Columbo Examines Murder On a Cruise Ship | Columbo

Robert Vaughn stars as Hayden Danziger, a used car salesman on a cruise to Acapulco with his wealthy wife Sylvia(played by Jane Greer) who has decided to murder his recent mistress, a lounge singer on the ship who is blackmailing him. But he doesn’t know that Columbo is on the board!
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Season 4 Episode 4 ''Troubled Waters'': Lt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship.
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[@pcwkid76]

I love the subtle shift when he's "on". That brief pause when he enters then just starts going into "Detective mode". He doesn't even finish dressing before he goes to examine the body. He forgets that he's at sea and other moments when the captain and crew have to bring him down to Earth. All that matters is the crime and the clues. No matter what airs he puts on, Columbo is a detective.

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

At 8:05 the look Columbo has is wonderful. You can just about hear the thought he has in his head . . . "Well, whoever's in that room is the killer, so while you guys do all of that with the victim's body I'll just slink on over to the next room and start working on my suspect."

[@redefv]

I worked on a "ship" before. We called her the "boat" quite frequently. If a fellow officer reprimanded a guest for calling her a "boat" we would lambast them.

[@joey_bonin]

I wondered about that.

[@lewisner]

This is one of my favourite episodes. Robert Vaughn was a great villain and the gotcha moment at the end was one of Columbos best.

[@michalbock7648]

It is epic! Peter Falk was really outstanding actor. I was born in 1989 and Columbo was part of my childhood. I was growing up with him.His death was very painful for me . Thank you for uploading these fragments of this excellent TV Show. Columbo will live in our hearts forever. Greetings from the Czech rep. fellas.

[@Teddy_Bass]

Mee to. So many good memories watching this with my grandad

[@josephrainey6896]

I didn't realize I was a fanatic

[@mamadetaslimtorabally7363]

I was born in 1965 and Columbo was part of my childhood here on Mauritius island. I am now 56 and still watch his series.

[@Zorn76]

@@mamadetaslimtorabally7363 1970's Colombo episodes are the best.

[@fishandchips9033]

@@Zorn76 I totally agree.

[@denniswelsh4175]

This episode shows how much Peter Falk was beloved by the way he interacts with the passengers and vice versa.

[@MonkTVOfficial]

Working over the holidays? You're not alone

[@Columbo]

It always happens to me

[@Psych]

And me!

[@Kal-qn9rw]

Look at you all commiserating! Isn't that lovely.

[@seraphinaaizen6278]

If he'd never have faked that heart attack and put himself in Columbo's path, he might actually have gotten away with it.

[@lewisner]

Yes, there was really nothing to link him to the murder except for his "alibi".

[@purplefood1]

@@lewisner nothing gets Columbo more suspicious than an innocent person

[@Mantis47]

To be fair he needed a way to stay in the infirmary for his plan to work out. The funny thing is that trying to incriminate the pianist is what got him, if he had just thrown the gun and the gloves to the sea he would've gotten away with it, there would be no proof linking him to it.

[@erickleefeld4883]

@@Mantis47 His route between the infirmary and the cabins, and sneaking through the crew stairways, didn’t allow him an opportunity to get outside and throw the gun in the ocean. (He did hide the gloves on himself, and threw them out to sea later.)

[@patrickjohnson5658]

What made Columbo latch on to Danziger (Robert Vaughn) as his main suspect was finding that feather near the ships hospital. He knew hospital beds did not have feather pillows, so the only way it could have got there was whomever shot Rosanna Wells through the pillow in her cabin let feathers fly everywhere and one stuck to him and eventually fell off near the hospital. This episode is also referenced in the Ricardo Montalban episode "A Matter Of Honor", where everyone in Mexico heard about how he caught the killer on the Mexico bound cruise ship.

[@markrobinson9531]

Its darkly humorous how he's painfully aware that (@7:48) he's standing directly in between the murderer and the victim with literally 2 feathers of evidence.

[@r3lay3r]

One of my favorites. Best quote: "Leftenant, on the high seas we don't ask-- I order!"

