No Time to Die 

Columbo attends the wedding of his nephew, who is also with the LAPD. Suddenly it turns out that the bride is missing, possibly kidnapped. Columbo sets up the investigation to figure out what happened.

Director:

Alan J. Levi

Writers:

Richard Levinson (created by), William Link (created by)

Stars:

Peter Falk, Joanna Going, Thomas Calabro

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Falk	...	Columbo
Joanna Going	...	Melissa Alexandra Hayes
Thomas Calabro	...	Detective Andy Parma
Dan Butler	...	Sergeant Goodman
Doug Savant	...	Detective Dennis Mulrooney
Daniel McDonald	...	Strassa
Daniel Davis	...	Alex Varrick
Lance LeGault	...	Police Captain
Juliet Mills	...	Eileen Hacker
David Byrd	...	Bailey
Don Swayze	...	Albert Wagner
Donald Moffat	...	Sheldon Hays
Patricia Huston	...	Louise Hays
Cliff Emmich	...	Tubby Comfort
Beth Chamberlin	...	Cindy

Storyline

Columbo attends the wedding of his nephew, who is also with the LAPD. Suddenly it turns out that the bride is missing, possibly kidnapped. Columbo sets up the investigation to figure out what happened.

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Plot Keywords:

tape over mouth | bride | wedding | bound and gagged | cousin cousin relationship | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 March 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

À chacun son heure

Filming Locations:

Barclay Hotel - 103 W. 4th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although Columbo often talks about his relatives, this is the only episode to feature any of them, namely his nephew Detective Andy Parma.

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Goofs

The bride removes the pins from the hinges to the bedroom in which she is being held and roams around the interior of the house. When the police arrive, the front door is off of its hinges.

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Quotes

Melissa Alexandra Hayes: Please, God, help me! Why did he let the door rust? Why didn't he oil it? Rust... that's it! Vinegar dissolves rust, vinegar does this, vinegar does that, thank you Mom for telling me that, and thank you, God!
[pours a bottle of vinegar on the hinges]
Melissa Alexandra Hayes: Let it soak in, Melissa, don't rush it.

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Connections

Referenced in The Larry Sanders Show: Out of the Loop (1992)

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Soundtracks

Can't Help Falling In Love
(uncredited)
Written by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore

User Reviews

Better title: Columbo and the Turned-off Viewer.

Whenever a Columbo story deviates from the familiar plot (colorful killer commits crime, Columbo smokes out killer, Columbo becomes a pest in the process), the writers somehow are never able to match the quality and interest of most traditional episodes. This episode deviates in the extreme, and the result is a major flop.

Would you believe: Columbo never faces the villain till the very end?!!

Frankly, I was tempted to turn it off about two-thirds through.

Oh, the sacrifices we self-appointed reviewers make!!!