Johnny Cash - I Saw The Light

Johnny Cash singing I Saw The Light! This is from the Columbo episode Swan Song! His name in the movie was Tommy Brown.

[@DA-dw5zn]

Anyone who sings like that can't be all bad.

[@jdarker]

Last line in the episode!

[@sabineb.5616]

D A, yes, this last line of Columbo touched me deeply, when I saw "Swan Song" for the first time many decades ago. I became a Cash fan instantly. However, I have to say that Columbo may have been mistaken. While his "bible spoutin' hypocrite" wife was insufferable, Tommy Brown was a pretty bad lot 😉 He didn't just coldbloodedly murder his wife. He also accepted that his underage ex-girlfriend Mary Ann became a collateral victim. I call this pretty wicked. The only redeeming thing is, that he gave his wife a chance to loosen the stranglehold she had on him, when he talked to her before he decided to proceed with his devious plan. Anyway, I really thought that Johnny Cash was a very decent actor!

[@royfr8136]

Yep.. including rape and 2 murders 👍

[@docrobinson558]

Actually, as a human being he was a waste of oxygen. Drunk. Dope fiend. Child molester. Thief. You name it. He was just no damn good.

[@anamarquez3959]

Columbo 😊❤️

[@levitation5271]

The film crew didn't have the budget to afford this scene. Johnny Cash paid a 14mm film crew to come out for this scene and paid for the concert himself, just to give the episode the strong start that the writers wanted, but couldn't afford. Seriously good man, this guy.

[@bettyeugene1463]

The Columbo episode with Johnny Cash was my MOST FAVORITE of all!!! Not only was Johnny a great singer, he was a fabulous actor as well!!! LOL, I loved how Johnny kept calling Lt. Columbo, "little buddy"!!!

[@airkuna]

what the heck?!?! i just watched this episode today :DDDDDDD but i don't understand, is this song a real song? and this actor in this columbo episode is johnny cash himself??????

[@oliveclawed1741]

Me too!

[@williamhubert572]

One of my faves, for sure. But I have to go with "Forgotten Lady" with Janet Leigh. It was the first Colombo I ever saw and it was with my dad.

[@dr.v.j.340]

Johnny is a great actor, but the character “Tommy Brown” and the actor Johnny Cash aren’t at all much different. ; ) Love Columbo… and Cash!

[@Wanderer_1877]

It is a great episode indeed, and beside that the acting, singing and the mere view of Cash is fascinating in itself, his character is very interesting, not the usual rich psychopath murderer.

[@africanheadcharge]

one of "columbo" best episodes!

[@isabelladestegonzaga5529]

das ist die beste Folge ! :-D

[@Ryuichi72]

Not “one of” ... definitely “the best”

[@dwighthueter5959]

Yes Sir

[@jacobrobey8166]

andrea anzani is it on KZbin

[@Countrymusicman223]

i haven’t seen Columbo in years

[@badbatch78]

One of my absolute favourite Columbo episodes.

[@tomspinksmusicministry]

Mine too! The ones with Ruth Gordon, Donald Pleasance and Robert Conrad are my other favorites. And any episodes with Patrick McGoohan.

[@sylviawyder9290]

I totally agree !!!! I juste love the voice of Johnny : praise the Lord, I Saw the light 🎶🎶🎶

[@tomspinksmusicministry]

@@sylviawyder9290 I love this episode too, in fact it inspired me to record my own version of "I Saw the Light". I hope I was able to do this wonderful song justice! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp7Pm3xsa9Zqga8

[@tamasmoldovan1992]

the final line by Columbo" no man who can sing like that, can be all bad" was powerful.

[@GebreMenfesKidus]

Loved this episode of Columbo! Johnny Cash was a great actor as well!

[@DarthSasquatch]

Cash was 42 here.

