The Most Crucial Game

Episode aired Nov 5, 1972
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1h 10m

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7.5/10

3.4K

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Peter Falk and Valerie Harper in The Most Crucial Game (1972)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

The manager of a football team murders its callow owner, making it look as if the young man had had an accident in his swimming pool. Lt. Columbo is on the case.The manager of a football team murders its callow owner, making it look as if the young man had had an accident in his swimming pool. Lt. Columbo is on the case.The manager of a football team murders its callow owner, making it look as if the young man had had an accident in his swimming pool. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

3.4K

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Trivia
At the basketball scrimmage, Lt. Colombo asks a man watching on the sidelines, "Where did you get those shoes?". He responds "Millers on Wilshire Boulevard." As of 2020, Miller's Clothing on Wilshire Boulevard is still in business.

Goofs
When Shirley Wagner lands at the airport, the wheels of her plane are shown touching down. The wheels are of a B-52 bomber and not a commercial airliner.

Quotes
Lt. Columbo: You know, when I'm listening to a game and my wife interrupts - I can't help myself - I want to hear that game, and I don't care how important the interruption.
Paul Hanlon: [trying to hear a game himself] Your wife has my sympathy.