Columbo (TV Series)

Murder Under Glass (1978)

Louis Jourdan: Paul Gerard

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• Paul Gerard : You're a very able man, Lieutenant. I respect that, but I really don't care for you very much.

  Lt. Columbo : You know, sir, I was thinking the same thing about you. I respect your talent, but I don't like anything else about you.

• Paul Gerard : When did you first suspect me?

  Lt. Columbo : Well, as it happens, sir... about two minutes after I met you.

  Paul Gerard : That can't be possible.

  Lt. Columbo : Oh, you made it perfectly clear, sir, the very first night when you decided to come to the restaurant directly after you were informed that Vittorio was poisoned.

  Paul Gerard : I was instructed to come here by the police.

  Lt. Columbo : And you came, sir.

  Paul Gerard : Yes.

  Lt. Columbo : After eating dinner with a man that had been poisoned. You didn't go to a doctor. You came because the police instructed you. You didn't go to a hospital. You didn't even ask to have your stomach pumped. Mr. Gerard, that's the damnedest example of good citizenship I've ever seen.

• Paul Gerard : [referring to Vittorio's death]  Albert, can all this be true?

  Albert : Mr. Gerard, Vittorio was a fine man. You're a food critic, great critic. I'm a simple chef, but I'm sure I speak for chefs everywhere when I say I wish it was you dead in there.

• Lt. Columbo : [Watching Paul Gerard eat the dish he prepared]  What do you think?

  Paul Gerard : Lieutenant, I wish you had been a chef.

  Lt. Columbo : I understand, sir.

• Paul Gerard : What makes you think Vittorio was in some sort of trouble?

  Lt. Columbo : Mainly because he was murdered, sir. The two, trouble and murder, they seem to go together. At least that's been my experience, sir.

• Lt. Columbo : Sorry, Mr. Gerard, but I can't let you get away with it.

  Paul Gerard : What?

  Lt. Columbo : Your recipe. You didn't think I'd remember, did you? It's onion sauce.

• Lt. Columbo : I expected to see you at Mr. Rossi's funeral. I guess you couldn't make it.

  Paul Gerard : I never go to funerals. I prefer to remember my friends as I saw them last.

  Lt. Columbo : I believe Mr. Rossi was yelling at you when you saw him last. Isn't that right, sir?

  Paul Gerard : You mustn't take me literally, Lieutenant.

• Lt. Columbo : The boy said something about an argument and a lot of shouting. What was that about, sir?

  Paul Gerard : It was a trivial matter.

  Lt. Columbo : Yes, sir. Most arguments seem to start that way.

• Paul Gerard : I'm beginning to regard you as an old acquaintance, Lieutenant.

  Lt. Columbo : Well, thank you very much, sir. I'm beginning to know you pretty well, too.

• Lt. Columbo : Oh. One more thing. Gee, I almost forgot what I came here to ask ya.

  Paul Gerard : Fortunately, you remembered.

• Paul Gerard : I wanted you to have one last taste of Tokyo before you begin your tour of American restaurants.

  Kenji Ozu : They won't believe this when I send back the story. They think I'm eating hot dogs and grits.

  Eve Plummer : Have you ever eaten grits?

  Kenji Ozu : No, not yet.

  Eve Plummer : Don't bother.

• Lt. Columbo : Well, this is quite a coincidence. I had no idea you were here.

  Paul Gerard : Would you care to join me?

  Lt. Columbo : Well, I'm really not hungry, sir. I just polished off three mushrooms stuffed with crab meat, but I'll join you anyway. If you're anything like me, you're not too crazy about eating alone.

• Paul Gerard : Have you eaten?

  Lt. Columbo : Ah, yes, sir. It seems I've been eating quite a bit lately. It's terrific.

• Paul Gerard : Always just one more. If you gave a photographer 20 lashes, he'd still ask for just one more.