Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man
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:48:04
Say.
:48:06
- That's some telephone.
- Yes.

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- What, are you big on gadgets?
- No.

:48:15
I just happen to find that one a great help.
See...

:48:19
Say that I want to get in touch with a client
to be in court, say, Monday,

:48:24
I just tape a message,
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and this machine calls my client
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- and does it for me.
- Boy, that's...

:48:34
that's really something.
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Today they could do everything
electronically, if they wanted to.

:48:41
Could I take down the name of this?
:48:43
Maybe I could con the department
into getting one for my office.

:48:48
You have a pen?
:48:50
These things really fascinate me.
They got a new thing today -

:48:54
if I wanna take my wife to the ball game,
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I just dial this service for the tickets.
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It's all done by the computer.
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It's really... It's unbelievable.
:49:07
Hmm. What did you want
to see me about, Lieutenant, exactly?

:49:11
Er... You see, Mrs Williams,
now that a murder's been committed

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it's my job to look at this case
from all possible angles.

:49:21
Isn't it your job to catch the kidnapper?
:49:24
The federal agents and our men are on that.
:49:27
- Very reassuring.
- Yes, it is. They do a fine job.

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But you see, the thing is, with me...
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- I'm a strange guy.
- Really?

:49:37
Yeah, I worry. Little things bother me.
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I'm a worrier.
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I mean... Little insignificant details -
I lose my appetite, I can't eat.

:49:46
My wife says to me,
"You know, you can really be a pain."

:49:50
- You know what I mean.
- I get the general picture.

:49:54
- Why don't you get on with it?
- Sure. Right.

:49:59
There are certain things
about your husband's kidnapping,


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