"Columbo" Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star [DVD] [Region 2] (IMPORT) (No English version)

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So what can I do for you today, Lieutenant? Well, sir, what I want to do is cut right to the heart of this thing.

I suppose they wanted to spring a surprise on the viewers with Trish’s “assignment,” which resulted in that senselessly vague conversation they had about her car. I can sort of understand that, even though many viewers seem to feel it was not a good idea, but hey, it was a little deviation from the standard total transparency of a Columbo murder plot. A son who spared her the drudgeries of everyday life, who was her constant companion, who brightened her life with little gifts the most precious of which was his love for his mom. What's your theory? - I don't have a theory yet, but it looks like she knew who killed her and she knew him very well. Shout-Out: The private detective that Hugh hired to spy on Marcy is named "Sam Marlowe" for Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. And if that isn't enough, Sam has The Maltese Falcon in his office. Columbo, therefore, figured out that Creighton must have hired a private detective to plant the camera in the vent, but concealed that information from him. Now, who would Creighton have hired to do this job? It would have to be someone he could trust absolutely. It would have to be someone he already knew well. It would have to be a private detective he had previously hired for other sensitive investigations and who had a proven record of discretion.Also, it’s unclear why the scene with the busty mermaid is such a moral outrage. Are busty mermaids a bad thing? Of course, I didn’t get why Columbo playing a tuba was a bad thing, either. The set up at the beginning is good enough, and the movie has other virtues. Columbo is his usual bumbling self and the plot is by no means dull or disjointed. Dabney Coleman makes a good nervous murderer. And Little Richard RULES. The guy has only a few minutes screen time but he's one of the best things in the picture, seated at his on stage piano and pounding out something that sounds like a variation on the theme of "Tutti Frutti." What a voice! Even when he speaks its terminal contours curl upward so that every utterance ends in a high-pitched squeak! And there are surprises in store for the viewer.

I've been worried about the trial and the cost overruns on the building, and I I guess I took it out on you, and that's, uh that's not right.

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The prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant cold-bloodedly planned and ruthlessly murdered his mother, plunging a butcher knife into her body. Should some viewers still need convincing, Hazardous is another episode to provide strong proof of Mrs Columbo being a real person and not some figment of the Lieutenant’s imagination. Although we tantalisingly don’t see her when she’s allegedly accompanying her husband to the policeman’s dinner, the dog groomer at the salon near the end of the episode references having received instructions from her on Dog’s desired pedicure. If she only exists in Columbo’s head, how could the dog groomer have met her? CASE CLOSED, DOUBTERS (** runs imaginary lap of honour, high-fiving fellow believers**). Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, your question is: How did Columbo figure out that attorney Hugh Creighton hired Sam Marlowe to secretly record the afternoon trysts between Marcy Edwards and her boyfriend Neddy Malcolm?

Trish, I mean In deference to Marcy, don't you think we should wait till after the funeral - a couple of months? Not for the partnership.Despite the nucleus of a decent mystery, there’s nowhere near enough story here to fill the 90-minute running time.”