1. I saw the light, I saw the lightCopy !req
2. No sorrow in sightCopy !req
3. Praise the Lord, I saw the lightCopy !req
4. What did he mean, murder?Copy !req
5. And why am I talking to
somebody from Homicide?Copy !req
6. I appreciate it, sir, but, uh,
my ears pop in an elevator.Copy !req
7. As a matter of fact, I don't
even like being this tall.Copy !req
8. You know, I'm very happy
you told me that.Copy !req
9. Why's that?Copy !req
10. Well, you know, that's what started
your brother-in-law thinking that...Copy !req
11. you had something to do
with murdering his sister.Copy !req
12. Here, I'll park the car
for you, Mr. Brown.Copy !req
13. Thank you.Copy !req
14. How's the box office
going for tonight?Copy !req
15. All sold out, sir.Copy !req
16. That's great!Copy !req
17. Ah, thank you, sir.Copy !req
18. I want you to check out
the sound system, Luke.Copy !req
19. I want you to find me
an engineer.Copy !req
20. Okay.Copy !req
21. While I'm performing, I want you
to keep the candy hawkers...Copy !req
22. and the picture sellers
out of the aisle.Copy !req
23. I don't want them out there
when I'm trying to do a show.Copy !req
24. I always do.Copy !req
25. Yeah, you're really on the ball,
ain't you, Luke?Copy !req
26. I try, Tommy.Copy !req
27. I saw the light, I saw the lightCopy !req
28. No more darkness, no more nightCopy !req
29. Now I'm so happy,
no sorrow in sightCopy !req
30. Praise the Lord, I saw the lightCopy !req
31. I walked in darkness
and clouds covered meCopy !req
32. I had no idea
where the way-out could beCopy !req
33. Then came the sunrise
and rolled back the nightCopy !req
34. Praise the Lord, I saw the lightCopy !req
35. I saw the light, I saw the lightCopy !req
36. No more darkness, no more nightCopy !req
37. Now I'm so happy,
no sorrow in sightCopy !req
38. Praise the Lord, I saw the lightCopy !req
39. Just like a blind man
I wandered astrayCopy !req
40. Straight is the gate
and narrow the wayCopy !req
41. Then like the blind man
that got back his sightCopy !req
42. Praise the Lord, I saw the lightCopy !req
43. I saw the light, I saw the lightCopy !req
44. No more darkness, no more nightCopy !req
45. Now I'm so happy,
no sorrow in sightCopy !req
46. Praise the Lord, I saw the lightCopy !req
47. I saw the light, I saw the lightCopy !req
48. No more darkness, no more nightCopy !req
49. Now I'm so happy,
no sorrow in sightCopy !req
50. Praise the Lord, I saw the lightCopy !req
51. Thank you very much. Thank you.Copy !req
52. Thank you.Copy !req
53. I'll be right back.Copy !req
54. - Tommy, kiss me.
- Tommy boy, kiss me.Copy !req
55. Tommy, kiss me.Copy !req
56. Please kiss me, Tommy.Copy !req
57. Hmm, maybe later.Copy !req
58. Tommy?Copy !req
59. All right now. Do you all hear me?Copy !req
60. You're going home.Copy !req
61. You hear me? You all go home.Copy !req
62. He's not coming out and he's not
asking you all in.Copy !req
63. So please go home.Copy !req
64. I'm asking you
nicely now, go home.Copy !req
65. Officers, you get them.
Clear the crowd.Copy !req
66. Hurry them along officers,
please.Copy !req
67. Thank you.Copy !req
68. Sis.Copy !req
69. Yes?Copy !req
70. When you gonna tell me
what you got on Tommy...Copy !req
71. that makes him
toe the line like that?Copy !req
72. Well, I'll tell you when I think
it's fit for you to know.Copy !req
73. Shucks, Sis, if anything
ever happens to you...Copy !req
74. Well, the good Lord
will see that it doesn't.Copy !req
75. How about later?Copy !req
76. Not so good.Copy !req
77. It's coming out
the teletype now...Copy !req
78. from our Los Angeles
weather station.Copy !req
79. Coastal fog moving in
after midnight and, uh,Copy !req
80. they're forecasting
zero ceiling and visibility...Copy !req
81. in the Basin and foothills.Copy !req
82. But you can beat it if you take off
in the next half hour.Copy !req
83. Thanks.Copy !req
84. I'd like to persuade you people
to come back, Mrs. Brown.Copy !req
85. Hell, we can sell out Tommy Brown
for damn near a month here.Copy !req
86. I don't hold with profanity,
Mr. Dodds.Copy !req
87. Oh, I'm sorry.Copy !req
88. To the Lost Soul Crusade,Copy !req
89. "hell" and "damnation" are
not words to be taken lightly.Copy !req
90. Yes, ma'am,
but what about extending?Copy !req
91. We're booked into Los Angeles
this week.Copy !req
92. And then we have special ceremonies
for the groundbreaking...Copy !req
93. at the tabernacle site
on Tuesday.Copy !req
94. Are you folks really spending
$5 million to build it?Copy !req
95. It'll be the finest temple to the
glory of the Almighty in America.Copy !req
96. The first $1 million
is already in escrow.Copy !req
97. Mrs. Brown, your end
of tonight's take...Copy !req
98. is $30,000,
we took in about $50,000.Copy !req
99. Fine.Copy !req
100. Will you be waiting around
for it?Copy !req
101. Luke will.Copy !req
102. But I'll want to check the figures
myself as soon they're ready.Copy !req
103. Yes, ma'am. Won't be long.Copy !req
104. When are we taking off?Copy !req
105. I want to talk to you.Copy !req
106. I'm listening.Copy !req
107. Alone.Copy !req
108. Well, now, if what you
want to talk about...Copy !req
109. is what you're all the time
talking about,Copy !req
110. Maryann can stay.Copy !req
111. She's got a lot to do with it.Copy !req
112. We got a good thing going, Edna,Copy !req
113. and it would be crazy
to bust it up.Copy !req
114. Bust it up?Copy !req
115. I'm not aiming to.Copy !req
116. I am.Copy !req
117. You've got $1 million in escrow
to build a tabernacle...Copy !req
118. and you can't
get the rest without me.Copy !req
119. I know that, Tommy.Copy !req
120. And I was thinking, maybe you
and I could compromise, Edna.Copy !req
121. You take half the money for
the Crusade and I'll take half.Copy !req
122. Every penny goes to the Crusade...Copy !req
123. until that tabernacle is built.Copy !req
124. You can push
a man too far, Edna.Copy !req
125. I'm being used
and I don't like it.Copy !req
126. Other singers drive around
in Ferraris, Rolls,Copy !req
127. I don't even own a car.
It's me they come to hear, Edna.Copy !req
128. It's my records they buy.Copy !req
129. It was me
who got you a parole...Copy !req
130. to get you away from that
Arkansas prison farm...Copy !req
131. or you'd still be rotting there.Copy !req
132. I kept my part of the deal, Edna.Copy !req
133. I married you
and I've been faithful to you.Copy !req
134. Because I watch you.Copy !req
135. You are a lustful sinner,
Tommy.Copy !req
136. I saw the expression
on your face...Copy !req
137. when you were gonna
kiss that lost child.Copy !req
138. If it wasn't for me
you'd be using the Crusade...Copy !req
139. to lure her
to some motel right now,Copy !req
140. or into the back of your car
if you had one.Copy !req
141. If I had one.Copy !req
142. May God forgive me...Copy !req
143. for letting a devil
help me build a temple.Copy !req
144. And what if your devil quits,
what are you going to do?Copy !req
145. Why now, it would
all go down the drain,Copy !req
146. and you and me with it.Copy !req
147. I seem to remember
a little Bible myself, Edna.Copy !req
148. "Vengeance is mine,
saith the Lord."Copy !req
149. It was also written:Copy !req
150. "The Lord works in mysterious ways,
His wonders to perform."Copy !req
151. I am his instrument...Copy !req
152. and I would punish you, Tommy.Copy !req
153. Maryann and me.Copy !req
154. Those people out there just
might not believe you and Maryann.Copy !req
155. How about those motels...Copy !req
156. where you register as a father
and daughter with Maryann?Copy !req
157. How old were you then, child?Copy !req
158. 16.Copy !req
159. 16.Copy !req
160. All those phony names,Copy !req
161. the dark glasses that haven't been
seen through yet.Copy !req
162. Of course, you weren't
so well-known then.Copy !req
163. But your handwriting has got to be
on some of those registers.Copy !req
164. And one of those clerks
could recognize Maryann,Copy !req
165. and you, too,
if she pointed the finger.Copy !req
166. Hasn't been
but three years, Tommy,Copy !req
167. but I've read the law.Copy !req
168. The statute of limitations hasn't
run out yet on the Mann Act.Copy !req
169. Statutory rape.Copy !req
170. Oh, no.Copy !req
171. You won't
quit the Crusade, Tommy.Copy !req
172. You're a sanctimonious hypocrite
of a bible-spouting blackmailer...Copy !req
173. and I've given you
your last chance to be fair.Copy !req
174. Your insults and threats
don't scare me.Copy !req
175. Uh, Mr. Dodds is
ready for you, sis.Copy !req
176. Right. I won't be long.Copy !req
177. Take your time.
We can't fly now, anyway.Copy !req
178. Oh. Why not?Copy !req
179. Weather's bad in LA.Copy !req
180. Improving after midnight.Copy !req
181. We're not going to take a chance
on leaving until after midnight.Copy !req
182. I'm gonna grab a couple of hours
of shut-eye.Copy !req
183. Well, now, if you're thinking
of looking for that child...Copy !req
184. that came to the door,
you forget it.Copy !req
185. Because I'll be right back,Copy !req
186. to make sure that all you're
grabbing is shut-eye.Copy !req
187. You want me to
fly back to LA with you?Copy !req
188. No, I want you
to ride on the bus, Luke.Copy !req
189. There's mountains
between here and LA...Copy !req
190. and that old crate don't climb
so good with four people on board.Copy !req
191. Making another hint
for a new plane.Copy !req
192. Tommy, you're
wasting your breath.Copy !req
193. Wasting my breath when I sing, too,
considering what I get out of it.Copy !req
194. Hey, Luke, take this guitar
on the bus with you.Copy !req
195. You want me to put it in
with the baggage?Copy !req
196. No, I want you to put it on
the seat right by you.Copy !req
197. Don't put it under anything,Copy !req
198. and don't let that guitar
get broken, Luke.Copy !req
199. Okay, Tommy.Copy !req
200. Hi, Mr. Brown. Mrs. Brown.Copy !req
201. Evening.Copy !req
202. It sure is good to see you, sir.Copy !req
203. Are we all fuelled up?Copy !req
204. Uh, yes, sir.
All systems go, Mr. Brown.Copy !req
205. Sure. It's good taste
you got in music there.Copy !req
206. Uh, yes, sir.Copy !req
207. Oh, I sure wish
I could have gotten off...Copy !req
208. to go to that
concert of yours tonight.Copy !req
209. - What's your name?
