Columbo Solves the Cider and Murder Cases | Columbo

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  @andypage3672 · 4 years ago

  This episode was filmed at The Citadel The Military College of South Carolina in the Summer of 1974 before the Corps of Cadets returned from summer break. The incoming cadre was present however and served as extras in the episode. Still have my picture made with Peter Falk.

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  @Artisan1979 · 4 years ago

  He committed cold-blooded murder and was prepared to let someone else take the fall for it. It shows how jaded somebody can become after being in a position of power for so many years. Morality and ethics are clouded in favor of personal need.

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  @nicholasschroeder3678 · 4 years ago

  Of course it's funny and ironic that his OCD over something as petty as the cider hangs him.  It's also ironic that this shabby looking man nabs him by excelling at all the fine qualities of character that he supposedly stands for--logic, attention to detail, justice, and professionalism--but he actually betrayed.  The Colonel is all show; Colombo is all substance.

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  @Alienmojo · 4 years ago

  Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan really liked each other a lot and collaborated on several episodes together.

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  @danboylan2449 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan are brilliant actors! Loved the episodes where they squared off.

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  @rickhobson3211 · 4 years ago

  Colombo said he wouldn't turn them in... and then he sets the trap up in such a way that they turn themselves in.  XD

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  @walden6272 · 3 years ago

  I'm impressed with this villain, he manages to escape prison and changes his identities and Columbo has to catch him many times in new episodes.

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  @mathewhaight · 3 years ago

  I couldn't help but chuckle at the soldier screaming out yes sir over and over, while running away.

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  @luminousbanjo · 2 years ago

  I love it when Columbo uses the killer's personality traits against them. Here, it's Colonel Rumford's obsession with discipline and order that leads to his downfall. The Colonel is more concerned with punishing the cadets than he is worried about being exposed. Columbo knows that and distracts him with the chance to catch them, leading Rumford to accidentally ruin his alibi and reveal his guilt.

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  @deadjuice1880 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb-jJCY2QQw&amp;t=140">2:20</a><br>My dude sleeps like he&apos;s waiting for God to call him for a speech before Armageddon.

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  @dougfranckwolf · 4 years ago

  I think the writers had a bet to see how many times they could make the actors say &quot;cider&quot; in 10 minutes.

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  @martinfinn1550 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The Colonel basically made himself the number 1 suspect to Columbo when he hesitated to identify the cleaning rag when the Cadet Springer had no problem identifying it immediately when Colombo asked him what it was. There was also the powerful explosive C4 Columbo found had been used in the cannon, Rumford told Columbo they didn&apos;t use it at the academy, so obviously somebody high up at the academy had to bring it in from the outside. Columbo also suggested to Rumford that since founders day was one of only 3 days when he fired the cannon personally, then if it it was deliberately set to explode when it was fired, it was meant to kill him.

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