Columbo: Murder by the Book
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1:07:03
I'm sorry about that. It's just...
1:07:05
You know,
I thought you and I should talk alone.

1:07:08
- You and I have nothing to talk about.
- Yes, we do.

1:07:12
We have something to talk about. I'm here
to arrest you for the murder of your partner.

1:07:16
- What?
- I have to inform you of your rights.

1:07:20
Cut the drivel. I've written
that so many times, I know it by heart.

1:07:23
What is this nonsense,
you're going to arrest me?

1:07:26
Why don't you make a statement
and save us both a lot of trouble?

1:07:30
You know, I've really got you.
1:07:33
All right, Lieutenant. You got me. I'm your
prisoner. Here. Clamp the irons on me.

1:07:39
Give me a dime,
so I can phone my attorney.

1:07:41
I promise you,
I'm gonna sue your department

1:07:44
for false arrest and defamation of character.
1:07:47
I knew it right from the start.
1:07:49
It was nothing definite.
It was a lot of little things.

1:07:53
Driving back from San Diego on the day
of the murder instead of taking a plane,

1:07:59
the open mail, never showing emotion
for a man you worked with for ten years.

1:08:04
With that,
they're gonna laugh you right out of court.

1:08:08
But they won't laugh at the insurance policy.
1:08:10
I've got a photostatic copy of it in my pocket.
1:08:13
Will they laugh at the fact that you withdrew
$15,000, put it back the next day?

1:08:18
I've got the book that you gave
to Miss La Sanka with your signature in it.

1:08:22
You expect to get a true bill of indictment
on that trivia? Come on, Lieutenant.

1:08:27
- I was down in San Diego.
- So was your partner.

1:08:32
That's a provocative statement.
Can you prove that?

1:08:35
Yes. Not with the witness,
cos you killed the witness.

1:08:40
- But I got another way to prove it.
- Enlighten me.

1:08:43
I enjoy watching a man raise
without any cards in his hand.

1:08:46
You know what, Ken?
I'm gonna tell you the truth.

1:08:49
For a while,
I never thought I was gonna get you.

1:08:52
Believe me, you had me goin' in circles.
I couldn't figure it out.

1:08:57
Suddenly, I thought of something,
how clever that first murder was.


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