[@robertmitchell3146]

Gebre Menfes Kidus Colombo said anyone who can sing like that can't be all bad

[@corneliadenninger5395]

John R CASH had it all !!! He could write sing act entertain and perform. In each he was brilliant. RIP GREAT MAN!!! /CD

[@ellez2115]

Love Columbo and love Johnny Cash. One of the best Columbo's. Johnny Cash was a very talented person.

[@isabelladestegonzaga5529]

jo - das kann man wohl sagen . ich sah die episode am 1. januar 1977 =) jo - you say it. I saw the episode on January 1, 1977 =)

[@daveyr5462]

It's actually Columbo that got me into Johnny Cash. Was a great episode.

[@sabineb.5616]

Same with me! I was a great Columbo fan. But the episode "Swan Song" introduced me to Johnny Cash. I was never a great fan of country music, but Johnny Cash was somehow different.

[@user-jc9sz2uo2w]

Me three! Started my love for Johnny Cash ! Loved him as a baddy in that episode, just superb 👌 ❤

[@sabineb.5616]

@@user-jc9sz2uo2w, yes Johnny Cash was superb as the evil but inventive murderer. Many Johnny-Cash fans were introduced to his music by this Columbo episode. His marital row with Ida Lupino as his deepply unsympathisch dragon of a wife Edna, is just great!

[@user-jc9sz2uo2w]

@sabineb.5616 oh yeah , Edna was something else! Ahh Columbo! They just don't make em like thar anymore unfortunately. That particular episode with Johnny Cash was just soooo good , I think I've watched this one more times than the other ,,which is saying something, coz I've watched every episode at least 4 times ( not the ones in the 90's tho) ! Wonderful TV

[@sabineb.5616]

@@user-jc9sz2uo2w, ha, ha, I share your sentiments. I cannot even say, why Johnny Cash is so great as the bad guy. But he is, and his chemistry with Columbo feels genuine.

[@stefanosantangelo2507]

I love this version of the song by Johnny Cash. Every time I hear it I feel so moved and inspired. I saw this episode of Columbo on Italian TV many years ago, and I'll never forget. Rest in peace, Peter Falk and Johnny Cash

[@josefzdarsky5800]

"The one who sings like that,can not be mean." - Colombo to Johnny in the end :-) GOD BLESS YOU,JOHNNY.

[@arealmench]

One of best episodes of Columbo and JC did a fine acting job.

[@gundamfortress]

I also love the Columbo episode with this song - One of the best episodes 😀

[@sepultura7771]

This is the Columbo episode

[@mms7704]

When I saw the opening credits with Johnny Cash as the guest star, I just thought he would be the victim or something. For I could not imagine how can you turn him into a villain. Like in music, Columbo nailed the resolving chord at the end with his line: a man who sings like that can't be all that bad...

[@jaelie8398]

mms7704 Johnny Cash was a very talented man

[@lastfirst7371]

That's the way Columbo works. If you see a big name in the opening credits, it's obvious that he'll be the villain.

[@ImEazyE]

the epic ending when he tries to hide the parachute and Columbo waits in his car

[@dm95422]

It was the rental car keys that got him, along with the parachute.

[@jhd-deims2698]

Best moment you have reason

[@crazyhomer777]

Hey, anyone that sings like that can't be all that bad.

[@Koroblox24]

Crazyhomer that's my favorite TV line of all time

[@ralphdyantoine-bellamy8032]

Really good episode

[@marioreyna3271]

I used to watch Columbo with my mom in the 80s and this was my favorite episode . Got me started on Johnny Cash as a child still play in 2023

[@pjw85]

A memorable Columbo episode opening

[@Kevintheconservative]

What an incredible performance! You can tell that everyone who is singing generally enjoys it and there's so much charm to this. It's sad to see how much music went downhill especially for modern day music

[@TheReneex]

This was one of my favorite Columbo episodes. Johnny definately had the talent for acting and could have easily capitalized on it.

[@DanielRamirez-xt6bw]

I've been watching Johnny since the 50s and every time I see him I love his talent more and more god blessed us with his talent

[@markmarkofkane8167]

He was on an episode of Little House on the prairie with June Carter Cash.

