Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows

टीवी फ़िल्म
1989
TV-PG
1 घं 35 मि

IMDb रेटिंग

7.3/10

2.4 हज़ार

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Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows (1989)

Cop Drama Police Procedural Crime Drama Mystery

अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंAn egocentric young director murders a childhood friend who threatened to expose his complicity in the negligent death of the friend's sister years before he found fame and success. Lt. Colu... सभी पढ़ेंAn egocentric young director murders a childhood friend who threatened to expose his complicity in the negligent death of the friend's sister years before he found fame and success. Lt. Columbo is investigating.An egocentric young director murders a childhood friend who threatened to expose his complicity in the negligent death of the friend's sister years before he found fame and success. Lt. Columbo is investigating.

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7.3/10

2.4 हज़ार

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ट्रिविया
A bust of Alfred Hitchcock is prominently displayed between the two arcade games in Alex Brady's office. Hitchcock was a shareholder in MCA-Universal studios and spent his last 20 years at the studio.

गूफ़
Columbo spots a couple of ice cream sodas left on the counter in Alex Bradey's office, known as his "boys' club". One glass is almost full, and the other about half-full. Not only can the viewer see this, but Columbo comments on it at length, theorizing with uncanny accuracy how the full and the half-full glasses show what happened earlier, when the victim (Fisher) was visiting Bradey's office. The moment Columbo leaves, Bradey rushes to the soda glasses to destroy the evidence. Inexplicably, both glasses are now nearly empty.

भाव
Columbo: [referring to the water bed] You know, I've never tried one of these. My wife, that's Mrs. Columbo, she tried to get me interested.
Alex Bradey: [after Columbo lies on the bed] Well, how do you like it?
Columbo: Well, to tell you the truth, sir, it feels all swimmy. Makes me wonder what Mrs. Columbo had in mind.

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फीचर्ड रिव्यू

6/10

Not brilliant...but fun

MURDER, SMOKE AND SHADOWS is one of the 1989 instalments of the long-running TV series and quite a bit of fun it is too. Instead of featuring a middle-aged villain (played by some Hollywood great), the murderer in this one is pretty much a kid who's up to scratch with all the latest technology, so the lieutenant has his work cut out for him.

Alex Bradey is a popular Hollywood director who has a dark secret from his past: a girl was accidentally killed while making one of his home movies years before. He covered up the incident, but a blackmailer from the past shows up to expose everything, so he has to be done away with. Cue the intervention of the typically bumbling detective who strives to get to the bottom of things.

One of the most amusing things about MURDER, SMOKE AND SHADOWS is how obviously the murderer is modelled on Spielberg - they even wear the same glasses! Fisher Stevens was a once popular actor from the 1980s (appearing in the likes of THE BURNING and SHORT CIRCUIT) and his youth makes him a neat counterpoint to the usual villains. Peter Falk is on top form, of course, and I particularly enjoyed the scenes where a vindictive Stevens indulges in some childish fun with the ageing detective (taking him on that high seat, and exposing him to some special effects). The story is a little slow in paces, but the ending is a good one, so it's worth sticking with.