[@rodolfomahtiss4970]

Peter Falk was not only an actor playing the part of columbo he was a genius plain and simple.

[@davids11131113]

‘I just did the perfect murder....oh wait Colombo is on the ship? May as well just turn myself in now’

[@exitscreaming]

Yepp , the script writers will have me confessing in the last act anyways

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

Ok, ok, it was me who robbed the school tuckshop in 1973!

[@peterlj613]

This nurse is a mind blowing beauty.

[@andysmyth1211]

Agreed.

[@soop597]

Calm yoselves

[@medicindisquise4271]

Sorry, I was too distracted by Columbo

[@mrs.columbo1803]

Nope

[@sneakerfreak2002]

How utterly thirsty you are

[@mgoldman60]

Best episode of the Love Boat ever!

[@bobbyfrancis8957]

mitchell goldman- Do you see Gavin Macleod anywhere on this ship?

[@keithtorgersen9664]

The fact that Columbo investigated a murder while seasick shows he has a lot of endurance

[@christopherkraft1327]

The Lieutenant on the high sea with John Steed & Napoleon Solo & Dr Bombay!! Wait, the singers name is Poopie, it just got better!! 😆🥴🎈

[@raoularmagnac2037]

"Calling Dr. Bombay! Calling Dr. Bombay! Emergency! Come right away!" 😉

[@FriendOfChrist]

Wow, all these years I thought the singer was Rita Moreno.

[@AtmoStk]

Doctor Bombay is also col. Crittendon

[@exitscreaming]

Poupee

[@tomodonovan5931]

It's one of those rare episodes where you're more interested in getting a looksie at what Mrs. Columbo is all about more then the actual murder!

[@user-se7wf9dv6r]

But Columbo is so focused on the case she is totally ignored...poor Mrs Columbo.

[@tomodonovan5931]

Columbo was focused in every single episode, all except the Faye Dunaway character. He was a little bit distracted it seemed whenever he was with her. Mrs Columbo would have been a little bit jealous over that. But than again, no one knew if she had a jealous bone in her body. I remember Columbo commenting on how tough the case was. Dunaway was pushing that apple in front of Columbo's face, but Columbo was not taking a bite! Columbo was always in control, but he was not a total control freak with women. He knew his limitations, and kept everything respectful, and professional. Italian women are beautiful. I met one who gave me her business card when I was younger. I never called her. Six months later I go to a co-workers bachelor party, and guess who is the stripper? Here's the funny part. I had more baby oil on me than my co-worker. She must have remembered me pretty well. Everyone was asking me what was up? Why was that stripper rubbing on me more than the dude getting married? She never said one word to me, just let her body do all the talking for her.

[@exitscreaming4637]

not really

[@RickSeraf]

The actor playing the ship's doctor (Robert Douglas) also was the director for a Columbo episode the following year ("Old-Fashioned Murder").

[@voronacloud]

As a child I've been always hoping to see Lt.Columbo's wife. And in this particular episode there was a real chance! Columbo is on vacation with his wife on a cruiseship! There is no way she could escape my eye! how distraught I was at the end...

[@nevientadross8129]

😂. It’s ok, this episode is the only one that proves she really exists.. look on the bright side!

[@henryolague419]

His wife was played by Kate Mulgrew.

[@gogreen7794]

@@henryolague419 That was a joke! Kate Mulgrew and I are the same age. That means when the series started, she and were in 9th grade or so. That means Columbo must have married a child bride since he started referring to his wife from the beginning. The network got such a backlash at the casting of such a young woman as Mrs. Columbo (I think Kate and I were in our mid to late 20s when the series started), that eventually the series changed names and dropped all reference to Columbo.

[@cluelessjoe5745]

She was indeed on the ship with her husband (cabin 56). But when we get a look at Columbo's cabin we don't see her because she was in the restroom defecating.

[@erickleefeld4883]

@@gogreen7794 Levinson, Link, Falk, and fans everywhere disowned the “Mrs. Columbo” show as not being in any way canonical. But I’m quite partial to a modern-day fan theory: Charlie Cale on “Poker Face” is the lieutenant’s granddaughter.

