Columbo (TV Series)

Short Fuse (1972)

Roddy McDowall: Roger Stanford

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• Doris Buckner : Roger, I called the Commissioner of Police, and he said he'd send over his very best man.

  Roger Stanford : [looking Columbo over]  Is that a fact?

  Lt. Columbo : Lt. Columbo: Well, my wife, she says I'm second-best, but, uh... She claims there are eighty fellas tied for first.

• Roger Stanford : [annoyed]  Lieutenant, you take an inordinate length of time to come to the point.

• Lt. Columbo : You don't think that all of these people wanted to kill Mr. Buckner, do you?

  Roger Stanford : I did; but, a large corporation is like a jungle, Lieutenant, to coin a phrase.

• Roger Stanford : Lieutenant, I... I would not light that cigar now unless you... wish to witness an explosion right now.

• Roger Stanford : I can't tell you how many executives there are in our ivory tower... who would commit felonious assault just for the key to a private washroom.

• Roger Stanford : You mean, that old heap out there is yours?

  Lt. Columbo : Oh, yeah. It needs a coat of paint, doesn't it?

• Roger Stanford : Oh, you know, I love that worried expression on your face.

• Roger Stanford : Workers arise!

• Roger Stanford : Miss Bishop, the lieutenant is from homicide and he is obviously under the impression that the accident was caused by a ... an exploding cigar.