"Negative Reaction" | |
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Air date | October 15th, 1974 |
Writers | Peter S. Fischer |
Director | Alf Kjellin |
Producers | Everett Chambers; Roland Kibbee; Dean Hargrove; Edward K. Dodds |
Starring | Peter Falk |
Episode guide | |
Previous "An Exercise in Fatality" |
Next "By Dawn's Early Light" |
"Negative Reaction" is the second episode of season four of the crime/mystery drama series Columbo, and the twenty-seventh episode of the series overall. It was directed by Alf Kjellin with a script written by Peter S. Fischer. It first aired on NBC on October 15th, 1974.
Synopsis[]
Cast[]
Principal Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Peter Falk | Columbo |
Guest Stars[]
Actor | Role |
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Dick Van Dyke | Paul Galesko |
Don Gordon | Alvin Deschler |
Larry Storch | Mister Weekly |
Antoinette Bower | Frances Galesko |
Joyce Van Patten | Sister of Mercy |
David Sheiner | Ray |
Michael Strong | Sergeant Hoffman |
Co-Starring[]
Actor | Role |
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Joanna Cameron | Lorna McGrath |
Vito Scotti | Thomas Dolan |
With[]
Actor | Role |
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Alice Backes | Mrs. Moyland |
Harvey Gold | Harry Lewis |
Bill Zuckert | Capt. Sampson |
Adrian Ricard | DMV clerk |
Thom Carney | Manager |
Tom Signorelli | Doctor |
John Ashton | Calvin MacGruder |
Edward Colmans | Minister |
Irene Tedrow | Mrs. Charleswort |
Mike Santiago | 1st policeman |
Edward Cross | 2nd policeman |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Columbo was created by Richard Levinson and William Link.
- Actress JoAnna Cameron is credited as Joanna Cameron in this episode.
- Actor Michael Santiago is credited as Mike Santiago in this episode.
- This is the second and final episode of Columbo directed by Alf Kjellin.
- This is the fourth episode of Columbo written by Peter S. Fischer. He writes nine episodes of the series in total, occasionally writing under the pseudonym Lawrence Vail.
- Actress JoAnna Cameron will go on to play the role of Saturday morning superhero, Andrea Thomas, aka Isis, in The Secrets of Isis.
- Actors JoAnna Cameron and Edward Cross will also appear together on the "The Spots of the Leopard" episode of Isis.
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Quotes[]
- Columbo: You mean, I could have a picture where I'm on the right and my wife's on the left and we do this reversal and then I would be on the left and my wife would be on the right?