- Uh, Jeff.Copy !req
210. Well, Jeff, next time
I play Bakersfield,Copy !req
211. I'll get you
a couple of passes.Copy !req
212. Oh, I sure do
appreciate that, sir.Copy !req
213. Sure, I'll be glad to it.Copy !req
214. Oh, Mr. Brown.Copy !req
215. All right, stow my
luggage for me, will you?Copy !req
216. Oh, sir, right away, sir.Copy !req
217. Now, now, hurry, will you? Please.Copy !req
218. Hey, Jeff.Copy !req
219. Yes, sir.Copy !req
220. These are keys to my rent-a-car.Copy !req
221. It's got plenty of time
left on it...Copy !req
222. so if you'd like to drive around
awhile, go ahead.Copy !req
223. Impress your girlfriend.Copy !req
224. Oh, I sure do
appreciate that, sir.Copy !req
225. All right.Copy !req
226. You'll do no such thing.Copy !req
227. You'll turn that car in right away
and I've checked the mileage.Copy !req
228. Uh, yes, ma'am.Copy !req
229. Oh, $5. I sure do
appreciate that, sir.Copy !req
230. All right, don't...Copy !req
231. Get a hand there.Copy !req
232. Watch your feet. There. Ah.Copy !req
233. Tommy, we are cold.Copy !req
234. Heater is busted.
I got some coffee here.Copy !req
235. Hot coffee.Copy !req
236. Hold it for me, darling.Copy !req
237. Tom, this is the most horrible
coffee I've ever tasted.Copy !req
238. Well, it's better than nothing.Copy !req
239. Sorry. You can't
come into this area.Copy !req
240. I'm from the Los Angeles
Police Department.Copy !req
241. Lt. Columbo.
Who's in charge here?Copy !req
242. Mr. Pangborn.Copy !req
243. Over there, being interviewed.Copy !req
244. We're speaking
with Mr. Roland Pangborn...Copy !req
245. of the air safety division of...Copy !req
246. the National Transportation
Safety Board.Copy !req
247. Mr. Pangborn is heading up
the investigation of this...Copy !req
248. very tragic air crash.Copy !req
249. Do you have an opinion as to the
cause of the crash, Mr. Pangborn?Copy !req
250. Well, Hal, just the statement
the pilot made at the hospital.Copy !req
251. He had a total electrical system's
failure, and his, uh,Copy !req
252. instruments and his radio
were out.Copy !req
253. However,
I will say, unofficially, that, uh...Copy !req
254. Save it.Copy !req
255. What's the matter?Copy !req
256. This fellow's been wandering around
in this shot and...Copy !req
257. it's getting very distracting.
Hal, I'm sorry.Copy !req
258. Would you mind,
just for a moment, please?Copy !req
259. I'm sorry.Copy !req
260. I've got you in the wide shot.Copy !req
261. I think we can pick him up
in a single.Copy !req
262. Fine.Copy !req
263. Uh, Mr. Pangborn,
you were about to give us...Copy !req
264. an unofficial opinion
of the cause of the crash.Copy !req
265. Uh, excuse me, this is
one of the big problems...Copy !req
266. we have at these crash sites:Copy !req
267. curiosity seekers.Copy !req
268. Hold it for a minute, will you?Copy !req
269. Sir!
I'll have to ask you to leave.Copy !req
270. L.A.P.D., Lt. Columbo.Copy !req
271. I just didn't want to identify
myself in front of the reporter.Copy !req
272. Why not?Copy !req
273. Well, like you were saying,Copy !req
274. better to be unofficial
until you get the facts.Copy !req
275. Well, just what facts
have you got?Copy !req
276. I don't have anything, just what
I read in the morning newspaper.Copy !req
277. I think it's a miracle
this guy got out of the plane.Copy !req
278. You know, it was a relief
to my wife.Copy !req
279. She's a big fan of this fellow's.
Knows all his albums.Copy !req
280. Can you imagine getting out
of this thing alive?Copy !req
281. It's unusual.
But not unheard of.Copy !req
282. I'm not clear why there's...Copy !req
283. police interest
in this crash, Lieutenant.Copy !req
284. Ah, you see, that's what I mean,
you know.Copy !req
285. As soon as you mention
that you're from the police,Copy !req
286. then right away, everybody
starts speculating,Copy !req
287. especially when you say
you're from Homicide.Copy !req
288. Homicide?Copy !req
289. Why is Homicide interested in this,
Lieutenant?Copy !req
290. We got a complaint
from a member of the family,Copy !req
291. Mrs. Brown's brother.Copy !req
292. What do you mean, complaint?Copy !req
293. Nothing definite.
Just suspicion of foul play.Copy !req
294. But I heard what you
just said over there.Copy !req
295. It was
electrical system failure.Copy !req
296. That's what the pilot said.Copy !req
297. And that's what you fellas
will probably call the...Copy !req
298. probable cause?Copy !req
299. Contributing. Yeah, I'd say.
Unofficially, though.Copy !req
300. It'll still probably be
that old, reliable standby:Copy !req
301. pilot error. Almost always is.Copy !req
302. You see, Brown was not
instrument-rated...Copy !req
303. and he flew into minimal weather
and he lost his orientation.Copy !req
304. Got the ship into a stall
configuration and just spun in.Copy !req
305. But that's always been
and still is,Copy !req
306. as a matter of fact,
the number one causative factor...Copy !req
307. in private flying accidents
of this type.Copy !req
308. Sometimes augmented
by a blood-alcohol count.Copy !req
309. Mr. Pangborn,
could you come back here...Copy !req
310. just for a moment? And bring
your investigating team.Copy !req
311. We're losing the light,
it'll just take a moment.Copy !req
312. We'd like to get this
this film to the lab.Copy !req
313. Fellas, just come around and
stand over on either side of me,Copy !req
314. if you will, please.
Mr. Pangborn?Copy !req
315. - Bring him in.
- Ready? Okay, get ready to roll.Copy !req
316. - Okay, that's it. Rolling.
- All set? All right. Fine.Copy !req
317. Hold it.Copy !req
318. I'm... I'm sorry.Copy !req
319. Look, just stand by
with the lights.Copy !req
320. You looking
for something specific?Copy !req
321. Uh, was that checked?Copy !req
322. The engine?
No, but it will be.Copy !req
323. No, I didn't mean the engine.
What you said before,Copy !req
324. Mr. Brown's blood count
for alcohol.Copy !req
325. At the hospital, at our request.
But no.Copy !req
326. He was cold sober,
no drugs, nothing.Copy !req
327. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
328. Listen, if the engine
went into a stall,Copy !req
329. would that be considered
pilot error?Copy !req
330. No, i-it's not the engine.Copy !req
331. Lieutenant, when we
speak of a stall,Copy !req
332. we mean stalling the wing.Copy !req
333. Well, that's getting the ship
into too steep a climb.Copy !req
334. And that is easy to do...Copy !req
335. in tight weather with a
blacked-out instrument panel.Copy !req
336. No, he just
shouldn't have been flying...Copy !req
337. around these mountains
at low altitude...Copy !req
338. without an instrument rating
in the kind of weather...Copy !req
339. we had last night.Copy !req
340. Um, Bakersfield to LA is an hour.
You know, by plane.Copy !req
341. Couldn't he have gotten that
weather ahead of time?Copy !req
342. Told me he did when I talked
to him at the hospital.Copy !req
343. But he'd made the flight
lots of times...Copy !req
344. and he felt he could
sneak through okay.Copy !req
345. Mr. Pangborn, please,
we're losing the light.Copy !req
346. Just for one moment, please, sir.Copy !req
347. Why don't you finish it up,
get it over with?Copy !req
348. All right, roll it again now.
Let's go.Copy !req
349. - Keeping it tight.
