Dead Weight
- Episode aired Oct 27, 1971
- TV-PG
- 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
3.4K
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A war hero shoots and kills his business partner; an easily manipulated young divorcée is the only witness.A war hero shoots and kills his business partner; an easily manipulated young divorcée is the only witness.A war hero shoots and kills his business partner; an easily manipulated young divorcée is the only witness.
Jim Pelham
- 2nd Officer
- (as Jimmy Pelham)
Bobby Gilbert
- Exhibit Patron
- (uncredited)
Bart Greene
- Exhibit Patron
- (uncredited)
Chester Jones
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Jack Slate
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
Earl Spainard
- Fisherman
- (uncredited)
Gary Wright
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe white house on the water that is supposed to belong to Maj. Gen. Hollister was, in real life, actually owned by Peter Falk, and is located in Newport Beach, California.
- GoofsThe General kills his victim instantly with one close-in shot. So he was either shot in the head or in the heart. Either wound would produce copious amounts of blood everywhere. Yet when Columbo enters the house, there are no bloodstains to be seen anywhere. It would be impossible to clean all such traces by that time.
- Quotes
Helen Stewart: Some men, Lieutenant, do not wanna look like an unmade bed!
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This IS NOT a Bad Episode... What's the Problem Folks?
This episode seems to be hated, and doesn't even reach a 7. In my opinion all of the original Columbos deserve to go over the 7 mark...
I've noticed in reading the reviews certain people don't believe a kind of female loser would fall for a man twenty-years older, but he is a famous rich man while she was in a marriage being cheated on by a guy who probably had no money, and this General put on what my parents would call "the full court press" so it seems very realistic...
Also, when he shows her his house from the distance she claimed to see the killing from the boat... that made a lot of sense. Had the General gone to court they'd have brought the jury out there and he'd get off, with an apology from the police... including our scruffy beloved hero...
So that's probably the reason it's a hated episode... It's a reach, there's no body, and Columbo has nothing really to hang onto but that... well that's a spoiler...
But anything with Timothy Carey serving stew to Peter Falk deserves SOME praise for gosh sakes... And this is an entertaining episode...
Featuring as the victim John Kerr who played the fiance of another Columbo victim Anne Francis from one of the great bad movies, The Crowded Sky...
Just saying.
I've noticed in reading the reviews certain people don't believe a kind of female loser would fall for a man twenty-years older, but he is a famous rich man while she was in a marriage being cheated on by a guy who probably had no money, and this General put on what my parents would call "the full court press" so it seems very realistic...
Also, when he shows her his house from the distance she claimed to see the killing from the boat... that made a lot of sense. Had the General gone to court they'd have brought the jury out there and he'd get off, with an apology from the police... including our scruffy beloved hero...
So that's probably the reason it's a hated episode... It's a reach, there's no body, and Columbo has nothing really to hang onto but that... well that's a spoiler...
But anything with Timothy Carey serving stew to Peter Falk deserves SOME praise for gosh sakes... And this is an entertaining episode...
Featuring as the victim John Kerr who played the fiance of another Columbo victim Anne Francis from one of the great bad movies, The Crowded Sky...
Just saying.
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- Nov 8, 2021
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- Also known as
- Mord unter sechs Augen
- Filming locations
- Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California, USA(BI Ferry, Pleshette sailing and reporting shooting to police officer.)
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