Just One More Thing: Last Salute to the Commodore
Notes and screenshots for Last Salute to the Commodore: Originally broadcast on May 2, 1976, starring Robert Vaughn, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John Dehner as the titular Commodore, Diane Baker as a spectacular drunk, plus Bruce Kirby, Fred Draper, John Finnegan, directed by Patrick McGoohan, written by Jackson Gillis and, of course, Peter Falk as Columbo. "Charlie Clay runs the ship building business of his father-in-law, Commodore Swanson, who turns up murdered; Lt. Columbo is on the case." -IMDB Summary "“Last Salute to the Commodore” is an odd episode of Columbo to be sure. The titular Commodore, owner of a luxury shipbuilding firm and head of a dysfunctional family, is found dead, presumably of an accident at sea. The prime suspect is conniving son-in-law Robert Vaughn. But wait! He gets killed, too? What? This episode is a whodunnit, complete with drawing room scene? Columbo seems drunk? He has a teen sidekick? He can’t stop touching Vaughn to the point of discomfort? T...