- Mr. Pangborn.Copy !req
350. Rolling.Copy !req
351. As you can see, Mr. Pangborn and
his staff are very busy people...Copy !req
352. and we have to interrupt
our interview from time to time.Copy !req
353. However, Mr. Pangborn
has rejoined us again,Copy !req
354. and with his permission,
we'd like to continue.Copy !req
355. Go right ahead.Copy !req
356. I think the public is
very interested in these...Copy !req
357. aircraft accident investigation
techniques, Mr. Pangborn.Copy !req
358. We'd certainly like to
follow through on this one.Copy !req
359. Would it be possible
for our crew to cover...Copy !req
360. some of your procedures?Copy !req
361. Oh, I think
it could be arranged.Copy !req
362. Now, if one of our questions
is out of line, sir,Copy !req
363. just say the word
and we'll withdraw it.Copy !req
364. Thank you.Copy !req
365. I'll give you the regulation
"no comment."Copy !req
366. That's fair enough. First,
I'd like to ask why...Copy !req
367. you have the pilot's statement,Copy !req
368. why is it necessary to make
any investigation at all?Copy !req
369. Well, that's purely a routine.Copy !req
370. There's no reflection
at all on this pilot.Copy !req
371. As a matter of fact,Copy !req
372. pilots are a very
special breed of artists.Copy !req
373. You know, it's called
the art of flying.Copy !req
374. And, uh, many of them are not really
the strong or silent types...Copy !req
375. that are generally depicted.Copy !req
376. Some of them are quite emotional.Copy !req
377. They tend to blame themselves
for a crash...Copy !req
378. even when it might have been
due to circumstances...Copy !req
379. beyond their control, you see.Copy !req
380. You mean there might have been
some sort of...Copy !req
381. mechanical failure that even
the pilot was unaware of?Copy !req
382. Oh, exactly.Copy !req
383. We'll take all of the engine,Copy !req
384. electronic and structural parts
of the wreckage back to our hangar,Copy !req
385. and give it
a thorough examination.Copy !req
386. We give it an X-ray,
chemical analysis,Copy !req
387. microscopic metallurgical testing,
that sort of thing.Copy !req
388. So, what we have is
the pilot's statement...Copy !req
389. which makes our job easier.Copy !req
390. A lot easier, and the situation
a lot clearer.Copy !req
391. Well, thank you very much,
Mr. Pangborn.Copy !req
392. This is Hal Fischer,
in the Los Angeles mountains.Copy !req
393. Okay, that's a wrap.Copy !req
394. Got it.Copy !req
395. He's saying he felt
he could make it.Copy !req
396. The same old story,
the same old fatal results.Copy !req
397. Were the two women
sitting in the back?Copy !req
398. Right.Copy !req
399. Are these the seat-belts
for the two backseats?Copy !req
400. Yeah.Copy !req
401. I noticed they weren't jarred open
by the impact of the crash.Copy !req
402. They never are.Copy !req
403. Well, that explains it.Copy !req
404. Explains what?Copy !req
405. Why the pilot was thrown clear
and the two women weren't.Copy !req
406. I'm sorry, I... I just
don't follow.Copy !req
407. I noticed the pilot's seatbelt.Copy !req
408. Yeah?Copy !req
409. Not fastened.Copy !req
410. I hadn't noticed.Copy !req
411. My God, you're right.Copy !req
412. It must have been open
before the crash.Copy !req
413. Oh, you got one of those, too?Copy !req
414. Well, I'm just gonna
make a note and ask Brown...Copy !req
415. why his belt wasn't fastened.Copy !req
416. All right. Gee, that reminds me,
I gotta make the same note.Copy !req
417. In this case, it probably
saved his life.Copy !req
418. Generally, the pi...Copy !req
419. the passengers sitting
after the cockpit...Copy !req
420. have a better chance of survival
in a crash of this type.Copy !req
421. You got a minute, sir?Copy !req
422. Yeah, sure.Copy !req
423. Right this way.Copy !req
424. What's this?Copy !req
425. That's a pilot's navigation kit.
They keep their charts in it.Copy !req
426. Uh, radio frequency, pamphlets,
lot of different things.Copy !req
427. Gee, that's funny.Copy !req
428. What?Copy !req
429. No ashes.Copy !req
430. I beg your pardon?Copy !req
431. No ashes.Copy !req
432. Seems empty.Copy !req
433. Well, he could have
taken the charts out...Copy !req
434. and laid them on the unoccupied
co-pilot's seat.Copy !req
435. But those ashes would be
in among all those other ashes.Copy !req
436. Ah, that would explain that.Copy !req
437. You know something, Lieutenant,Copy !req
438. I could use a man like you
on my team.Copy !req
439. It's really nothing
but detective work.Copy !req
440. Oh, no, thank you very much.
You fellas here, you have to fly.Copy !req
441. Sure, we're all pilots.Copy !req
442. Oh, no, not for me.
Thank you very much.Copy !req
443. I wouldn't qualify for that.Copy !req
444. Why? We'll teach you.Copy !req
445. I appreciate it, sir, but, uh,
my ears pop in an elevator.Copy !req
446. As a matter of fact,
I don't even like being this tall.Copy !req
447. How do you do, sir?
My name is Mr. Grindell.Copy !req
448. How do you do?Copy !req
449. Are you a relative of Mrs. Brown?Copy !req
450. No, I'm just here
to see a relative...Copy !req
451. I see, you are a friend
of the family?Copy !req
452. Oh, I'm sorry,
you are a bit late.Copy !req
453. - You missed a lovely service.
- Excuse me, sir.Copy !req
454. Uh, Mr. Brown sang
several popular hymns.Copy !req
455. Rock of Ages...Copy !req
456. I'm not a friend of the family.Copy !req
457. Actually, I'm a policeman.
Lt. Columbo, Homicide.Copy !req
458. I beg your pardon.Copy !req
459. I'm here to see Mr. Luke Baskin.Copy !req
460. Yes. He's paying
his last respects...Copy !req
461. before the bodies are...
are shipped out to Nashville.Copy !req
462. Uh, he's taking it
a bit hard, you know.Copy !req
463. But, uh,
he will be out shortly.Copy !req
464. Oh. Well, maybe
I'll just wait out here.Copy !req
465. Fine. Fine.Copy !req
466. Lieutenant, this is
one of my cards.Copy !req
467. We handled all the arrangements
here. Uh...Copy !req
468. - Excuse me.
- Thank you.Copy !req
469. Oh.Copy !req
470. Um, I'm a great admirer of
the police department, you know.Copy !req
471. Uh, I didn't know,
but I'm always glad to hear that.Copy !req
472. Why shouldn't you hear of it?Copy !req
473. After all, you men are so ready
to give your life,Copy !req
474. uh, to save ours.Copy !req
475. Well, uh, let's hope
it doesn't come up too often.Copy !req
476. Yes, yes, yes,
but it does, doesn't it?Copy !req
477. Especially in these
violent times. Uh, it's uh...Copy !req
478. Just this morning a-at breakfast
with my dear wife Martha,Copy !req
479. I glanced in the papers.
And I...Copy !req
480. I noted that the rate
of the police mortality is just...Copy !req
481. It's shocking.
I mean it is just...Copy !req
482. Well, you must be aware of that.Copy !req
483. Well, we don't like to
think about it too often.Copy !req
484. But one should think
of it, uh, shouldn't one?Copy !req
485. Well, you know, I guess
it's the kind of thing...Copy !req
486. that you don't do anything about
until you actually have to.Copy !req
487. But if you need a funeral,Copy !req
488. uh, then you are not in condition
to do anything about it, you see.Copy !req
489. All right, I see what you mean.Copy !req
490. Have you made plans for your own
departure from this mortal sphere?Copy !req
491. - No.
- Huh?Copy !req
492. No, I haven't.Copy !req
493. Yeah. I mean,
it's not like, uh...Copy !req
494. It's not the kind of thing
where you make a reservation...Copy !req
495. or buy a ticket.Copy !req
496. Yes, but yet,Copy !req
497. a little foresight,
for your dear ones I speak,Copy !req
498. uh... uh, would prevent,
uh, trouble... and, uh,Copy !req
499. expense... expense.Copy !req
500. Excuse me just a moment.Copy !req
501. Lieutenant,
this is our brochure.Copy !req
502. Now, from here, uh,
you could choose, uh,Copy !req
503. anything within your own means,
uh... uh, from among a...Copy !req
504. a large variety of plans
that we have here.Copy !req
505. Now, this, for instance...Copy !req
506. Well, I... I appreciate it
very much...Copy !req
507. but my wife does all the shopping
in the family.Copy !req
508. She'd be very upset
if I bought anything,Copy !req
509. you know, without talking
to her about it first.Copy !req
510. Of course. Of course.Copy !req
511. It's very nice, husband and wife
to decide in this.Copy !req
512. Can we, uh, make an appointment?
That'd be nice.Copy !req
513. I couldn't talk to her
about this, Mr. Grindell.Copy !req
514. She'd think I was working
on a dangerous case.Copy !req
515. She cries easily.Copy !req
516. She cries when she loses
at bowling, you know.Copy !req
517. You're a hard sell,
Lieutenant, huh?Copy !req
518. Well, I'm sorry. Actually,
you know, I was just here...Copy !req
519. Oh, hi, Lieutenant.Copy !req
520. Oh, hello, Mr. Baskin.Copy !req
521. Did you find out anything?Copy !req
522. Uh, thank you very much, sir.Copy !req
523. Oh, I beg your pardon.Copy !req
524. Gentlemen, excuse me.Copy !req
525. Did you ever see
Mr. Brown's navigation kit?Copy !req
526. Sure, all the time.Copy !req
527. Were you familiar
with its contents?Copy !req
528. Yeah, just a bunch
of maps and charts.Copy !req
529. You've seen these maps and charts?Copy !req
530. Yeah.Copy !req
531. Did you see them
the day of the crash?Copy !req
532. Uh, well, no, I didn't, uh,
open the kit that day.Copy !req
533. You mean, you had
the kit in your hand that day?Copy !req
534. Yeah. I carried it from
the plane to the car.Copy !req
535. Was it heavy?Copy !req
536. No, no more than usual.Copy !req
537. Hmm.Copy !req
538. Did you carry it back from the car
to the plane when they left?Copy !req
539. No, Tommy did.Copy !req
540. Why? You on to something,
Lieutenant?Copy !req
541. No, I don't think so,
sir. No.Copy !req
542. Look, I'm not very smart,Copy !req
543. and I don't know how he did it,
I just know that somehow he did.Copy !req
544. 'Cause he hated my sister.Copy !req
545. He never loved her.
He just used her.Copy !req
546. Yes, sir. You've told me that.Copy !req
547. That doesn't explain
why he would kill her.Copy !req
548. She had something on him.Copy !req
549. What?Copy !req
550. I don't know.
She wouldn't tell me.Copy !req
551. Hmm.Copy !req
552. I believe
you're very sincere, sir.Copy !req
553. But there's just
no proof of anything.Copy !req
554. Look, you don't know
Tommy Brown like I do.Copy !req
555. You've got to question him.Copy !req
556. I'm going to do that.Copy !req
557. But you must understand,
it's just going to be a formality.Copy !req
558. Then do it. Do it now.
Do it today.Copy !req
559. Yes, sir. I don't think that
today would be the right time.Copy !req
560. It's too close...Copy !req
561. I want you to see
what Tommy Brown's like.Copy !req
562. I want you to talk to him.
Would you do that for me, please,Copy !req
563. as a personal favor?