[@helen8960]

​@@markmarkofkane8167Loved him in the Stagecoach remake with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and John Schneider. June was in that also along with their son. He also did Gunfight, a western with Kirk Douglas

[@garylcarrier]

Tommy was John’s brother. Tommy was in my choir at Trinity Baptist, Hendersonville, TN. Great family.

[@glengofor]

“ any man that can sing like that can’t be all bad” - Columbo to Tommy Brown ( Johnny Cash ) whilst this song plays on radio post gotcha-arrest

[@avastedge5191]

Love Columbo, and this is one of my favorite episodes! It was on this morning! Ahhh.....one more thing.......... :)

[@eleonorepernet8623]

J ai adore cet épisode de Columbo Un superbe Jonhy cash , et une dernière réplique d anthologie : Quand un homme chante ainsi Il ne peut être totalement mauvais . Genial

[@ladjimohamedmeite3778]

LA FOI, vraiment cette dernière phrase était vraiment magnifique du Lt COLUMBO.

[@obi-wankenobi983]

Il repasse ce soir !

[@amcolumbo8813]

Oui il a caché le parachute et Columbo a du le voir et le prendre en flagrant délit. 😮

[@DarthSasquatch]

Any man that can sing like that can't be all bad.

[@randallwilkerson2268]

Praise the Lord for Johnny Cash. And Columbo. Thank you !

[@timmartin273]

No one can sing a gospel song better than Johnny Cash! No wonder he is rated the No. 1 Country Singer in all of Country Music History Worldwide! We love him most!

[@bradleyclark4656]

Aretha can

[@nickxcore74]

@@bradleyclark4656 Agreed. Aretha Franklin is definitely the greatest gospel singer of all time, but Johnny Cash is up there too. I definitely rate him as the best Country singer, I love his music.

[@thefox1703]

Hey don't forget Jim Reeves.

[@tayodavid3974]

Jim Reeves

[@vincentbriegel7038]

Praise the lord!

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Technology ruined detective shows.....He was perfect for the Columbo role.

[@cobbetlprogrammer1344]

NOTE: Johnny Cash is one of the most underrated Great Method Actors. Beside his Awesome Singing; What a performance! Even as a Bad Guy, I like him 100% better than the Blackmailer women. Because he is Humble and truly the Coolest person in the Room. CHEERS!

[@graceclark3481]

You know a person is a really good actor when they can make you like them even as a bad guy

[@cobbetlprogrammer1344]

@@graceclark3481 That's true.

[@P-hm4gw]

If Johnny cash is on stage singing it, it's a real song

[@matthewestrada5217]

Hank Williams wrote it

[@Trufriendship01]

I saw the light, I saw the light no more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight, praise the lord, I saw the light I walked in darkness and clouds covered me I had no idea where the way I would be Then came the sun rise and rollback the night praise the Lord, I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness no more night now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight praise the Lord I saw the light Just like the blind man I wandered astray, straight is the gate and narrow the way then like the blind man that got back his sight praise the Lord I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light no more darkness, no more night now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight praise the lord I saw the light (X2)

[@nathanaelleofficial1863]

Thank you!

[@vincentbriegel7038]

RIP Johnny Cash...you were the best

[@gilbertbideau7976]

Johnny Cash and Columbo : the best and the best . From France with love .

[@sbarr10]

FANTASTIC Columbo episode ! Johnny Cash was pure magic. I think this is his best performance of this song.

[@daveyr5462]

As a born-again Christian this speaks to me deeply.

[@vincentbriegel7038]

Amen

[@habedere7071]

Salute!

[@holgerwagner5844]

The Lord will save you.

[@iamthegreenarrow762]

Same

[@TheLiamster]

My mother is a huge fan of Columbo and was watching it when I went over to her house. I remember hearing this in the background and I knew it was Johnny Cash. I didn’t know he was in Colombo until I heard his voice.

