Death Hits the Jackpot
- Episódio foi ao ar 15 de dez. de 1991
- TV-PG
- 1 h 38 min
Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaColumbo questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.Columbo questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.Columbo questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.
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- CuriosidadesThe champagne that George Brower stocks his refrigerator with is the exact same brand that the murderer from the previous episode, Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star (1991) stocked his refrigerators with.
- Erros de gravaçãoA lottery ticket is a "bearer instrument." There are no names on it; whoever turns it in wins the money. Once it is learned that Leon has killed his nephew, the money would not go to the nephew's wife, as Columbo says. There's no legal way to prove Freddy ever had the ticket. Had he dropped it in the street, whoever picked it up and cashed it in would get the money. He didn't sign his ticket. There is a line on the back to sign your name, which you are advised to do if you win.
However, Columbo might very well be aware of this. He is trying to elicit a confession, and all he needs for this to work is the two other characters believing him.
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Columbo: Well, the bad news, ma'am, is that Mr. Lamarr here is going to be arrested for the murder of your husband.
Nancy Brower: Oh, my God. Leon, how could you?
Leon Lamarr: Ha!
Nancy Brower: And what's the good news?
Columbo: That you've just inherited the better part of $24 million after taxes. It wasn't Mr. Lamarr who won the lottery, it was your late husband.
Nancy Brower: [pretending surprise] What?
Columbo: And even though you were in the process of getting a divorce, you were still legally married at the time of the drawing.
Nancy Brower: I get the money?
Columbo: All of it. All of those millions.
Leon Lamarr: It'll be a cold day in hell.
Nancy Brower: Leon!
Leon Lamarr: You lying, treacherous bitch, you sold ol' Leon out, didn't you? You want to see some cooperation? Girl, I'm gonna show you some cooperation.
[to Columbo]
Leon Lamarr: Who do you think it was pretending to be Freddie calling me from the studio that night?
[with Nancy ranting and raving, and with Leon chuckling]
Columbo: That's it.
[to another officer]
Columbo: All right, book 'em. Both of 'em.
- ConexõesFollowed by Columbo: No Time to Die (1992)
So he decides to ask his uncle Rip Torn to cash the check then give him the proceedings when the final divorce decree between Kroeger and Rose is signed. Big mistake because Torn is both greedy and murderous.
Between the estranged wife and the greedy uncle Kroeger never stood a chance. Still Peter Falk has a case to solve and find a motive. A few of those small details that Columbo always harps on do the trick.
And Torn is made a chump of by a chimpanzee. Believe me Columbo never could have put this one together without the chimp.
Highly entertaining.
- bkoganbing
- 8 de ago. de 2017
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- Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA(Garland's Jewelry Auction)
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