Today? Please?Copy !req
564. Uh,Copy !req
565. all right.Copy !req
566. I'm coming with you.Copy !req
567. See what I mean, Lieutenant?
He couldn't wait.Copy !req
568. Rented this place while he was
still in the hospital.Copy !req
569. $2,000 a month.Copy !req
570. What?Copy !req
571. You know, there's no law
against that, Mr. Baskin.Copy !req
572. Listen to all that
going around out yonder.Copy !req
573. My sister ain't even
in her grave yet.Copy !req
574. But there's no law against that,
either, Mr. Baskin.Copy !req
575. Maybe it's not a good idea for you
to see brother-in-law right now.Copy !req
576. Why not? I'm still
working for him.Copy !req
577. You know, I'll have to tell him...Copy !req
578. you're the one
who made the complaint.Copy !req
579. Good. I wanna see the look
on his face when...Copy !req
580. Now, just a minute.
Now, listen to me.Copy !req
581. When I talk to him,
I'm gonna have to talk to him alone.Copy !req
582. That's the only right way
to do it.Copy !req
583. And if you're
gonna cause trouble...Copy !req
584. I won't. I promise you,
I won't do that.Copy !req
585. Okay.Copy !req
586. In the park I saw a daddyCopy !req
587. With a laughin' little girl
that he was swingin'Copy !req
588. And I stopped beside
a Sunday schoolCopy !req
589. And listened to the songs
that they were singin'Copy !req
590. That's Mr. Brown?Copy !req
591. That's him.Copy !req
592. And it echoed through the canyonCopy !req
593. Like a disappearin' dream
of yesterdayCopy !req
594. On a Sunday mornin' sidewalkCopy !req
595. I'm wishing, Lord,
that I was stonedCopy !req
596. 'Cause there's somethin'
about a SundayCopy !req
597. This looks good.Copy !req
598. Help yourself.Copy !req
599. Think it's all right?Copy !req
600. Oh, sure.Copy !req
601. I missed lunch.Copy !req
602. Make yourself at home.Copy !req
603. What is that?Copy !req
604. Chili.Copy !req
605. Yeah, looks good.Copy !req
606. Have some.Copy !req
607. Think it's all right?Copy !req
608. Hmm.Copy !req
609. And Sunday mornin' comin' downCopy !req
610. Say, that's delicious. I never
tasted chili like that before.Copy !req
611. That's a special recipe.
Made out of squirrel meat.Copy !req
612. That good, ain't it?Copy !req
613. Hmm.Copy !req
614. Yeah, that explains it.Copy !req
615. Hey, Luke. I thought you were
ridin' back with us.Copy !req
616. Where have you been?Copy !req
617. I've been to get the cops
to find out how you killed Edna.Copy !req
618. You gone crazy?Copy !req
619. You did it. You know you did it.
You killed both of them.Copy !req
620. You're fired! Get out of here!Copy !req
621. You crazy?
Get him out of here!Copy !req
622. What's the matter with you?Copy !req
623. Give me that.Copy !req
624. You crazy?Copy !req
625. Get him out.Copy !req
626. Boy.Copy !req
627. Mr. Brown, I'm terribly sorry
about this.Copy !req
628. Who are you?Copy !req
629. I'm Lt. Columbo,
I'm from the L.A.P.D., Homicide.Copy !req
630. Homicide?Copy !req
631. What's he been
telling you about me?Copy !req
632. Well, if we could just
talk privately.Copy !req
633. There's nothing
to get excited about.Copy !req
634. Just wanna ask
some routine questions.Copy !req
635. There ain't no need
for everything to stop.Copy !req
636. I'll be right back.Copy !req
637. Let me see that guitar.
If he's busted that guitar,Copy !req
638. I'll bust his neck.Copy !req
639. Come on in here.Copy !req
640. Nothing to get
excited about, folks.Copy !req
641. Mr. Brown will be right out.Copy !req
642. What did he mean, murder?Copy !req
643. And why am I talking to somebody
from Homicide?Copy !req
644. I feel terrible about this, sir.
I mean, an awful thing that was.Copy !req
645. And, uh, there was just
no way for me to prevent...Copy !req
646. your brother-in-law
from coming here.Copy !req
647. Maybe I could have anticipated...Copy !req
648. Okay! Just tell me what's it
all about. What's he saying?Copy !req
649. It's nothing to get excited about,
sir, believe me.Copy !req
650. You just have to
understand that, uh,Copy !req
651. when a member of the family
makes a complaint,Copy !req
652. well, we just have to go through
certain formalities,Copy !req
653. ask questions, and, uh,
make out a report...Copy !req
654. And I guess this, all this,
looks kind of bad, huh? This...Copy !req
655. this big house.
This party going on and everything?Copy !req
656. No, sir. No, sir.
It's kind of refreshing.Copy !req
657. You see, in my line of work,
homicide,Copy !req
658. somebody is always, well, dead.Copy !req
659. That's the only way to put it.Copy !req
660. I mean, they don't even
call us in...Copy !req
661. unless that's what it is,
somebody dead.Copy !req
662. So, naturally,
I see a lot of grief.Copy !req
663. Now look, Lieutenant,Copy !req
664. I'm not gonna try to tell you
that Edna and I didn't quarrel.Copy !req
665. You can't... You can't
go through a day with Edna...Copy !req
666. without quarreling.Copy !req
667. You didn't know Edna.Copy !req
668. The Crusade.
I was all for the Crusade.Copy !req
669. It's just that I thought
a little something...Copy !req
670. ought to go to me
for what I do, you know.Copy !req
671. I give it full,
I give it all my time.Copy !req
672. The dirty hotel rooms...Copy !req
673. Mr. Brown.Copy !req
674. The stale coffee...Copy !req
675. Mr. Brown.Copy !req
676. I'm not here to pry
into your personal life.Copy !req
677. My personal life is an open book.
Everybody knows I've done time.Copy !req
678. Yes, sir.Copy !req
679. But what you've done
since you've gotten out...Copy !req
680. has been an inspiration
to a lot of people.Copy !req
681. Then what are you
bugging me for?Copy !req
682. Well, like I said,
just ask a few routine questions.Copy !req
683. Well, I can come back another time
when you're more settled.Copy !req
684. Go ahead. Ask your questions.Copy !req
685. Are you sure it's all right?Copy !req
686. Get it over with.Copy !req
687. You don't mind?Copy !req
688. Go right ahead.Copy !req
689. I'll try and make it very fast.Copy !req
690. I was up there at the crash site
and I was talking to, uh,Copy !req
691. that fellow Mr. Pangborn,
up there.Copy !req
692. You want some coffee?Copy !req
693. No, thank you very much.Copy !req
694. We were both wondering...Copy !req
695. why your seatbelt wasn't fastened
at the time of the crash.Copy !req
696. Oh, that?Copy !req
697. Well,Copy !req
698. you see, when the power went off,
the lights went out.Copy !req
699. And I reached across
to the glove compartment...Copy !req
700. to try to get a flashlight.Copy !req
701. And to do that, I had to unbuckle
my seatbelt.Copy !req
702. That's when I lost control.Copy !req
703. Well, that explains it.Copy !req
704. I'll tell Mr. Pangborn that...Copy !req
705. so that he won't bother you
about it, too.Copy !req
706. Thanks.Copy !req
707. What else can I tell you now?Copy !req
708. You have a pencil?Copy !req
709. - No.
