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1. Short Fuse

Columbo · Episode

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Version covered

Columbo, Short Fuse(1972), canonical unit39595. Original PeterFalk television installment discussed by review; other installments, abridgments, theatrical versions, edits and dubs not assumed equivalent. Runtime/version beyond this identity remains unverified.

Violence

Moderate

A bomb destroys a car and kills two people; graphic injury detail is not established.

Sexual content

Mild

A couple kisses at a nightclub, alongside a cage-dancing performance.

Alcohol, drugs & smoking

Mild

Cigars and references to past drug experimentation appear; specific drug-taking is unverified.

Frightening & intense themes

Moderate

A man panics in an enclosed cable car because he believes a bomb is about to detonate.

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1h 30m

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1h 44m

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1. Short Fuse

Pressured to give up his birthright, a chemical company heir enacts a clever plan to get rid of his blackmailing uncle and take over the family business. But Lt. Columbo suspects the man's death was not just a tragic accident.

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