With Columbo getting a lot of mentions we should also mention Petrovitch from Dostoevesky's "Crime and Punishment", since the makers based Columbo on him.
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Quote: chipolata @ July 16 2009, 12:09 PM BSTWith Columbo getting a lot of mentions we should also mention Petrovitch from Dostoevesky's "Crime and Punishment", since the makers based Columbo on him.
Oooo. I didn't know that.
I found that way more interesting than I should have.
And if we're talking Columbo we shouldn't forget this!
Quote: Nil Putters @ July 16 2009, 11:51 AM BSTUnless we're talking Alan Arkin or Steve Martin.
The Alan Arkin movie Inspector Clousseau is not too bad. It's better than the first two Panther films made after Sellers died, Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther, largely because it's got Geoffrey Bayldon it it (as well as Beryl Reid and Anthony Ainley - the latter being the Master in Doctor Who). Geoffrey Bayldon should be regarded as a living national treasure, yet there's scant mention of him on this site.
Quote: chipolata @ July 16 2009, 12:12 PM BSTAnd if we're talking Columbo we shouldn't forget this!
Take it away! Take it away!! *burns eyes out*
Quote: Kenneth @ July 16 2009, 12:13 PM BSTThe Alan Arkin movie Inspector Clousseau is not too bad. It's better than the first two Panther films made after Sellers died
The clue is there, but I'm still not convinced.
Quote: chipolata @ July 16 2009, 12:12 PM BSTAnd if we're talking Columbo we shouldn't forget this!
Mrs Columbo sleeps in a single bed? And Columbo doesn't realise his marriage is in collapse? Some detective.
Quote: chipolata @ July 16 2009, 12:12 PM BSTAnd if we're talking Columbo we shouldn't forget this!
Bloody hell he was married to the captain of USS Voyager!
How could you all?!
Quote: sootyj @ July 18 2009, 11:21 AM BSTBloody hell he was married to the captain of USS Voyager!
That would explain why we never saw her.
I find it a little surprising that no-one has mentioned Jack Delaney yet. 
Quote: Geoff Mutton @ July 19 2009, 9:36 AM BSTI find it a little surprising that no-one has mentioned Jack Delaney yet.
Who?
Pedofael, the medieval detective you wouldn't want to leave your kids with.
Quote: Timbo @ July 18 2009, 5:10 PM BSTThat would explain why we never saw her.
But it's a bit ironic that she couldn't find out where she'd got the ship to, while Columbo's speciality is finding things out!
Quote: Chappers @ July 19 2009, 7:50 PM BSTWho?
Aw, c'mon Chappers! Think BCG, think novelist, think Jack Delaney.