- That's all right, I'll remember.Copy !req
710. Oh, here we are.Copy !req
711. The navigation kit.Copy !req
712. What about it?Copy !req
713. There were no ashes in it, you see.Copy !req
714. So, we were, uh, we were wondering
what happened to the charts and, uh,Copy !req
715. and the maps that were in it.Copy !req
716. Well, when the power went off,Copy !req
717. the defroster quit working,
you see.Copy !req
718. So, I slid open the window
to try to see where I was goin'...Copy !req
719. and the suction s-s-sucked all
the maps and papers...Copy !req
720. and everything
right out of the window.Copy !req
721. Big suction.Copy !req
722. I'll tell that
to Mr. Pangborn, too.Copy !req
723. We were both wondering.Copy !req
724. Thanks.
I... I appreciate that.Copy !req
725. That does it.Copy !req
726. You sure made me move,
Mr. Brown.Copy !req
727. I never asked questions
this fast before in my life.Copy !req
728. I always think
it's kind of impolite...Copy !req
729. to keep firing questions
at people.Copy !req
730. If that's your job,
that's what you ought to do.Copy !req
731. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
732. Sorry about
what happened out there.Copy !req
733. And I sure hope your guitar is
all right. It's a beauty.Copy !req
734. Yeah.Copy !req
735. Not another guitar in the world
with a tone like that.Copy !req
736. It's a great guitar. Handmade.Copy !req
737. When I take an airliner,Copy !req
738. I get an extra seat
and sit it right beside me.Copy !req
739. No kidding.Copy !req
740. Yeah.Copy !req
741. Lucky thing it wasn't on that plane
with you last night.Copy !req
742. Yeah, I know,
that was a break, all right.Copy !req
743. I'd been worried about that.Copy !req
744. Worried about crashing with it?Copy !req
745. No, about, uh,Copy !req
746. about it coming unglued,
or cracking it...Copy !req
747. at high altitudes
in an unpressurized plane.Copy !req
748. Look at this guitar.
You see the...Copy !req
749. It's put together
with a very special glue.Copy !req
750. Different pieces of wood.Copy !req
751. It looks like one piece,
but feel that belly.Copy !req
752. Feel how smooth it is
on that back there.Copy !req
753. Well, the changes
in pressure and altitude...Copy !req
754. can affect a good guitar
like that. Ruin the tone.Copy !req
755. So...Copy !req
756. I told Luke to put it on the bus.Copy !req
757. You know, I'm very happy
you told me that.Copy !req
758. Why's that?Copy !req
759. Well, you know, that's what
started your brother-in-law...Copy !req
760. thinking that you had something
to do with murdering his sister.Copy !req
761. The fact that you parted
with your guitar.Copy !req
762. He said that was the first time
you ever did that.Copy !req
763. Then I'm glad I told you, too.Copy !req
764. That winds it up.Copy !req
765. We'll probably just go along
with Mr. Pangborn's report.Copy !req
766. Mr. Pangborn's report
will make me look bad enough.Copy !req
767. That's a lousy
piece of flying I did.Copy !req
768. Well, let's hope
I stumble onto something...Copy !req
769. so it doesn't look
so much like pilot error.Copy !req
770. And if I do, I'll let you know.Copy !req
771. You're not finished?Copy !req
772. Oh, just a couple of things for my
own report down at headquarters.Copy !req
773. Nothing to worry
you about, Mr. Brown.Copy !req
774. Thank you very much.Copy !req
775. You're welcome.Copy !req
776. I appreciate
your taking the time.Copy !req
777. Glad to. Let me know
when I can help you.Copy !req
778. Right this way, sir.Copy !req
779. Just step right on that seat,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
780. Sir.Copy !req
781. Just step right
on the seat there, sir.Copy !req
782. Just watch your step, sir.Copy !req
783. You all right, Lieutenant?Copy !req
784. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
785. Excuse me, uh...Copy !req
786. Uh,Copy !req
787. excuse me.Copy !req
788. Yes, sir.Copy !req
789. Uh, I'm looking for someone
who might have been around...Copy !req
790. the night Tommy Brown took off.Copy !req
791. Who are you?Copy !req
792. That's a good question.Copy !req
793. Uh, police.Copy !req
794. Yes, sir. That'd be Jeff.
He was on duty that night.Copy !req
795. Thank you very much.Copy !req
796. Excuse me.Copy !req
797. Yeah?Copy !req
798. Uh, L.A.P.D.Copy !req
799. Yes, sir.Copy !req
800. I'm investigating the Tommy Brown
airplane crash.Copy !req
801. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
802. I sure was sorry
to hear about that.Copy !req
803. You're a fan of his?Copy !req
804. Yes, sir. You?Copy !req
805. Uh, well, my wife more than me,
but I'm getting there.Copy !req
806. I was wondering,Copy !req
807. could you give me any information
about that flight?Copy !req
808. Oh, well, I, uh, I saw them off,Copy !req
809. but I don't know anything
about that crash.Copy !req
810. Right. Of course.Copy !req
811. You know, we've got to check out
all these small little details.Copy !req
812. They don't mean nothing.
So, uh, now what did you...Copy !req
813. You say you saw them off.
What did you do?Copy !req
814. Well, you know, I helped with
the luggage, uh,Copy !req
815. pulled out the chocks,
that sort of thing.Copy !req
816. Luggage.Copy !req
817. What luggage?Copy !req
818. Well, um,Copy !req
819. the ladies had
a couple overnight bags.Copy !req
820. And uh, Mr. Brown didn't have
nothing but his navigation kit.Copy !req
821. Some gum?Copy !req
822. No. Thank you very much.Copy !req
823. You handled the luggage?Copy !req
824. Uh, yes, sir.Copy !req
825. Put it in the luggage compartment
back of the cabin.Copy !req
826. Did you, uh...Copy !req
827. You notice anything unusual
about the luggage?Copy !req
828. Unusual?Copy !req
829. Was it extra heavy or light,
anything like that?Copy !req
830. Oh. Um, no.Copy !req
831. Just luggage.Copy !req
832. And the navigation kit,
was it heavy or light?Copy !req
833. Oh, I don't know about that.Copy !req
834. Mr. Brown put that aboard
himself.Copy !req
835. In the cabin?Copy !req
836. Yes, sir.
Um, on the co-pilot's seat.Copy !req
837. Wouldn't do much good
in the luggage compartment...Copy !req
838. unless you was a bird.Copy !req
839. I guess so.Copy !req
840. So the only thing
that was in the cabin...Copy !req
841. was the passengers
and the navigation kit?Copy !req
842. Yeah. That's it.Copy !req
843. Oh, well, the thermos bottle.
That's probably nothing.Copy !req
844. W-W-What do you mean,
thermos bottle?Copy !req
845. Most pilots carry a thermos
of coffee aboard.Copy !req
846. Was the thermos bottle
in the navigation kit?Copy !req
847. Uh, no, sir. Most likely
wouldn't be enough room for it,Copy !req
848. with all the charts and stuff.Copy !req
849. No, Mr. Brown just, uh,
put it on the co-pilot's seat...Copy !req
850. next to the kit.Copy !req
851. You've been a big help.Copy !req
852. I have?Copy !req
853. That's nice.Copy !req
854. Tina, I'd like you
to take the arrangements...Copy !req
855. down to the arranger.Copy !req
856. Be sure we get them back
in time, all right?Copy !req
857. Then I want you to make me out
a big, long list...Copy !req
858. of things that I can do for you
for being so nice to Tommy Brown.Copy !req
859. You afraid of me?Copy !req
860. Uh, no.Copy !req
861. Every time I get close,
you start backing up.Copy !req
862. I... I guess I'm just
afraid of myself.Copy !req
863. Is that all?Copy !req
864. It's just so soon about your wife.Copy !req
865. I understand.Copy !req
866. But do you understand that Edna
and I didn't love each other, ever?Copy !req
867. Don't say that.Copy !req
868. Come on in, it ain't locked.Copy !req
869. Lt. Columbo.
Come right in, rest yourself.Copy !req
870. I'm not
interrupting anything?Copy !req
871. No. Come in.Copy !req
872. Hey, Tina, you better
take care of those errands, okay?Copy !req
873. And don't forget
the last thing on the list.Copy !req
874. What can I get you, Lieutenant?
How about some brandy or bourbon?Copy !req
875. No, you look more like
a beer man.Copy !req
876. Thank you, sir, but I'm on duty.Copy !req
877. Oh, yeah. I almost forgot.Copy !req
878. Hey, you hop around
pretty good on that.Copy !req
879. Well, it takes more than
a busted leg to keep me down.Copy !req
880. That lovely girl.Copy !req
881. Who? Tina?
She really is. She's beautiful.Copy !req
882. And she's been a great help
to me through this time.Copy !req
883. She admires you a lot.
I could see that.Copy !req
884. Now, come on, Lieutenant,Copy !req
885. don't tell me
they got you back out here...Copy !req
886. chasing after Luke's daydream.Copy !req
887. I'm afraid so, sir.Copy !req
888. If it was up to me,
I'd forget about it.Copy !req
889. I'd go on to something else.Copy !req
890. You know what the problem is?Copy !req
891. You're a celebrity.Copy !req
892. Because of you, my boss, he won't
let me close up this case...Copy !req
893. until I've covered everything.Copy !req
894. Every loose end
has got to be tied up.Copy !req
895. It'll make you crazy.
So that's the problem.Copy !req
896. That's a crying shame,
it really is.Copy !req
897. A man with your talent...Copy !req
898. Real killers loose out there.
And they got you chasing smoke.Copy !req
899. What are you going to do?
That's the job, right?Copy !req
900. You take the good with the bad.Copy !req
901. Uh, that reminds me. Uh,Copy !req
902. you could help me
clear up some things.Copy !req
903. Sure. I'd be glad to. But...Copy !req
904. let me get you something to eat.
You look hungry to me.Copy !req
905. Oh, no, please. Thank you very much.
I just had lunch.Copy !req
906. How about some coffee?Copy !req
907. I had it with my lunch.Copy !req
908. You're shaming me now,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
909. You just won't let me do
anything for you.Copy !req
910. Well, actually, sir, there is
something you can do for me.Copy !req
911. You can answer
a few of these questions.Copy !req
912. Sure. I'd be glad to.Copy !req
913. First of all, uh,Copy !req
914. the thermos.Copy !req
915. The one you took on the plane.Copy !req
916. What about it?Copy !req
917. Would you mind telling me,
sir, what you had in it?Copy !req
918. Just some coffee.Copy !req
919. Coffee.Copy !req
920. Why? What does that matter?Copy !req
921. Well, they couldn't find it.
The thermos.Copy !req
922. At the crash site, couldn't find it.
I checked with Mr. Pangborn.Copy !req
923. So?Copy !req
924. Well, you see, everything else
in the plane was accounted for.Copy !req
925. Well, does it really matter
what happened to a thermos bottle?Copy !req
926. Oh, I'm sure it doesn't
make a difference at all,Copy !req
927. but, you see, uh,
like I was saying earlier,Copy !req
928. see that's the kind
of loose end that, uh,Copy !req
929. I got to tie up,
those tiny little things.Copy !req
930. Otherwise, it won't let me
close the book on this case.Copy !req
931. Yeah. I understand.Copy !req
932. T-T-That's my problem.Copy !req
933. I see what you mean.Copy !req
934. Well, we'll just have to come up
with the right answer for them.Copy !req
935. You know, something
to make them happy.Copy !req
936. Yes.Copy !req
937. I... I, uh, I just don't know
what to write.Copy !req
938. Uh, I'll help you all I can.Copy !req
939. Well, if you could come up
with something, sir,Copy !req
940. I'd certainly appreciate it.Copy !req
941. Hey, why don't you just tell them
that the thermos burned up...Copy !req
942. in the plane crash,
like it probably did.Copy !req
943. Well, you know,
I thought about that.Copy !req
944. But, uh, I checked with the lab.Copy !req
945. And, uh, you see, a thermos
wouldn't be consumed by fire.Copy !req
946. - It's metal inside and glass.