[@vercoda9997]

Usually it’s just the cost of a cruise that’s murder.

[@pcwkid76]

Fortunately, Mrs. Columbo won it.

[@circomnia9984]

Ah yes, that smile at the end. The blissfully unaware smile of a man that has no idea he just looked into the eyes of his inevitable demise.

[@arosha1]

I’m surprised Ben Gazarra directed Columbo but never appeared as a murderer. He’d have been perfect.

[@hirobrin5436]

Ben gazzara also directed :the friend in need, another brilliant episode of the series.

[@hirobrin5436]

The friend in deed

[@arosha1]

@@hirobrin5436 Both top tier episodes

[@schmittyhanrahan8126]

Not a big Gazzara fan but enjoyed his role in Cassavette's film Death of a Chinese Bookie - just throwing out a film suggestion.

[@gogreen7794]

@eric kanter No, that was Nick Cassavetes. He, Falk, and Gazzara were all good buddies.

[@mgoldman60]

We loved this episode. We liked it when Columbo showed Napoleon Solo & The Avengers Guy real old-fashioned police work.

[@pronkb000]

One of the few Columbo episodes where we see him before the murder.

[@michaelj.r457]

Also, one of the few episodes where other characters reference Columbo's famously unseen wife, who is also on the ship.

[@erickleefeld4883]

@@michaelj.r457 And they all see her, but she’s just off-camera!

[@Mr2guyy]

Netflix should add columbo

[@pcwkid76]

They had it a few years ago. But they seem less and less interested in vintage TV.

[@Mr2guyy]

@@pcwkid76 :(

[@gosmith3999]

You can watch the series on Peacock. Just sign up and it's free.

[@applejellypucci]

it's free on tubi as well

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

@@gosmith3999 USA only?

[@martinfinn1550]

Just by coincidence I was watching another old movie with Peter Falk in it called "the cheap detective" Even though he played a sleazy private detective in it I couldn't help thinking of him as Columbo.

[@tarkus4283]

My favorite episode THANK YOU

[@VorosTwins]

We love columbo!

[@Psych]

Attention to every detail! Classic!

[@black-sv4gk]

One of the best episodes, in my opinion, not the best, just one of the better

[@stefano.b65stef77]

Patrick Macnee the legendary John Steed!

[@Lava1964]

That wasn't much of a cruise vacation for Columbo when he had to spend so much time solving a murder.

[@erickleefeld4883]

There was a murderer on the ship, and Columbo also recognized that the killer was setting up an innocent guy to take the fall. He could not in any good conscience turn away from his moral responsibilities.

[@Ba_A]

Coronel Crittendon was there in disguise the whole time......with a plan for the most spectacular escape from Stalag 13 😂 on a cruise ship

[@glowiever]

it's his random motion seemingly in deep thought that gets me xD

[@kellyanastasia2752]

I love this episode, including the opening credits where Columbo is running through the terminal kind of franctically and gets on the ship. My favorite opening of any Columbo episode!!

[@lasvegasann8828]

This is my favorite episode of Columbo!

[@nickycotton6137]

Can't fault that/this one. Vaughn's such a great villian..

[@antonioszytulskyj8165]

Bernard Fox (Purser Watkins) was Det chief supt William Durk in Columbo episode "Dagger of the mind"

[@dennisbashore7626]

A spot of trivia.......did you know that Bing Crosby was the original choice as Columbo.....after he turned it down, Peter Falk got the part.

[@mcgalen]

I think he would have been a very good Columbo - it would have been a completely different portrayal, but Bing Crosby was a great understated actor and he would have certainly made it his own. That said, no one is better than Peter Faulk!

[@djquinn11]

Bing Crosby? That wouldn’t have worked. Crosby was a dandy, Columbo was a slob. Peter Falk was born to play this part.

[@gunnyhartman7979]

Bing Crosby was nowhere in the same stratosphere as Falk in the acting department. About the equivalent as Falk covering a Crosby song. Thank common sense for choosing Pete.

[@werre2]

the nurse is super fine

[@richardhall9815]

I was thinking the same thing! I would probably deliberately make myself get sick on that ship just to be able to see her!