[@5hineepropertyofleetaemin]

I'm watching this episode of Columbo right now on Freevee 😁

[@joegilliam7744]

This one of those wonderful Columbo episodes where you really kind of want the murderer to get away with it. Like when the victim goes down you kinda feel good for the murderer.

[@sabineb.5616]

Joe Gilliam, I also felt bad for Johnny Cash's character Tommy Brown, when he got caught. The quiet desperation in his eyes was great acting. However, I thought that Tommy Brown was evil nevertheless, because he also killed his underage ex-girlfriend Mary Ann!

[@jimzafiriou7808]

@@sabineb.5616 Blackmailers, both of them, and the wife was a ball buster.

[@sabineb.5616]

@@jimzafiriou7808, true! But that doesn't excuse murdering them! And the girl was under the influence of the "Bible spouting hypocrite", as Tommy Brown called his wife 😉

[@mosescordovero8163]

this is my second favorite Columbo episode of all time

[@matthewsims9469]

What's your favorite? Mine is Any old port in a Storm.

[@foureyedchick]

The episode of Columbo is called "Swan Song".

[@rolandpalatino5934]

Columbo episode with Johnny Cash brought me here . 🙂🎸🎸🎸

[@geoffjoffy]

I've always liked this song ever since I heard it on Columbo.

[@adeledayana2518]

Colombo😂brought me here ❤❤❤

[@SamOfTheSmokies76]

same lol

[@IvanaSimunovic-zw4fl]

I will always remeber this sentence:"Anyone who sings like that can't be all bad"❤

[@claudiabeckercb3]

Unforgettable song 💜

[@Heartwing37]

LOVED this episode! Best Columbia ever. I never hear this song without picturing Johnny! ❤️❤️❤️

[@7076Lu]

Un excellent épisode de Columbo réhaussé par la présence de Johnny Cash

[@manymoody1340]

I saw Columbo too!! The work which Johnny　appeared　is very splendid.

[@tylerdurden5150]

Blablabla

[@rolandpalatino5934]

Cet épisode de Columbo est bon mais pas le meilleur à mon goût, cependant il a le mérite de faire connaître au grand public ce grand chanteur et guitariste Johnny Cash !🙂🎸🎸🎸

[@Bojangles886]

I love this episode of Columbo. I love to watch and listen to Johnny Cash. He (Johnny Cash) did a great job and Tommy Brown. We Miss you and love you Johnny.

[@billtilghman2232]

My favorite Columbo episode.

[@sarabosnjak4942]

I heard this song the first time in "Colombo" and I like it very,very much❤❤❤❤❤🎵🎶....it's song of my life🥰❤😘❤🥰❤👍

[@amcolumbo8813]

One of my best episod with Peter Falk Columbo that i love❤❤❤

[@edwardmccandlish9690]

Written by the legendary Hank Williams!

[@robertoamineislam9503]

best song ever

[@tomaszjarosaw1874]

My favourite episode from Columbo! Johnny Cash and Peter Falk are amazing 😍

[@sreggird60]

My mother's favorite country singer and favorite fictional detective all in one show. She loved this episode.

[@purplehit]

Love Johny Cash and Peter Falk! Good team.

[@huds5314]

I watch this episode today and loved it. Johnny trying to outwit Columbo was great. I didn't know how Columbo would solve it. But the ending was great. They just down write show this good anymore.

[@foureyedchick]

Johnny Cash drove back to the scene of the crime, that's how Columbo caught him.

[@sabineb.5616]

@@foureyedchick , but Columbo tricked Johnny Cash's character Tommy Brown into going back to the crime scene in order to retrieve his hidden parachute. Columbo had planted the idea in his head that the parachute might be recovered soon. Without this trick Columbo might not have caught Tommy Brown.