- Yeah.Copy !req
947. That's a tough one, all right.Copy !req
948. Yes. I just can't come up
with an answer.Copy !req
949. Well, you think about this.Copy !req
950. I was thrown clear in the crash.Copy !req
951. I got a busted leg out of the deal.
But I was thrown clear.Copy !req
952. And something
as light as a thermos...Copy !req
953. could be thrown hundreds of feet.Copy !req
954. Maybe it was thrown clear.Copy !req
955. Thrown clear?Copy !req
956. Yeah.Copy !req
957. Not bad.Copy !req
958. Not bad.Copy !req
959. Thrown clear.Copy !req
960. I knew sooner or later,Copy !req
961. I was going to get to
help you some way.Copy !req
962. Not bad.Copy !req
963. Yeah. I think they'll buy that.Copy !req
964. Okay.Copy !req
965. Listen. Thanks a lot.Copy !req
966. You're welcome. Glad to help.Copy !req
967. Yeah. You've been a big help.
Appreciate the time.Copy !req
968. Okay.Copy !req
969. All right.Copy !req
970. Oh.Copy !req
971. I don't know
what's the matter with me.Copy !req
972. You know, the last time I was here,
I forgot to ask the question, too.Copy !req
973. What's the matter with me? Um,Copy !req
974. where did you first
learn how to fly?Copy !req
975. Lieutenant, I thought you knew
my whole life history by now.Copy !req
976. Oh, no. No, uh.Copy !req
977. You know, people think we have
all kinds of records on microfilms.Copy !req
978. All we got to do is
push a button and...Copy !req
979. Well, don't you?Copy !req
980. Yes, we do, but not everything.Copy !req
981. Well, I learned to fly
over 20 years ago...Copy !req
982. in the Air Force, a little.Copy !req
983. I learned to fly a little.Copy !req
984. A little.Copy !req
985. Well, I got to admit.
I washed out of cadets.Copy !req
986. Washed right flat out.Copy !req
987. Of course, I got a civilian private
license after the Korean War.Copy !req
988. Were you in that one?Copy !req
989. Yeah. Were you?Copy !req
990. Yeah. I was in that one.
But not in the Air Force.Copy !req
991. No kidding. Let me guess
what you were in.Copy !req
992. M.P.Copy !req
993. K.P. mostly.Copy !req
994. Where'd they put you after you
washed out as a cadet?Copy !req
995. Oh, man, you know the service.
Whatever bad was going around,Copy !req
996. that's what I got.Copy !req
997. Picking up butts, latrine duty,Copy !req
998. running errands for the C.O.,
whatever.Copy !req
999. Oh, man, that service life
was something.Copy !req
1000. Anything else?Copy !req
1001. No, sir. That should
about do it. Thank you.Copy !req
1002. Go ahead. You can take that.
I'm finished. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
1003. Yeah, hello.Copy !req
1004. All right. Put him on.Copy !req
1005. Hello, Sid, this is Tommy.Copy !req
1006. No. You heard right, Sid.Copy !req
1007. We're stopping the project.Copy !req
1008. We're stopping the building
on the tabernacle.Copy !req
1009. I don't know. Can't say.Copy !req
1010. Just pay everybody off
up to date.Copy !req
1011. Tell them we'll
get back to them, okay?Copy !req
1012. Right. Bye.Copy !req
1013. Excuse me, sir.Copy !req
1014. Lieutenant, if that police career
of yours ever fizzles out,Copy !req
1015. you could always make it
as a cat burglar.Copy !req
1016. Oh, sorry.
You know what happened.Copy !req
1017. I saw this note
that I made here...Copy !req
1018. that I meant to ask you about.Copy !req
1019. Ask away, little buddy.Copy !req
1020. You know, the reason
I think I forgot was...Copy !req
1021. because it was
filed under "pilot."Copy !req
1022. You know, for pilot error.Copy !req
1023. Mmm-hmm. What about it?Copy !req
1024. Uh,Copy !req
1025. did you call in for the weather
before you made that flight?Copy !req
1026. I sure did. Every pilot does.Copy !req
1027. Well, according to
the Bakersfield Weather Bureau,Copy !req
1028. they anticipated a low ceiling
in Los Angeles.Copy !req
1029. If you'd left an hour earlier,
you would have missed it.Copy !req
1030. Well, you see, I left later
because of...Copy !req
1031. the audiences at Bakersfield.Copy !req
1032. They just wouldn't let me off-stage.
They love that music in Bakersfield.Copy !req
1033. Oh, they sure do.
I know that for a fact.Copy !req
1034. But your brother-in-law,Copy !req
1035. he told me that you took a nap.Copy !req
1036. Yeah, I always take a nap
before I fly late at night,Copy !req
1037. especially after a performance.
I was wiped out.Copy !req
1038. Lieutenant, I know those desk
jockeys downtown are about to...Copy !req
1039. drive you crazy
giving you a bad time.Copy !req
1040. I know how bad you hate
to keep asking...Copy !req
1041. all those stupid questions that
they send you out here to ask.Copy !req
1042. I want you to tell them
one thing for me.Copy !req
1043. All those loose ends
that they think...Copy !req
1044. they are tying up are going to
go nowhere, you see,Copy !req
1045. because Tommy Brown was on that
plane himself when it crashed...Copy !req
1046. and if I'd been up to no good,Copy !req
1047. I wouldn't risk
my own neck in the process.Copy !req
1048. I'm going to make that point
very clear to them, sir.Copy !req
1049. Hey, Columbo,
I want you tell those people...Copy !req
1050. down at your office
one thing for me,Copy !req
1051. that I got nothing to hide.Copy !req
1052. And I guess you overheard me
on the phone.Copy !req
1053. Overheard you on the phone?
Oh, no, sir. No.Copy !req
1054. But I knew you were
stopping the project.Copy !req
1055. I spoke to the architects
this morning.Copy !req
1056. However, it's very helpful
to know your reasoning.Copy !req
1057. Thank you.Copy !req
1058. One of ours, sir?Copy !req
1059. Colonel.Copy !req
1060. Oh, sorry.Copy !req
1061. 747. I'd like to land
one of these babies.Copy !req
1062. This must be quite
a letdown for you.Copy !req
1063. What is?Copy !req
1064. R.O.T.C.Copy !req
1065. There's a job to be done, Lieutenant,
and I'm the man to do it.Copy !req
1066. Brown.Copy !req
1067. Brown.Copy !req
1068. Brown, Thomas.Copy !req
1069. Oh, sure.Copy !req
1070. Never forget the lads
who served under me.Copy !req
1071. If not by name, by face.Copy !req
1072. He's out of Vietnam,
but I remember the face.Copy !req
1073. He served in
your outfit in Korea.Copy !req
1074. Oh.Copy !req
1075. What's happened to him?Copy !req
1076. He's Tommy Brown now.Copy !req
1077. Tommy Brown.Copy !req
1078. He's a big star.Copy !req
1079. Really?
Made it in the movies, huh?Copy !req
1080. No, sir.
Country and Western music.Copy !req
1081. Entertainment. He's very big.Copy !req
1082. Oh.Copy !req
1083. Not that, uh, twist stuff?
That degenerate...Copy !req
1084. No, sir. Folk music.
Tommy Brown, he's a singer.Copy !req
1085. Good.
Just as long as he isn't a pilot.Copy !req
1086. Washed out as a cadet
as I recall.Copy !req
1087. Transferred to my outfit.Copy !req
1088. Did you read about that private
plane crash the other night?Copy !req
1089. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
1090. He was the pilot.Copy !req
1091. The guy that got thrown clear?Copy !req
1092. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1093. Never made the connection.Copy !req
1094. What did he do
in your outfit, sir?Copy !req
1095. Parachute rigging.Copy !req
1096. You mean he ran a machine
which rigged the parachute.Copy !req
1097. Not on your life, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1098. It was done by hand.Copy !req
1099. A man folds his own.Copy !req
1100. Some things in life
don't change, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1101. Yes, sir.
May I use your telephone?Copy !req
1102. Keep it short. Will you? Never know
when there might be an alert.Copy !req
1103. Absolutely.Copy !req
1104. I want the Medical
Examiner's office.Copy !req
1105. Lt. Columbo.Copy !req
1106. Columbo.Copy !req
1107. I'll wait.Copy !req
1108. It's really for official business.Copy !req
1109. Do they still make them
out of silk?Copy !req
1110. Speaking to me?Copy !req
1111. "Hit the silk." Is that just an...Copy !req
1112. It's just an expression.Copy !req
1113. The old barnstorming days.Copy !req
1114. Nylon. 60 square yards of it,Copy !req
1115. and a parachute personnel
standard M-4.Copy !req
1116. How fast does that
bring a man down?Copy !req
1117. 20 feet per second. Average.Copy !req
1118. Isn't that pretty fast?Copy !req
1119. There's a proper way
to land, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1120. Hello? The Medical Examiner.Copy !req
1121. Lt. Columbo.Copy !req
1122. How big is this flag?Copy !req
1123. It's not a flag,
Lieutenant, it's a banner.Copy !req
1124. Eagles and stars
rampant on a field of blue.Copy !req
1125. The official emblem of
the United States Air Force.Copy !req
1126. How big is it?Copy !req
1127. 27 square feet, why?Copy !req
1128. How much is that in square yards?Copy !req
1129. You ought to know that,
Lieutenant. Three square yards.Copy !req
1130. A parachute is 60 square yards?Copy !req
1131. Right.Copy !req
1132. 20 times bigger than this?Copy !req
1133. That's elementary, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1134. Hello.Copy !req
1135. Yes, I am.Copy !req
1136. Hello?Copy !req
1137. Doctor. Yes.Copy !req
1138. This is Lt. Columbo.
I want to order an autopsy...Copy !req
1139. on two deceased, already interred.Copy !req
1140. Mrs. Edna Brown
and Miss Maryann Cobb.Copy !req
1141. Just like a blind man
I wandered astrayCopy !req
1142. Straight is the gate
and narrow the wayCopy !req
1143. Then like the blind man
that got back his sightCopy !req
1144. Praise the Lord, I saw the lightCopy !req
1145. Hey, Columbo.Copy !req
1146. Come on in. Join the session.Copy !req
1147. I didn't ruin on the record
or anything?Copy !req
1148. There was no light on
so I just came in.Copy !req
1149. Playback. It's a concert
we did last night.Copy !req
1150. How do you like it?Copy !req
1151. Oh, good.Copy !req
1152. We were there.Copy !req
1153. At the concert?Copy !req
1154. My wife and I. We were there.Copy !req
1155. Hey! Hey! You're really
coming on, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1156. Bring it down a couple of points
there, will you, Bill?Copy !req
1157. What's the matter?Copy !req
1158. You opened your concert
with that song.Copy !req
1159. Yeah, I closed my show
with that song, too.Copy !req
1160. Number one on the charts.Copy !req
1161. Hey, there you go, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1162. You don't like it?Copy !req
1163. No, oh, it's very good,
very popular.Copy !req
1164. You know, I hear it coming
out of cars, out of storefronts.Copy !req
1165. One kid had it coming out of
his pocket. Right here.Copy !req
1166. But, uh, the sound is
different here.Copy !req
1167. And I noticed last night
at the concert...Copy !req
1168. Yeah, live audience.Copy !req
1169. That's why the different sound,
it's recorded live.Copy !req
1170. The one you've been
hearing around town...Copy !req
1171. is a studio recording we did
a while back.Copy !req
1172. Oh. Oh, that explains it.Copy !req
1173. You know, little buddy, there's
a question I'd like to ask you.Copy !req
1174. You ordered
my wife's body dug up, right?Copy !req
1175. That's correct, sir. Both bodies.Copy !req
1176. And autopsies performed?Copy !req
1177. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1178. Expecting to find what?Copy !req
1179. Mr. Brown,
I don't think this is the...Copy !req
1180. That's quite all right, Lieutenant,
if you don't mind answering that question.Copy !req
1181. Just what were you
expecting to find?Copy !req
1182. I don't know. It's not an unusual
police procedure.Copy !req
1183. After an air crash?Copy !req
1184. Very often, to find out if
the pilot had a heart attack...Copy !req
1185. or to find out if there was
any evidence of drug...Copy !req
1186. Lieutenant, I was the pilot
and I'm very much alive.Copy !req
1187. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1188. And that air safety guy,
what's his name?Copy !req
1189. Mr. Pangborn?Copy !req
1190. He ordered all kinds
of blood tests run.Copy !req
1191. Yes, sir, they were all negative
and the EKG,Copy !req
1192. your heart, that was normal.Copy !req
1193. Which should make
you feel very good.Copy !req
1194. And the autopsy
showed nothing unusual?Copy !req
1195. No, sir. Nothing unusual.Copy !req
1196. I think I could have
told you that, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1197. Of course,
when I say nothing unusual,Copy !req
1198. what I mean is that, uh,Copy !req
1199. under, you know,
normal circumstances,Copy !req
1200. there would be nothing unusual.Copy !req
1201. Just what are you
trying to say, Lieutenant?Copy !req
1202. Barbiturates, sir.Copy !req
1203. We found evidence of
barbiturates in both women.Copy !req
1204. And, uh, according to their
religious beliefs,Copy !req
1205. they were prohibited from taking
any drugs or stimulants.Copy !req
1206. That's true.
But they used to get airsick.Copy !req
1207. So they took
an airsickness pill.Copy !req
1208. Yes, sir. But these barbiturates
were sleeping pills.Copy !req
1209. Sleeping pills work...Copy !req
1210. just like airsickness pills
sometimes, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1211. - Oh, really?
