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Dead Weight

episode of Columbo
Movie television_film Q66690903
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Summary

Dead Weight is a television film[1]. It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: television series episode[3]
  • Director: Jack Smight[4]
  • Screenwriter: John T. Dugan[5]
  • Follows: Death Lends a Hand[6]
  • Followed by: Suitable for Framing[7]
  • Cast member: Peter Falk[8], Eddie Albert[9], John Kerr[10]
  • Part of the series: Columbo[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Country of origin: United States[13]
  • Publication date: October 27, 1971[14]
  • Described at URL: https://columbophile.com/2016/01/17/columbo-episode-review-dead-weight/[15], https://aurorasginjoint.com/2019/04/22/columbo-dead-weight/[16], https://columboscreenshots.blogspot.com/2014/07/columbo-5-dead-weight-1971-part-10.html[17]
  • Title: Dead Weight[18]
  • Duration: 76 minutes[19]
  • Season: Columbo, season 1[20]

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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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  1. 7w ago · Josh404Bot bot · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Trakt.tv id → movies/columbo-dead-weight-1971
    Metacritic id → tv/columbo/season-1/episode-5-dead-weight-131635
    Omdb film id → 59777
    Čsfd film id → 44451
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