[@foureyedchick]

@@sabineb.5616 Ha! Ha! Good point! 👍

[@sabineb.5616]

@@foureyedchick thanks 😀 I actually rewatched the episode tonight: while Columbo had already figured out that Tommy Brown had used a parachute, he could not prove it, and he did not mention this, when he talked to Tommy. But Columbo said to him that he would send out lots of people in order to search the crashsite for the thermos bottle, which had been spiked with sleeping pills by Tommy. Columbo said that someone might have tried to kill Tommy Brown! However, Tommy became very concerned that the search for the bottle would also produce the damning evidence that he had used a parachute. Therefore he returned to the crashsite in order to remove the parachute. But the allegedly planned search for the thermos bottle was a ruse. Columbo had never intended to conduct such a costly search. He just wanted trick Tommy Brown into leading him to the parachute 😉

[@brigitte5334]

2022, from France, I watch this episode, I 💖 Columbo.

[@billybattsforprez]

What a legend

[@katiezee2]

a great Hank Williams song that endures to this day..

[@kekscore24]

One of the best columbo episoded 😍

[@keithlestrange4249]

The best columbo episode

[@user-qx9ok3gb4o]

Amazing Grace Peace in the Valley I Saw the Light Daddy Sang Bass Rock of Ages Farther Along The Old Rugged Cross So Many Beautiful Gospel Songs by Johnny Cash

[@lindapetruzzi4028]

I saw this episode again on Saturday's Colombo. We sang it yesterday as people were coming into church. Love this song and he does such a great job singing this........ even though he played a bad guy, LOL!!!

[@mehdisol7094]

My favourite colombo episode yet

[@gerhardpiontek2056]

Johnny Cash ist & bleibt eine Legende der Country & Gospel Musik!!!

[@m.cloutier5603]

Thank you. I enjoyed that episode, the song, and the singer.

[@clarabratti7791]

Un homme qui chante comme cela, ne peux être mauvais🦋 dikxit Columbo 🇨🇵😇💫

[@amarus75]

Best Columbo episode

[@mijiyoon5575]

This is a clip from : *Columbo* *"Swan Song"* 1974 ...excellent episode

[@amcolumbo8813]

always with Johnny february 2024. Hello from France

[@vijai8959]

Thank you Mr. Cash....

[@111JenA]

Amen! You sing it Mr. Cash!

[@vijai8959]

For my innocent beautiful mom always Thank you so much for sharing your heart with me....

[@deb9806]

I don't think he ever did this on his own, but I loved it.

[@Soulmann41]

Er war und ist immer noch ein unvergessener Sänger nie werden wir dich vergessen!

[@kathconserv]

This is my favorite episode.

[@thegeneralzodfanclub8558]

The greatest Colombo episode of all time. I just wonder if he ended up in Folsom prison for his sins.

[@gary3340]

Columbo..season 3 episode 7..just ordered the entire Columbo Boxset[69 episodes] & can't wait to receive it..this episode was .called."Swan Song with Johnny Cash..this song plays throughout entire episode" episode was ranked #2 best Columbo ever & certainly one of my top 5 favorites..the episode with Robert Conrad[Wild Wild West]was my favorite where he drops barbell on his gym franchise partners neck.. and episode w/ Robert Vaughn on cruise ship was ranked #1 best ever..

[@tomspinksmusicministry]

The episodes with Donald Pleasance (Any "Port" in a Storm) and Ruth Gordon (Try and Catch me) were two of my favorites as well.

[@AtsfMike559]

Sorrell Booke also stars in this episode- The man who played J.D.Hogg on the original Dukes of Hazzard series in the late 70's-early 80's. Mike in Fresno, Ca.

