Columbo: Murder by the Book (1971) (TV)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Escritores:

Steven Bochco (written by)
Richard Levinson (creator) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

15 septiembre 1971 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Misterio

Plot:

Ken Franklin is a rich socialite living in a luxurious coastal mansion bought from his years of writing crime and mystery books...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Book | Police Lieutenant | Police | Insurance Policy

Premios:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

"It's a cinch you have never cheated on Joanna before...."

Reparto

Peter Falk	...	Lieutenant Columbo
Jack Cassidy	...	Ken Franklin
Rosemary Forsyth	...	Joanna Ferris
Martin Milner	...	Jim Ferris
Barbara Colby	...	Lilly La Sanka
Lynette Mettey	...	Gloria Jr. (as Lynnette Mettey)
Bernie Kuby	...	Mike Tucker
Hoke Howell	...	Sergeant
Marcia Wallace	...	Woman (credit only)
Haven Earle Haley	...	2nd Reporter

También conocida como:

Colombo: Homicidio de acuerdo con el libro (Spain) [es]

Duración:

73 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:K-7 (2004) | Denmark:11 (2004) | Sweden:15 (2004) | Norway:15 (2004)

Locaciones de Filmación:

9000 West Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, California, USA

Compañía:

Universal TV

Trivialidades:

Part of the original Sunday NBC Mystery Movie with rotated with the series "McCloud" (1970) and "McMillan & Wife" (1971).

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Before Columbo begins to grate cheese, he grabs a bowl from the cabinet to put the cheese in. The bowl already has grated cheese in it.

Citas:

[first lines]
[Jim works in his office]
Jim Ferris: [knock on the door] Who is it?
[another knock on the door]
Jim Ferris: [He opens the door - Ken is aiming a gun at his face. Jim laughs]
Ken Franklin: Oh, you're not intimidated.
Jim Ferris: Oh, come on, Ken. You're forgetting that I'm one-half of the world's greatest mystery-writing team? You, ah, don't have gloves on, your finger's not on the trigger, and there are no bullets in the cylinder.
Ken Franklin: [smiling] You're right. I'm a lousy practical joker.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Psych: Shawn vs. the Red Phantom (#1.8)" (2006)

Banda de Sonido:

Love Theme from 'Red Sky At Morning'

"It's a cinch you have never cheated on Joanna before...."

A terrific start to the series, and I'm not just saying this because of its director: he'd have done a great job on this even if his name was Joe Nobody. Spielberg's cool, clipped way of creating an air of menace, through constant anticipations (not for nothing does the opening panning shot include a skull on Ferris' table) in the opening sequences should be required viewing at film schools. He still permits the classic character conflict to evolve in the later, less firmly paced stages: even inserting a signature (reflected in E.T. and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS) of officials loudly creating fuss and sidelining the vulnerable, in the scene at the Ferris home just before Columbo appears. Jack Cassidy, unfairly only really remembered today as the father of teen idol David, is on splendid, autocratically smarmy form here, as a mystery writer who can't write, but knows how to play the media. His staring eyes and coldly composed face as he points the gun at the camera, for the second time, are unforgettable. As ever, Falk charms in his down-to-earth manner, complaining of the cold - "there's no lining on this coat" - and helping out the distressed Mrs. Ferris in the kitchen. (A shame that Rosemary Forsyth is saddled with a line like, "I know Ken, he's not a murderer", though.) The music, more than slightly reminiscent of Bernard Herrmann's score for PSYCHO, is another eerie advantage. All in all, a shame that Falk's plan to get Spielberg to direct COLUMBO's return to TV, in 1989, came to nothing........