Candidate for Crime

Episode aired Nov 4, 1973
TV-PG
1h 38m

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7.7/10

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Peter Falk in Candidate for Crime (1973)

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Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The children's song "This Old Man" appears in almost every episode of the Columbo series, sometimes as background music, but most often with Lt. Columbo singing, humming, or whistling the tune. This is the only episode where the murderer (Jackie Cooper as political candidate Nelson Hayward) is heard using it; in this case, he is whistling it as he prepares to film a campaign commercial.

Goofs
Nelson Hayward lights a firecracker on the balcony to make people in the other room think someone fired a shot at him. The detective immediately runs into the room and goes out to the balcony to look for the shooter. He would have easily seen the paper remnants from the exploded firecracker.

Quotes
[Columbo's car has been repaired. He's presented with the bill]
Lt. Columbo: That much, huh?
Shelly: Wasn't the parts so much as the time it took. It's not easy to work on a car in that condition.
Lt. Columbo: Will you take a check?
Shelly: You haven't got a credit card?
Lt. Columbo: I'm from the... uh... police. Lieutenant Columbo... uh.
[He struggles to get out his I.D]
Shelly: What, are you... uh... undercover or something?
Lt. Columbo: No, I'm underpaid.