Sleep-Deprived Columbo Investigates a Murder | Columbo

Columbo investigates the murder of a writer who was about to sign a contract with another publisher.

Clip from Season 3, Episode 5 "Publish Or Perish" - An enraged publisher hires a gunman to kill an author (Mickey Spillane) who intends to sign a contract with a competitor.

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[Meteorite_Shower]

"My client's being held like a common criminal and I want to know why."
"Well sir, he's being played by Jack Cassidy, so there's a good chance he did it."

[aranayailyaris]

Cop: "Where were you at the time of the murder"
Lawyer: "You don't have to answer that."
Client: "I don't mind answering that. The fact is I don't know where I was. Yes, it's true, I saw the victim last night, we had some words, I was very upset by it, I drove around, I had been drinking quite a bit"
Lawyer: *screams internally*

[onemorething]

Columbo notices more in a sleep-deprived state than the cops around him who had a decent night's sleep. I love the reference to the wife. All the nuggets of information he drops about her make her sound so interesting. She's the most well-written character that we never actually see.

[deecook]

Jack Cassidy is so good, he can pull off trying to look like a bad actor when he's not.

[WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime]

I wonder if he ever thought to himself, "How many times do I have to arrest this guy?"

[totheno]

Columbo is a different breed of talent smart, detail oriented & a deep thinker. I enjoy watching him break down the crime step by step.

[PollRevere]

Jack Cassidy really understood his role in this episode and played it well. Fine actor.

[alyssafaden]

"We found this in the basement. it's been fired."

POINTS IT AT COLUMBO

[PaulHarvey-kmqg]

Guy writing on tablet at 35 seconds is Paul Shenar. He played Alejandro Sosa in the movie Scarface. Sadly he died in 1989 from AIDS.

[howardcroft]

I got into a text argument with a guy recently about Colombo. He didn't understand that Colombo could have a conversation with a suspect about two different things at the same time... but the suspect didn't realise. That was the brilliance of the writing.

[bender]

Jack did a nice job portraying a bad liar, Greenleaf. His other criminal encounters with the Columbo, his characters seem smoother and a bit more clever.

[atinygoose]

I like the part where the cop balances a handgun on the end of a pencil then points it point-blank in columbo's face while the pencil is resting on the trigger.

[jamesfeldman]

It's fun to see Paul Shenar as Sgt. Young, a character who's really a budding first-rate detective, that directly helps Lt. Columbo, unlike Sgt. Willson (played by Bob Dishy), who largely helps Columbo as a result of fortuitous accidents. Paul Shenar would be immortalized for his brilliant portrayal as Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa, in Scarface (1983).

[dinky]

Columbo seems to always be in the right place at the right time. He never seems to force anything.

[yeltsin]

I’ve always found that the suspects always provides possible solutions to the crime.

[jg]

While I was just casually watching this in the background, I instantly perked up 3:08 when I heard the unmistakable voice of James B. Sikking. He went on to do some impressive supporting parts in films like Outland, Star Trek III, and Narrow Margin, and played Lt. Howard Hunter for the entire run of Hill Street Blues—a very good actor who stayed under the radar for most of his career.

[terracottapie]

"Dear God, not poor Alan! But why?! Who?!"

It takes a great actor to play a shitty actor pretending to be upset.

[zovalentine]

Rest in powerful peace Peter Falk 🙏
16 September 1927 ~
23 June 2011⚘

[luishumbertovega]

Columbo talking about Bette Davis at 0:36, Peter Falk worked with Ms Davis in A Pocketful Of Miracles (1961) Frank Capra's last film.

[christopherkraft]

Excellent episode!! Jack Cassidy, as always, played a diabolical killer, but he was no match for the Lieutenant!!! 👍👍🙂