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Columbo
 USA
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NBC/Universal/ABC 'Mystery Movie' / x90/120m-e / 1971-77/89-90/ 1996
Creators: Richard Levinson, William Link / Executive Producers: Richard Levinson, William Link,
Roland Kibbee, Dean Hargrove, Richard Alan Simmons
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intelligent detective drama about dishevelled,
raincoat wearing, go it alone Lt Columbo.
Columbo had an unusual premise for a tec show,
we (the viewers) saw who committed the murder
right from the beginning with Lt Columbo somehow
always knowing who the guilty party was but
somehow having to use his skills and persistence
to work out how the deed was done.
Columbo was married to Kate but she was never
seen (although there was a cheeky spin off
called Mrs Columbo using this character).
Columbo drove a run down Peugeot and had a
basset hound called Dog.
Bing Crosby and Lee J. Cobb were both offered
the chance to play the role but the character
was actually first seen on screen played by Bert
Freed in a 1960 edition of Sunday Chevy Mystery
Hour. Directors on the early editions included
both Steven Spielberg and Jonathan Demme.
Apparently the inspiration for the character was
Petrovich from Feodor Dostoyevsky's mammoth
novel Crime and Punishment
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Cast
PETER FALK as Lt Columbo
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