[@rodolfomahtiss4970]

She is definitely a beauty.

[@jala1081]

Columbo is super fine

[@lewisner]

Susan Damante now aged 71. She was just 24 here.

[@actioncom2748]

5:13 - Downfall begins.

[@russellthompson9271]

The musician Columbo questions at 2.40 starred 7 years later as Bennings in The Thing (1982) 🙂

[@Sundae_Times]

Good to see Steed's working the case undercover as well.

[@Keesh.1154]

Really, Really enjoyed this episode.

[@richposports7030]

One of the few episodes I've not seen in their entirety. A gem 💎 I sense. Vaughn & Falk's characters are hilarious!! Cat & mouse farce/setiousness!!

[@abcde_fz]

Columbo was known for shooting on location a lot, but even I'm surprised here. Looking closely at the hardware I'm fairly certain a lot of this was shot on a ship. There's no reason AT ALL for a set carpenter to attempt to duplicate the kind of watertight doors found on a ship unless it's a key part of the plot, which it isn't...

[@EGRJ]

IMDB said the ship was the Sun Princess, later the Ocean Dream. Sank off Thailand in 2016, currently being scrapped. It was also the location where they filmed the Love Boat pilot.

[@abcde_fz]

@@EGRJ Cool. Didn't expect I'd ever hear anything back, especially for a comment so long ago... 🙂

[@robertwheatley2471]

4:16 Columbo's tie suddenly was straightened... apparently he didn't want to resemble a homeless bum and wanted to look appropriate when going to see the nurse...

[@erickleefeld4883]

We see him here at the end of his walk over to the infirmary. He straightened up the tie on the walk over.

[@jackgeraghty7531]

Mrs Columbo My friends, read the credits. Many-most-all (?) of the episodes were not written by Levinson/Link, but by individuals whose names we're not familiar with and hopefully gained credit for. As most of you have noted, we owe credit to the writers. Touche, unknown writers of one of the greatest, most legendary, body of work in television history.

[@CharlesLaughtonFan]

"Dr. Bombay, come right away!"

[@carolmurray187]

Steed!! A class man!!

[@lmswentzeljr]

Only Columbo would be on a cruise ship with his normal attire on, while everyone else wears what would be acceptable on a cruise ship

[@mcortner]

best episode!

[@zacharycat603]

She will never sing Volare again, so sad.

[@mitrooper]

The actress who played the nurse was a very beautiful woman. 4:28

[@robdavidson1876]

Great show Great actor perfect for part!

[@Dadmcbeardface]

Peter Falk is just magnificent.

[@jamesolojo787]

John steed Advengers top man . Robert Vaughan the villian Man from Uncle brilliant

[@warrenhoffman2006]

5:11, it's all over for Mr. Danziger.

[@Lushvalleys]

Where are the hour long episodes of Columbo? Can you please share them. Thanks

[@hannablue7038]

Legendary episodes.

[@richposports7030]

Salutes to Steed...aka Patrick McNee. Gambit & Purdy were my Avengers vintage. Columbo was a genius of a series. 😊😢😊

[@marksanders2237]

"He always talked about his wife, yet no wedding band?"

[@brucegilbert7243]

There is no Mrs. Columbo.

[@pressureworks]

Well now we know what Colonel Crittenden did after the war.

[@joezephyr]

From this episode I learnt the difference between a ship and a boat. Between a car and a truck. Between an aircraft and a plane (carpenters use a plane).

[@lewisner]

I just found out that the ship sank in 2016.

[@Maninawig]

Columbo nearly headbutted the nurse upon entering the hospital... never noticed that before.

[@exitscreaming]

Bobby Vaughn was always great , same with Pete Falk . I remember Dean Stockwell from " The Boy With Green Hair " as well as " Police Surgeon " .

[@MacWasTaken]

5:03 i legit imagine a little funi jpeg of columbo's streched face all over the screen appearing at the die part.

