't run out of oxygen from one evening to the next morning. He ought to be alive and well when the secretary unlocks the safe.

Quotes
Lt. Columbo: You know, I can remember the only new car my father ever bought. How proud he was. The way it smelled. Kind of like the inside of a Pullman car. It wasn't like this though, I'll tell you that.
Abigail Mitchell: My father never owned a car. Not until I bought him one. I was 20; I'd just sold my first book. Shall we compare poverty stories, Lieutenant?
Lt. Columbo: Not in a Rolls Royce, ma'am.

Connections
Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Sarah Silverman/Nico Hiraga (2021)

Soundtracks
This Old Man
(uncredited)
Traditional English children's marching song
[First two lines played by Peter Falk on piano. Later he whistles it.]

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10/10

The music (Pat Williams) was outstanding in this episode.

Ruth Gordon at her best. This episode is my favorite of the whole Columbo series. Peter Falk and Ruth Gordon worked so well together that they should both be inducted into the television hall of fame, regardless of the rest of their work. Even the music was outstanding in this episode.