Columbo: Murder by the Book
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1:10:00
Your partner's. Had to be.
1:10:03
And his wife told me
how conscientious he was.

1:10:06
The way he used to write down ideas
on odd scraps of paper, backs of matches...

1:10:10
Ah! So that's why
you wouldn't let the movers in.

1:10:13
I had to rummage around here
before they emptied everything out.

1:10:17
Is this your partner's handwriting?
1:10:20
I think I can prove it is.
Maybe I ought to read this to you.

1:10:25
"Idea for a Melville book, perfect alibi."
1:10:28
"A wants to kill B. Drives B to a remote
house and has him call his wife in city."

1:10:34
"Tells her he's working late
at the office. Bang, bang."

1:10:40
Sound familiar? That's the part you used.
1:10:44
Practically word for word.
1:10:46
Should I read some more?
1:10:48
- No.
- (Door opens)

1:10:51
Officer. With this,
I think I got a conviction, don't you?

1:11:00
You got to admit
I had you going for a while, didn't I?

1:11:03
Yes, you did.
1:11:06
You wanna know the irony of all of this?
1:11:10
That is my idea,
the only really good one I ever had.

1:11:15
I must have told it to Jim over five years ago.
1:11:20
Whoever thought
that idiot would write it down?


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