This is one of the best Columbos. You can't beat the cast, the storyline, or anything about it. I can't be as erudite as the other poster, so I'll just say I loved it.
The cast is top notch - Joyce van Patten, Jeannie Berlin, Tim O'Connor and Celeste Holm, who is a riot. "I am not without influence, Lieutenant Columbus!" And a line I use myself even today: "I have told you, I cannot leave a room without a man to escort me." That line gets a neat twist at the end of the movie.
Joyce Van Patten, Holm and O'Connor are all family members who own a museum.
It's Van Patten's whole life, but it's a money pit and O'Connor wants to get rid of it. There lies the conflict.
I highly recommend this particular Columbo.
The cast is top notch - Joyce van Patten, Jeannie Berlin, Tim O'Connor and Celeste Holm, who is a riot. "I am not without influence, Lieutenant Columbus!" And a line I use myself even today: "I have told you, I cannot leave a room without a man to escort me." That line gets a neat twist at the end of the movie.
Joyce Van Patten, Holm and O'Connor are all family members who own a museum.
It's Van Patten's whole life, but it's a money pit and O'Connor wants to get rid of it. There lies the conflict.
I highly recommend this particular Columbo.