Brown searches Weinberg's room and concludes that his fragments of the photo were stolen. On Sunday morning, Columbo looks around on the street outside Weinberg's apartment building and notices something about the local parking regulations. Columbo asks Krutch to make a time-table of all his activities during that day just to be sure. He claims that he went out to dinner with his girlfriend Suzie Endicott and that they both returned to his apartment afterwards Suzie is still there and corroborates Krutch's story. Columbo calls him there and Brown relays his findings to him Columbo convinces Brown to help him get out of the hospital and continue the investigation.Īt three in the morning they visit Krutch and wake him up, interrogating him about his whereabouts. Brown finds Weinberg dead via gunshot wound. Brown goes to investigate Weinberg's apartment and Columbo is unable to call him to warn him about potential danger. Brown arrives and finds an injured Columbo, taking him to a hospital over his objections. An hour later Columbo is attacked in his hotel room by a masked assailant, who knocks him unconscious and ransacks the place. Columbo calls Krutch and tells him that he has secured Weinberg's fragment of the photo. Columbo decides to leave for now, but promises that he will see Ferguson again. Kahn reveals that Ferguson's brother-in-law was Leo D'Amore, one of the robbers from Tony's heist. She claims she doesn't have it, but her assistant Bramley Kahn interrupts and says that she does, offering to sell it to Columbo despite Ferguson's protests. He tells her about the photograph and she says that Weinberg has been snooping around the art gallery several times under an assumed name. She is immediately suspicious of Columbo and suspects that he is an undercover policeman. On Saturday morning, Columbo visits Ferguson at her art gallery. Weinberg also tells Columbo about Geraldine Ferguson, owner of an art gallery and possessor of another fragment of the photograph. After a brief altercation, Columbo and Weinberg successfully exchange photo fragments and find that the pieces fit together, as expected. Weinberg is initially uneasy at working with "Artie," but goes along with his plan so that they can get a chance to recover the four million dollars for themselves. Columbo and Weinberg meet at a café, where Columbo introduces himself by the alias "Artie Stokes." He claims he got his fragment of the photograph from an ex-convict contact of his and wishes to exchange names and fragments with Weinberg. The chief authorizes Columbo to go undercover in order to investigate Mo Weinberg, a hardened criminal who is the first name on the list. In accordance with Krutch's advice, Columbo and Brown find another fragment of the photo hidden in Ehrbach's residence. According to Krutch, Lucia told him that the photograph will reveal the location of the missing money. He already has one, and believes the police will locate another at Ehrbach's home. Dillinger and Ehrbach both appear on the list, and Krutch believes that each listed person possesses a fragment of the photo. She left her sister Lucia a list of names, torn in half so as to render some of them illegible. He investigated the case for two years without any success, but reopened it a few months ago when Tony's widow Mary passed away. They got into a traffic accident and were killed in a police shootout shortly thereafter, but the money was nowhere to be found. The gang was led by infamous gangster Anthony "Tony the Nose" Bonamico, along with Leo D'Amore, Mikey Ryan, and David Stein. He explains that six years ago, a gang of four men robbed a local branch of the National Savings and Loan, making off with four million dollars. They are visited by an insurance investigator named Irving Krutch, who says he has information pertaining to the double homicide. On Thursday morning, Columbo analyzes the photo fragment along with Detective Sergeant Arthur Brown. It has been deliberately cut to resemble a jigsaw-puzzle piece. The police investigate the scene on Wednesday night, along with Columbo, who finds the photo fragment on Ehrbach's person. Dillinger returns and the two of them face each other, killing each other. Dillinger, and finds a fragment of a photograph in a hidden spot. Columbo's unassuming manner masks his keen intelligence and sharp investigative abilities.Ī small-time criminal named Eugene Edward Ehrbach breaks into the apartment of another small-time criminal, J.J. Michaelson)Ĭamera and Electrical Department Carl A.One in this series of police dramas in which Los Angeles homicide detective Lt. Ingraffiaįirst assistant director (as Joseph Ingraffia) Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Joseph A. Unit production manager (as Christopher Seiter)
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