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| ShortSummary=Hollywood film composer and conductor Findlay Crawford (]) has been mentor to a talented young composer, Gabriel McEnery (]), who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work for the last few years. Gabe even penned Crawford's last movie score, which won an ]. Crawford realizes he will be ruined and ridiculed if it ever becomes known. Aware that Gabe practices on the roof of a studio building, Crawford plots his murder. He promises Gabe will get to conduct the orchestra during a concert based on Crawford's "own" movie scores. While giving a toast, Crawford drugs Gabe, then takes his body up to his rooftop rehearsal place, which happens to be atop a trapdoor to a freight elevator. He makes it look like Gabe was there rehearsing; With the concert about to begin, Crawford starts the freight elevator, then makes it into the concert hall in time to begin conducting before the elevator reaches the top. When the elevator doors open, Gabe's unconscious body is pushed over the side and falls to his death, landing in front of a late-arriving couple. | ShortSummary=Hollywood film composer and conductor Findlay Crawford (]) has been mentor to a talented young composer, Gabriel McEnery (]), who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work for the last few years. Gabe even penned Crawford's last movie score, which won an ]. Crawford realizes he will be ruined and ridiculed if it ever becomes known. Aware that Gabe practices on the roof of a studio building, Crawford plots his murder. He promises Gabe will get to conduct the orchestra during a concert based on Crawford's "own" movie scores. While giving a toast, Crawford drugs Gabe, then takes his body up to his rooftop rehearsal place, which happens to be atop a trapdoor to a freight elevator. He makes it look like Gabe was there rehearsing; With the concert about to begin, Crawford starts the freight elevator, then makes it into the concert hall in time to begin conducting before the elevator reaches the top. When the elevator doors open, Gabe's unconscious body is pushed over the side and falls to his death, landing in front of a late-arriving couple.


'''Final clue/twist:''' Columbo finds it odd that the victim did not scream when he fell to his death; on the body Columbo finds a cut on his hand in which dried blood reveals the presence of barbiturate/sleep pills; this starts a chain of evidence that the only person who could have profited by McEnery's death was Findlay Crawford. '''Final clue/twist:''' On the victim’s body, Columbo finds a cut on his hand in which dried blood reveals the presence of secobarbital, explaining why the victim was did not scream as he fell to his death; he was unconscious. This explains why his shoes were two sizes too large and why his house key was missing: the victim couldn’t complain because he was unconscious. Crawford confirmed just before that McEnery would have heard the elevator that threw him off the roof if he wasn’t unconscious.


Aired under ''Monday Night Movie''.<ref>{{cite web|title=MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE: COLUMBO: MURDER WITH TOO MANY NOTES {TAPE 1 OF 2} (TV)|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=B:64131|publisher=The Paley Center For Media|accessdate=September 10, 2013}}</ref> Aired under ''Monday Night Movie''.<ref>{{cite web|title=MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE: COLUMBO: MURDER WITH TOO MANY NOTES {TAPE 1 OF 2} (TV)|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=B:64131|publisher=The Paley Center For Media|accessdate=September 10, 2013}}</ref>

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Season of television series (all episodes of 1990 to 2003) Season of television series
Columbo
Season 10
No. of episodes14
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseDecember 9, 1990 (1990-12-09) –
January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30)
Season chronology
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Season 9
List of episodes

The final 14 episodes of Columbo were produced sporadically as a series of specials, spanning 13 years from 1990 to 2003. These episodes have since been released on DVD in several regions as "season 10". Two of the episodes, "No Time to Die" and "Undercover", were based on 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain and thus do not follow the usual Columbo format.

Episodes

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Murderer(s) played by Victim(s) played by Original air date Runtime
561"Columbo Goes to College"E.W. SwackhamerS : Frederick King Keller
S/T : Jeffrey Bloom		Stephen Caffrey as Justin Rowe and Gary Hershberger as Cooper RedmanJames Sutorius as D.E. RuskDecember 9, 1990 (1990-12-09)98 min
572"Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health"Daryl DukeSonia Wolf & Patricia Ford & April RaynellGeorge Hamilton as Wade AndersPeter Haskell as Budd ClarkeFebruary 20, 1991 (1991-02-20)98 min
583"Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star"Alan J. LeviWilliam Read WoodfieldDabney Coleman as Hugh CreightonCheryl Paris as Marcy EdwardsApril 29, 1991 (1991-04-29)98 min
594"Death Hits the Jackpot"Vincent McEveetyJeffrey BloomRip Torn as Leon Lamarr and Jamie Rose as Nancy BrowerGary Kroeger as Freddy BrowerDecember 15, 1991 (1991-12-15)98 min
605"No Time to Die"Alan J. LeviS : Ed McBain;
T : Robert van Scoyk		(No murder.  Daniel McDonald plays the would-be murderer.)(None)February 15, 1992 (1992-02-15)93 min
616"A Bird in the Hand ..."Vincent McEveetyJackson GillisTyne Daly as Dolores McCain and Greg Evigan as Harold McCainSteve Forrest as Fred McCain, León Singer as Fernando and Greg Evigan as Harold McCainNovember 22, 1992 (1992-11-22)98 min
627"It's All in the Game"Vincent McEveetyPeter FalkFaye Dunaway as Lauren Staton and Claudia Christian as Lisa MartinArmando Pucci as Nick FrancoOctober 31, 1993 (1993-10-31)98 min
638"Butterfly in Shades of Grey"Dennis DuganPeter S. FischerWilliam Shatner as Fielding ChaseJack Laufer as Gerry WintersJanuary 10, 1994 (1994-01-10)98 min
649"Undercover"Vincent McEveetyS : Ed McBain;
T : Gerry Day		Ed Begley Jr. as Irving Krutch (Jon Beshara and an uncredited actor also portray two characters who kill each other)Burt Young as Mo Weinberg and Shera Danese as Geraldine FergusonMay 2, 1994 (1994-05-02)98 min
6510"Strange Bedfellows"Vincent McEveetyLawrence VailGeorge Wendt as Graham McVeighJeff Yagher as Teddy McVeigh and Jay Acovone as Bruno RomanoMay 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)89 min
6611"A Trace of Murder"Vincent McEveetyCharles KippsDavid Rasche as Patrick Kinsley and Shera Danese as Cathleen CalvertRaye Birk as Howard SeltzerMay 15, 1997 (1997-05-15)98 min
6712"Ashes to Ashes"Patrick McGoohanJeffrey HatcherPatrick McGoohan as Eric PrinceRue McClanahan as Verity ChandlerOctober 8, 1998 (1998-10-08)90 min
6813"Murder with Too Many Notes"Patrick McGoohanT : Patrick McGoohan;
S/T : Jeffrey Cava		Billy Connolly as Findlay CrawfordChad Willett as Gabriel McEneryMarch 12, 2001 (2001-03-12)98 min
6914"Columbo Likes the Nightlife"Jeffrey ReinerMichael AlaimoMatthew Rhys as Justin Price and Jennifer Sky as Vanessa FarrowCarmine Giovinazzo as Tony Galper and Douglas Roberts as Linwood CobenJanuary 30, 2003 (2003-01-30)88 min


References

  1. "Columbo – Complete Series DVD UK". Retrieved April 2, 2012.
  2. UK DVD Cover shows the complete collection, images-amazon.com; accessed June 28, 2017.
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