Columbo investigates the apparent drowning of a famous painter's first wife.Columbo investigates the apparent drowning of a famous painter's first wife.Columbo investigates the apparent drowning of a famous painter's first wife.
Isabel García Lorca
- Julie
- (as Isabel Lorca)
Frank Wiltse
- Officer
- (as Frank L. Wiltse)
Joey Banks
- Paramedic
- (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Vignon
- Maitre d'
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe real painter of Columbo's portrait is Jaroslav Gebr. Gebr was born in Eastern Europe and fled the Communists, arriving in Hollywood. He began in the art departments of Fox and MGM and eventually ended up at Universal's Television studios, where he led their Art Department for years.
- GoofsColumbo lifts Dog to look over the fence at the ocean. He then lets go of the dog, yet the dog remains in place at the top of the fence. The dog is apparently standing on some sort of hidden platform, yet no platform is visible in the previous shot from behind him.
- Quotes
Vanessa Barsini: You're like a swollen house guest who eats up all the food, and while the rest of us go hungry, you complain about heartburn.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Columbo: Columbo Cries Wolf (1990)
Featured review
"Murder, A Self Portrait" (1989)
PLOT: A successful artist (Patrick Bauchau) enjoys life living luxuriously on the Malibu shore with no less than three women: his ex-wife (Fionnula Flanagan), his present wife (Shera Danese) and a young model (Isabel Lorca). The three women are all beautiful in their own way and age-bracket, a redhead, brunette and blonde respectively. The man obviously wants his cake and to eat it too! For hidden reasons, he murders one of them.
COMMENTARY: The only way a Columbo movie can work is if it convinces you of the reality of the locale, the people thereof and their unique situation; and this is why this segment works. Speaking of locale, the beachfront locations are spectacular. And Colombo's pet basset hound, "Dog," gets some quality screen time. There are also some awesome-looking dream sequences.
Columbo aficionados will remember Gretchen Corbett's stunning bikini sequence in "An Exercise in Fatality" (1974) and perhaps JoAnna Cameron's office scene in "Negative Reaction" (1974). This episode features a comparable sequence with bikini-clad Isabel Lorca (Julie) on the beach. For anyone interested, "Now You See Him" (1976) and "Columbo Cries Wolf" (1990) are the best episodes in this department.
FYI: Shera Danese was Peter Falk's lifelong wife, whom he married Dec. 7, 1977. She appeared in a total of six Columbo installments, including two in the initial series, one of which was a prominent role in "Murder Under Glass" (1978). She also has a prominent role in "A Trace of Murder" (1997) where she costars.
GRADE: B
COMMENTARY: The only way a Columbo movie can work is if it convinces you of the reality of the locale, the people thereof and their unique situation; and this is why this segment works. Speaking of locale, the beachfront locations are spectacular. And Colombo's pet basset hound, "Dog," gets some quality screen time. There are also some awesome-looking dream sequences.
Columbo aficionados will remember Gretchen Corbett's stunning bikini sequence in "An Exercise in Fatality" (1974) and perhaps JoAnna Cameron's office scene in "Negative Reaction" (1974). This episode features a comparable sequence with bikini-clad Isabel Lorca (Julie) on the beach. For anyone interested, "Now You See Him" (1976) and "Columbo Cries Wolf" (1990) are the best episodes in this department.
FYI: Shera Danese was Peter Falk's lifelong wife, whom he married Dec. 7, 1977. She appeared in a total of six Columbo installments, including two in the initial series, one of which was a prominent role in "Murder Under Glass" (1978). She also has a prominent role in "A Trace of Murder" (1997) where she costars.
GRADE: B
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- Selbstbildnis eines Mörders
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- Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA(Basset hound show and picnic)
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- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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