- Yeah.Copy !req
1212. Oh.Copy !req
1213. Oh, I didn't know that.Copy !req
1214. Well, that must explain that.Copy !req
1215. Tommy, gonna feed you the eight-track now.Copy !req
1216. Hey, Bill, kill it.Copy !req
1217. Anything else, Lieutenant?Copy !req
1218. No, sir.Copy !req
1219. Oh, uh...Copy !req
1220. Could I have a tape
of that concert?Copy !req
1221. Be in the stores,
a couple of months.Copy !req
1222. No, what I meant was
could I have an advance copy?Copy !req
1223. Why not?Copy !req
1224. Thank you very much.Copy !req
1225. May I...Copy !req
1226. Are your hands clean?
Let me see.Copy !req
1227. Oh, all right.Copy !req
1228. This is nylon, isn't it?Copy !req
1229. Yes. I prefer cotton.Copy !req
1230. But people today,
even our own people,Copy !req
1231. just don't want anything
that requires care.Copy !req
1232. Listen, I was wondering
if you could help me.Copy !req
1233. My name is Lt. Columbo.Copy !req
1234. I'm from the Los Angeles
Police Department.Copy !req
1235. Columbo, that's an Italian name.Copy !req
1236. Yes, ma'am, it is.Copy !req
1237. Uh, could you tell me
how much fabric...Copy !req
1238. My husband was half Italian.
And a wonderfully warm man, too.Copy !req
1239. Just the way
Italians are supposed to be.Copy !req
1240. Can you tell me, ma'am,
how many yards...Copy !req
1241. And he was
a naturally good singer, too.Copy !req
1242. Of course, he was thin...Copy !req
1243. and he had this
little blonde moustache.Copy !req
1244. But he was
half Scandinavian, so...Copy !req
1245. Lt. Columbo,
are you with the Army?Copy !req
1246. Los Angeles
Police Department.Copy !req
1247. Oh. Have we done something?Copy !req
1248. No, ma'am.
Not that I know of, no.Copy !req
1249. I'm just here... I'm just part
of an investigation.Copy !req
1250. Well, of what?
Are you with the vice squad?Copy !req
1251. I don't remember
having a good time.Copy !req
1252. No, ma'am. No, I'm not
with the vice squad.Copy !req
1253. I just wanted to ask you about
some of these lovely robes...Copy !req
1254. that you and the ladies...Copy !req
1255. You want to know how many yards
it takes to make a robe.Copy !req
1256. Listen, that depends.
Now, you take Helen there,Copy !req
1257. it takes her four yards
of material to make a robe.Copy !req
1258. It only takes me two.Copy !req
1259. What does she do? She makes
the bigger sizes, does she?Copy !req
1260. Makes mistakes,
that what she does.Copy !req
1261. The poor little thing.
Once she did two left sides...Copy !req
1262. and wondered why
it wouldn't button up.Copy !req
1263. Oh, she's a darling woman,
but she is not a good seamstress.Copy !req
1264. Let me ask you something, dear.Copy !req
1265. You think I could
take a look at this?Copy !req
1266. Well, if you're careful.Copy !req
1267. Just for a minute.Copy !req
1268. - Certainly. But be careful.
- Thank you very much.Copy !req
1269. - May I, please?
- Sure. Just go over that.Copy !req
1270. Oh, what are you doing?Copy !req
1271. How many square yards
in a roll like this?Copy !req
1272. Uh, be careful now,Copy !req
1273. don't let it go all the way
to the end or you'll soil it...Copy !req
1274. Well, you know, I'm curious
about the yardage.Copy !req
1275. You certainly are.Copy !req
1276. Could you show me what...Copy !req
1277. 60 square yards
of this would look like?Copy !req
1278. In the first place, this is not
a roll, this is a bolt.Copy !req
1279. 60 square yards,
wait a minute there.Copy !req
1280. That's 10 yards by 6 yards.Copy !req
1281. That's 30 feet by 18 feet.Copy !req
1282. This can't be 60 square yards.Copy !req
1283. It isn't even 20.Copy !req
1284. Do you have more?Copy !req
1285. Oh, yes, yes,
we have a reserve.Copy !req
1286. We are like the industrious ants.
You know that story.Copy !req
1287. I kept a reserve stock
against rising prices.Copy !req
1288. Just a minute,
I'll show it to you.Copy !req
1289. Dear, oh, dear,
I meant to reorder...Copy !req
1290. Do you find
yourself forgetting?Copy !req
1291. Sometimes, ma'am, yes, I do.Copy !req
1292. Could you tell me,Copy !req
1293. do you remember how much
you meant to reorder?Copy !req
1294. Oh, it's always the same.Copy !req
1295. How much is that?Copy !req
1296. Three bolts of nylon,
white, 1A-447.Copy !req
1297. And how many yards
in a bolt, 20?Copy !req
1298. No, 15.Copy !req
1299. 15, so there's only
45 yards missing.Copy !req
1300. Only 45 square yards missing,
out of sheer forgetfulness.Copy !req
1301. And the prices have surely risen
four or five cents a yard.Copy !req
1302. Why do I do that?
Forget, I mean.Copy !req
1303. Is it what they say it is?Copy !req
1304. Is it old age?Copy !req
1305. No. No. It's not that.Copy !req
1306. Who knows what it is,
but it's not that. Listen.Copy !req
1307. I want to thank you
very, very much.Copy !req
1308. You're welcome.Copy !req
1309. I appreciate talking to you.Copy !req
1310. It was nice to meet you.Copy !req
1311. Oh, my.Copy !req
1312. Now, Lieutenant, let's see
that navigation kit.Copy !req
1313. It fits.Copy !req
1314. Of course, there's no harness
attached to this.Copy !req
1315. You wouldn't get it in
with a conventional chute harness.Copy !req
1316. What about an unconventional one?Copy !req
1317. What do you mean?Copy !req
1318. Something homemade.Copy !req
1319. Something homemade?
Yeah, it's possible.Copy !req
1320. What do you think?Copy !req
1321. You know as well as I do
that the diameter of...Copy !req
1322. a standard chute is
substantially larger than that.Copy !req
1323. Anybody jumping in that would...Copy !req
1324. have a much faster rate of
descent than normal.Copy !req
1325. Tight chutes in a parachute like
this, he goes down faster, right?Copy !req
1326. At least 20% faster.Copy !req
1327. Fatally faster?Copy !req
1328. Not necessarily. The guy would
probably break something,Copy !req
1329. an arm, a leg or pelvis,
or something.Copy !req
1330. Be awful risky.Copy !req
1331. So is murder.Copy !req
1332. I know what you're getting at,
but I don't see how you can ever prove...Copy !req
1333. the guy actually jumped
without finding the chute.Copy !req
1334. Neither do I.Copy !req
1335. You see?
And if it was premeditated,Copy !req
1336. he'd certainly have
destroyed the chute.Copy !req
1337. Yeah, but how you gonna
destroy a parachute?Copy !req
1338. I mean, you can't risk
burning it.Copy !req
1339. You'll see the flames
no matter where he landed.Copy !req
1340. Okay, so he hid it somewhere.Copy !req
1341. Buried it.
What are you gonna do?Copy !req
1342. Dig up that whole mountain?Copy !req
1343. Thank you very much. Come on.Copy !req
1344. Your people...Copy !req
1345. You never found that
thermos bottle, did you?Copy !req
1346. No.Copy !req
1347. Hmm.Copy !req
1348. So, it must have been thrown out
sometime during the flight.Copy !req
1349. Could be.Copy !req
1350. Mmm.Copy !req
1351. If the pilot jumped,
just before he crashed the plane,Copy !req
1352. he would land not too far
from the crash site. Right?Copy !req
1353. Right.Copy !req
1354. But there's no indication that
he even took a parachute aboard.Copy !req
1355. There is an indication,
Mr. Pangborn.Copy !req
1356. That empty navigation kit.Copy !req
1357. That wouldn't hold
a conventional chute.Copy !req
1358. How about an unconventional chute?Copy !req
1359. Well, all I can say is he'd
have to be one expert chute man.Copy !req
1360. He was. I checked
his military record.Copy !req
1361. After he washed out
as a flying cadet...Copy !req
1362. he became a parachute rigger.Copy !req
1363. Well, it will still be
an awful lot of mountain...Copy !req
1364. to search for anything
hidden or buried.Copy !req
1365. A lot of mountain.Copy !req
1366. Who could find it?Copy !req
1367. The guy that hid it.Copy !req
1368. Well, it was
the original version.Copy !req
1369. That's what I hear
coming out of the radio.Copy !req
1370. And then there's the version that
you recorded yesterday in the studio.Copy !req
1371. I saw the lightCopy !req
1372. - This is the original version.