[@carolmurray187]

So many well known faces in this😃

[@MrAitraining]

I'd play sick to be around that nurse

[@Sameoldfitup]

“There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.”―Tennessee Williams

[@artygunnar]

That nurse is...... hmmmmm.... gonna need some help with a condition of mine

[@ikcikor3670]

I gotta call someone a discreet chap one day

[@R.a.t.t.y]

Columbo as a passenger and John Steed in command. Whatever next?

[@Sinclair_Research]

And Napoleon Solo in the sick bay

[@SaffuillaKarman]

Why, Napoleon Solo, of course!

[@Boxing_Gamer]

He was there with his wife, entire episode he came up with excuses for her not being in a single clip, unbelievable

[@stanknight9159]

When he acted sick with the marmalade, last clip, I got sick. When he acted seasick; I got seasick too lol.

[@richposports7030]

8mins=Priiime ducking & diving clever fun by the inimitable Peter Falk's Columbo. 😊😊😂😅🎉

[@erickleefeld4883]

Not only did Columbo have no access to the lab guys or proper forensics equipments - he also had no legal authority. He only had as much free rein to talk to people about the murder or go around the ship as the captain delegated to him. We see this aspect of the episode touch off when he had to convince the captain of the need for crime scene photos, after which the crew arranged for a trusted guy to take the pics and keep it secret.

[@IanOPadrick]

Cruise ships nowadays have a morgue built in for instances where people die at sea. Might've back then, too, but it wouldn't have been an easy question to have answered

[@rubystaging237]

columbo was such a good detective , that he had already picked the killer even before he killed, lol

[@Firebrand55]

1.31...." after all the passengers are on holiday..."!!

[@fab92n15]

Great Épisode

[@davidtaliaferro]

Columbo was like many episodic TV series back in the day; basically one plot for its entire run. Easy money for the networks and mind numbing therapy for the masses.

[@keithjones6023]

Columbo will be the Avenger! 😄

[@bennygaweseb]

Columbo calling a ship a boat

[@dank8865]

He did that throughout the episode, much to the chagrin of the crew. Constantly corrected. It was a running joke.

[@shurelock3981]

I just hate those cut to pieces masterpieces

[@ricogoldstar]

LOL @ 4:18 The dubbing sounds like Columbo Farted. 💨💭

[@mechanwhal6590]

I figured that was his stomach acting up.

[@dank8865]

Not as sick as he's gonna feel by the end of the show lol. 😆 My family loved these 2 hour episodes. This one and the one in England were especially classic. Both of which featured the awesome Bernard (Dr. Bombay) Fox. 🦊👍

[@50sRockChick]

The one set in England is my least favourite. I'm not sure why though.

[@TheMarkhopper]

@@50sRockChick imo It's better than the Commodore episode and the one where his nephews wife get kidnapped

[@50sRockChick]

@@TheMarkhopper the woman in the commadore one annoys me alot. As if you would go out with someone you basically accused of murdering someone. :/ The other one is the worst of the later lot certainly.

[@abdulrasheeddanwar2023]

He was really a wonderful actor as compared to todays James Bonds. Thay look more warriors less dectactives.

[@PRHILL9696]

so true

[@hood_TheJoker]

don't ever commit a murder in Columbo district.. don't commit one if he around 😅😅

[@diorisduarte8511]

What season is this episode?

[@andrewrehnert4997]

The door to Danzigers hospital room is always closed, so how does he see the body go by?

[@andrewyoung2796]

Tough assignment for the actress

[@carolmurray187]

Excellent cast.

[@anandnairkollam]

What's that thing he picks up from near the door?

[@Mickytdi]

What’s with the 20 second ads?

[@SportyMabamba]

The Captain also played Sir Humphrey Tibalt in the James Bond film A View to a Kill - treated like a servant by Roger Moore’s 007 as part of a cover act and then murdered by Grace Jones’ MayDay in a car wash!

[@igorsoccerteez6328]

I wish they show the full episode . Instead of just a tease.

[@ronwade5433]

Very strange.

[@michaellorusso4912]

+Ron Wade: Has this been confirmed ?

[@censusgary]

It’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E.!

[@raspar6]

"Mr. Danziger's a sick man." You don't say....