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Étude in Black

episode of Columbo
Movie television_film Q66759156
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Summary

Étude in Black is a television film[1]. It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: television series episode[3]
  • Director: Nicholas Colasanto[4]
  • Screenwriter: Richard Levinson[5], William Link[6], Steven Bochco[7]
  • Genre: crime film[8]
  • Named after: A Study in Scarlet[9]
  • Follows: Blueprint for Murder[10]
  • Followed by: The Greenhouse Jungle[11]
  • Cast member: Peter Falk[12], John Cassavetes[13], Anjanette Comer[14], James Olson[15], Blythe Danner[16], Myrna Loy[17], James McEachin[18], Don Knight[19], Pat Morita[20]
  • Part of the series: Columbo[21]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[22]
  • Country of origin: United States[23]
  • Publication date: September 17, 1972[24]
  • Described at URL: https://www.moviemistakes.com/tv9280/episode42633[25]
  • Title: Étude in Black[26]
  • Duration: 97[27]
  • Season: Columbo, season 2[28]
  • P14821: 68398[29]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 68398
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 68398, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  2. 20w ago · Cantor · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1972-09-17T00:00:00Z
    Imdb id → tt0068398
    Mymovies audiovisual work id → 6084
    Thetvdb episode id → 5714
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: A Study in Scarlet"
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