The Conspirators
- Episode aired May 13, 1978
- TV-PG
- 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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An IRA terrorist executes an arms dealer he considers traitorous; Lt. Columbo is on the case.An IRA terrorist executes an arms dealer he considers traitorous; Lt. Columbo is on the case.An IRA terrorist executes an arms dealer he considers traitorous; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Sean McClory
- Captain
- (as Seán McClory)
Carole Hemingway
- Carole Hemingway
- (as Carole Hemmingway)
John Blower
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the last episode from the original series produced by NBC. It wasn't until 1989 that the series would be picked up again and continue on its eighth season onward produced by ABC.
- GoofsDevlin declares that he is "a boy from the backstreets of Belfast", but his accent is a Southern Irish one, quite unlike that of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Also, when playing darts, he refers to a pub in "Londonderry". A genuine Irish Republican would never refer to the city by that name, and would call it "Derry".
- Quotes
Joe Devlin: You see, at a very early age I decided to be me own master and the servant of no one, and that left two promising possibilities: either to be a king or a poet. Now, as Ireland had her fill of kings, I clearly saw I had to educate meself to a way of words, so I took to drink immediately, fell in love at every opportunity, and avoided the schoolroom like the plague. I advise you to do the same.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Svengoolie: Valley of the Dragons (2019)
- SoundtracksWhiskey in the Jar
(uncredited)
Traditional Irish folk song
Instrumental version heard in pub
Featured review
Outstanding repartee between Columbo and his criminal.
A gun dealer shows up dead in an L.A. hotel room, and the evidence -- including a spilled bottle of Irish whiskey -- leads Columbo to the popular poet Joe Devlin. Once a member of the Irish Republican Army but now supposedly reformed and working to raise money for victims of the conflict, Devlin in reality conspires with an influential Irish shipping family to run a cache of automatic weapons to the Emerald Isle.
This episode is outstanding for the brisk repartee between the witty Irish versifier and the admiring Italian-American Lieutenant (two sides of the same ethnic coin, so to speak). The conclusion is as fast-paced and exciting as Columbo gets, including a crosstown chase-scene (that's right, a chase-scene!), and the Irish instrumentals throughout the program are surely the best score of the entire "Columbo" series.
This episode is outstanding for the brisk repartee between the witty Irish versifier and the admiring Italian-American Lieutenant (two sides of the same ethnic coin, so to speak). The conclusion is as fast-paced and exciting as Columbo gets, including a crosstown chase-scene (that's right, a chase-scene!), and the Irish instrumentals throughout the program are surely the best score of the entire "Columbo" series.
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- Dan-451
- May 27, 2000
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- Also known as
- Waffen des Bösen
- Filming locations
- Radio station KGIL, San Fernando, California, USA(Late in the episode, Clive Revill is seen being interviewed on the radio by Carole Hemingway, and then in the station parking lot, makes a gun deal. Both scenes were shot at KGIL)
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