[@veronicascattone2821]

Columbooooo and Johnny ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ravenpoe7093]

Great Columbo episode. It came on a couple weeks ago and u can watch anytime on Peacock app. I felt bad for his character in this. He tends to play a criminal with a conscience in the couple things I have seen him in. The “wife” was a selfish, greedy witch forcing him to use his organization in a way he did not want and he killed her In Little House he was a scammer who seized an opportunity but deep down he was a good guy there too and he did the right thing at the end in Columbo he said he would have confessed eventually cause it was eating him up. “Little Buddy” was right “a man who can sing like that cannot be all that bad”. Cash was before my time with his struggles and demons but those characters he played seemed to be him want to do the right thing but does the wrong thing

[@mercettesanderson9952]

I wandered so aimless life filed with sin I wouldn't let my dear savior in Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night Praise the Lord I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light Just like a blind man I wandered along Worries and fears I claimed for my own Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight Praise the Lord I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light I was a fool to wander and stray Straight is the gate and narrow's the way Now I have traded the wrong for the right Praise the Lord I saw the light I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw the light

[@vonncounts1643]

Thank you so very much.

[@graceclark3481]

Rest in God's peace Johnny Cash!

[@SilverCymbal]

One of the best Columbo's ever! Thanks for sharing this - One more question, any idea what happened to that thermos?

[@kinzua38]

He threw it out of the airplane before he jumped 🙂

[@ladjimohamedmeite3778]

COLUMBO : Une personne qui chante comme cela ( LA FOI ) , ne peut jamais être mauvais. L'épisode avec Jhonny Cash était vraiment très bien.

[@PSExcavationsLLC]

Lovin' this, another great episode of Columbo....it bothers me that it was never released by Cash... Great song

[@thomasthomas2418]

No one better to sing this song.

[@mcaddicts]

Johnny singing with the angles.

[@davidtrower1825]

Some of have to experince darkness til you're so broke down and experience incomprehensible demoralization...to find our wonderful Savior...Johnny Cash had that experience familiar to me...love his soulful music...

[@christophermullins3127]

Every Sunday here in the UK they are showing all the old Columbo episodes - today we had a lovely dinner and after we watched this classic episode, pure nostalgia for me as this was normal years ago on a Sunday- Columbo and Highway to Heaven on a Sunday night

[@rolandpalatino5934]

Great guitar hero !!! 🎸🎸🎸

[@gosiamarszaek1910]

Świetny odcinek jeden z najlepszych!!!

[@moakarlsson3123]

OMG, he went at least 1 one octave higher then he used to do!! He’s so talented and of course HANK WILLIAMS SR. too😍

[@user-js9wf9eh5d]

I just love this song! My earthly father had a book called from Darkness to Light! I watched his miracle unfold. God is Amazing, Precious, Perfect, Awesome and every other great thing you can imagine!

[@actioncom2748]

I hope the producers of Columbo got on their knees and said a Prayer of thanks for a talent like Johnny Cash.

[@tracithompson3954]

Classic

[@ryleegowitzka]

I have volleyball practice in the morning and I just stayed up til 11 watching that Columbo episode just because it had John cash in it

[@meganbella8262]

Praise the Lord, I saw the light 👏🏻❤

[@big.ronwisconsin9598]

To anyone who doesnt understand this song he saw the light when he accepted the saving grace of Jesus Christ as he payed are sin debt on the cross and on the 3rd day HE HAS RISEN ...CHRIST JESUS IS ALIVE AND RETURNING VERY SOON ............

[@Senkino5o]

Amen, for the Light is in Jesus, for the Light IS Jesus. And the Light shall banish the darkness.

[@big.ronwisconsin9598]

Eli Jackson Amen Brother

[@EastwoodBirds]

He may have seen the light, but he still murdered two people in this columbo episode.

[@bettyeugene1463]

Glory Hallelujah, Bro Ron Colson!!! Jesus Christ shed His blood on Calvary's cross, died, was buried, and rose from the dead on the third day!!! He LIVES FOREVER, and He is COMING BACK!!! Praise ye Him!!! Jesus is the LIGHT OF THIS WORLD, and I think Johnny Cash was saved when he died!!!

[@heimfriedkluge3894]

10000% best colombo, because of Johnny Cash