- I saw the lightCopy !req
1373. No more darkness, no more nightCopy !req
1374. Now this is... is the new version.Copy !req
1375. I hope I got it.Copy !req
1376. I know I had it.Copy !req
1377. I got it.Copy !req
1378. Bear with me, sir.Copy !req
1379. - I saw the light
- This is the new version.Copy !req
1380. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
1381. No more darknessCopy !req
1382. I noticed that
the arrangement was changed.Copy !req
1383. You got a good ear for music.Copy !req
1384. Well, you know I'm Italian.Copy !req
1385. Yeah, I know.Copy !req
1386. Anyway, I spoke to your arranger.Copy !req
1387. Nick Solecanto?Copy !req
1388. Yeah, that's him.Copy !req
1389. You know, he's Italian, too.Copy !req
1390. Yeah, I know.Copy !req
1391. So I asked him...Copy !req
1392. was there a special reason
for you changing the arrangements?Copy !req
1393. He said yes.Copy !req
1394. Maryann was a soprano,
Tina is a contralto.Copy !req
1395. Well, now, I could have
told you that myself.Copy !req
1396. I know, sir. But I was afraid
that my next question...Copy !req
1397. might be a little
embarrassing to you.Copy !req
1398. I asked Mr. Solecanto:Copy !req
1399. "How long does it take to change
an arrangement like that?"Copy !req
1400. He said about a week.Copy !req
1401. And you wondered how I knew...Copy !req
1402. I was going to need
a new arrangement...Copy !req
1403. a week before Maryann
was killed, right?Copy !req
1404. Yes, sir. That was
the embarrassing question.Copy !req
1405. Not embarrassing at all, Columbo.
I knew it because I knew...Copy !req
1406. I was going to replace Maryann
with Tina.Copy !req
1407. I liked her voice better
in the solos.Copy !req
1408. That's exactly what I thought.Copy !req
1409. As a matter of fact,
I like her better myself.Copy !req
1410. But I wanted to hear
your explanation. That's it.Copy !req
1411. Finished. That definitely
closes the book on you, sir.Copy !req
1412. I'm glad to hear it.Copy !req
1413. My superiors
will have to agree...Copy !req
1414. that I've been pretty thorough
on this case.Copy !req
1415. Mmm-hmm. You really have.Copy !req
1416. Um,Copy !req
1417. there's just one other thing, sir.Copy !req
1418. What's that?Copy !req
1419. I'll explain it to you
in a minute.Copy !req
1420. May I use your telephone?Copy !req
1421. Go right ahead.Copy !req
1422. Milt? Columbo here.Copy !req
1423. Did you get in touch
with that Boy Scout troop?Copy !req
1424. Yeah, tomorrow's okay,
but they gotta start early.Copy !req
1425. How about
the Forest Ranger patrol...Copy !req
1426. on the sheriff's Mountain Squad?Copy !req
1427. They'll start tomorrow,
first thing?Copy !req
1428. Good.Copy !req
1429. Fine.Copy !req
1430. See you later.Copy !req
1431. Did that have
something to do with me?Copy !req
1432. Yes, sir. It did.Copy !req
1433. But I hesitate to mention it.Copy !req
1434. Go right ahead.Copy !req
1435. Sir,Copy !req
1436. did you drink any of that coffee
that was in that thermos bottle...Copy !req
1437. that you took on the flight?Copy !req
1438. No.Copy !req
1439. I didn't think so.Copy !req
1440. And if my hunch is correct,
you're a very lucky man.Copy !req
1441. What hunch?Copy !req
1442. The barbiturates that turned up...Copy !req
1443. in the autopsy on those two women
were a lot more...Copy !req
1444. than anyone would ever take
for airsickness.Copy !req
1445. They were almost a lethal dose...Copy !req
1446. certainly enough
to knock somebody out.Copy !req
1447. No kidding?Copy !req
1448. If they were in that coffee,Copy !req
1449. they could have been
put there by somebody...Copy !req
1450. who wanted to put you to sleep
at the controls.Copy !req
1451. Maybe somebody wanted to kill you.Copy !req
1452. Now, why would anybody
want to kill me?Copy !req
1453. Mr. Brown, I don't know.
But you are a celebrity.Copy !req
1454. And there are a lot of crackpots
in the world.Copy !req
1455. And there is just no accounting
for people's reactions.Copy !req
1456. And sometimes I even wonder
about my wife.Copy !req
1457. Not that she is a crackpot,
but, uh,Copy !req
1458. when she is listening to your records,
the way she carries on.Copy !req
1459. But not like
she wants to kill me.Copy !req
1460. No, sir, just the opposite.Copy !req
1461. It's no laughing matter.Copy !req
1462. This can be serious.Copy !req
1463. Look, the only fingerprints
that should be on that thermos...Copy !req
1464. are yours, your wife's,
and the girl's, right?Copy !req
1465. Right.Copy !req
1466. But if some guy thought
he was going to...Copy !req
1467. put you to sleep at the controls
and kill you in a plane crash,Copy !req
1468. he might have gotten careless
with his fingerprints.Copy !req
1469. He might have left them
on that thermos bottle...Copy !req
1470. when he spiked the coffee.Copy !req
1471. Lieutenant, man, you got
some kind of imagination.Copy !req
1472. You know that?Copy !req
1473. Still, when I get a hunch
down here and I ignore it,Copy !req
1474. I always regret it.Copy !req
1475. I am gonna put
a police guard on you...Copy !req
1476. until I find that thermos bottle.Copy !req
1477. You might never find that thermos.Copy !req
1478. We're gonna find it.
You might be right.Copy !req
1479. It could've been thrown
a long distance away...Copy !req
1480. when that plane crashed.Copy !req
1481. But between those Boy Scouts,
those Forest Rangers,Copy !req
1482. and the Sheriff's Squad,Copy !req
1483. we are gonna comb every inch
of that mountainside.Copy !req
1484. We'll comb it and comb it,Copy !req
1485. and then comb it some more,
till we find it.Copy !req
1486. In the meantime,Copy !req
1487. you're getting a police guard.Copy !req
1488. Now, that's nice of you.
I really appreciate that.Copy !req
1489. But it won't be necessary,
Lieutenant.Copy !req
1490. I'm leaving on a concert tour.Copy !req
1491. You're leaving, sir?Copy !req
1492. I sure am.Copy !req
1493. When are you leaving?Copy !req
1494. This afternoon.Copy !req
1495. For how long?Copy !req
1496. For months. I open tomorrow night
in San Francisco.Copy !req
1497. You are going to be gone
for months?Copy !req
1498. Mmm-hmm. I sure am.
Why, what's the matter?Copy !req
1499. Nothing, sir. No, uh...Copy !req
1500. I just wasn't prepared
for that, uh...Copy !req
1501. Well, it's surely been nice
knowing you, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1502. I've enjoyed talking with you,
and I wish you the best of luck.Copy !req
1503. Same to you, sir.Copy !req
1504. What time is your plane?Copy !req
1505. 4:05.Copy !req
1506. Have a good trip, sir.Copy !req
1507. Thank you.Copy !req
1508. Where to, Lieutenant?Copy !req
1509. Just pull around
the bend and park.Copy !req
1510. He says he's going out of town.
I don't believe him.Copy !req
1511. Yeah.Copy !req
1512. I planted a seed
that has to take.Copy !req
1513. He is gonna do something
in the mountains first.Copy !req
1514. Pull around the bend and park.Copy !req
1515. All set, Tommy.Copy !req
1516. Hey, thanks a lot, Chris.
See you in San Francisco.Copy !req
1517. Take it easy.Copy !req
1518. Looks like he's going,
all right.Copy !req
1519. Hey, Columbo!Copy !req
1520. Hey, what are you
doing here? Come here.Copy !req
1521. What are you doing out here?Copy !req
1522. I followed you, sir,
to be honest with you.Copy !req
1523. You see, I told my superiors that
someone might be out to get you.Copy !req
1524. If anything happens to you
here in LA,Copy !req
1525. it's going to be my neck.Copy !req
1526. I thought it was my neck
you were interested in.Copy !req
1527. Oh, of course, yours, too.Copy !req
1528. But the fact is
I'm not going to rest easy...Copy !req
1529. until I actually see you
on the plane.Copy !req
1530. I sure do appreciate that.
That's mighty nice of you.Copy !req
1531. You must have
some metal on you, sir.Copy !req
1532. If you'll just put it
in this tray here...Copy !req
1533. and come through again.Copy !req
1534. Okay.Copy !req
1535. And the beer I had for breakfastCopy !req
1536. It wasn't badCopy !req
1537. For dessertCopy !req
1538. Then I fumbled in the closetCopy !req
1539. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
1540. You are welcome.Copy !req
1541. Hey, Columbo.Copy !req
1542. Keep law and order
while I'm gone.Copy !req
1543. I'll try, sir.Copy !req
1544. Stumbled down the stairs
to meet the dayCopy !req
1545. Hey!Copy !req
1546. Tell your wife hello for me.Copy !req
1547. On a Sunday morning sidewalkCopy !req
1548. I'm wishing, Lord,
that I was stonedCopy !req
1549. Hey, mister.Copy !req
1550. Oh,Copy !req
1551. L.A.P.D.Copy !req
1552. Did he go, sir?Copy !req
1553. He went.Copy !req
1554. That's him, in that one.Copy !req
1555. Well, you can't
win them all, Lieutenant.Copy !req
1556. I guess not.Copy !req
1557. I gotta call in.Copy !req
1558. Unit 10.Copy !req
1559. Do you want me
to drive you back?Copy !req
1560. I sent the officer
who brought me up here...Copy !req
1561. back down for dinner.Copy !req
1562. I figured you and I would be
driving back together.Copy !req
1563. Nobody followed me up here.
I made sure of that.Copy !req
1564. That's right, sir.Copy !req
1565. I was waiting for you
up there on that rock.Copy !req
1566. I gave you an hour to fly to
San Francisco on that commuter.Copy !req
1567. I gave you half an hour for a layoff,
and another hour to fly back,Copy !req
1568. and an hour to drive up here.Copy !req
1569. You knew I was coming up here?Copy !req
1570. I knew. Then I didn't know,
and then I knew.Copy !req
1571. When I planted that seed about
searching for the thermos bottle,Copy !req
1572. I called the Rangers
and the Boy Scouts,Copy !req
1573. I knew it was gonna worry you
and you'd come out here...Copy !req
1574. and look for the parachute.Copy !req
1575. But when you went to the airport,
and you got on the plane,Copy !req
1576. and when I saw that plane fly away,
I thought you were gone.Copy !req
1577. Then I heard the keys.Copy !req
1578. Little tinkle of keys.Copy !req
1579. When you emptied your pockets
at the airport,Copy !req
1580. your keys were with your pen,
your lighter and something else.Copy !req
1581. But I remembered
the keys had a tag,Copy !req
1582. that tag.Copy !req
1583. Car rental tag.Copy !req
1584. Then I knew.Copy !req
1585. A man drives a rented car,Copy !req
1586. he takes his keys with him
on an airplane,Copy !req
1587. doesn't turn them in
at the airport,Copy !req
1588. I got to figure he's coming back.Copy !req
1589. Aren't you afraid being up here
alone with a killer?Copy !req
1590. No, sir.Copy !req
1591. No, sir. I had a feeling
that sooner or later...Copy !req
1592. Praise the Lord, I saw the lightCopy !req
1593. Sooner or later you would have
confessed...Copy !req
1594. even if I hadn't caught you.Copy !req
1595. Yeah, you are right, Lieutenant.
I would have...Copy !req
1596. because it was getting to me,
and I'm glad it's over.Copy !req
1597. Listen...Copy !req
1598. any man that can sing
like that can't be all bad.Copy !req