Amelie Hastie examines the television show Columbo as a way to understand both the show itself, but also the history of Hollywood in the 1970s and television as a media technology.
Amelie Hastie examines the television show Columbo as a way to understand both the show itself, but also the history of Hollywood in the 1970s and television as a media technology.
Acknowledgments ix Prologue: Humble Origins and Dogged Returns xv Introduction: Murder by the Book 1 1. Mapping the Detective: Falk’s Early Drives 24 2. Best-Selling Mystery Team: Columbo and Televisual Collaboration 38 3. “I’m Fascinated by Money”: Rank, File, and Gumshoe Detection 72 4. Special Guest Stars: Hollywood Icons and Repeat Offenders 95 5. Between Columbo and Cassavetes: A Familial Pack 119 6. “An Obsessive Preoccupation with Gadgetry”: Columbo’s Investigation of Media Technologies 144 7. Columbo’s Reign: Of Life and Death and Detection 172 Epilogue: Loving and Leaving Columbo 197 Notes 201 Bibliography 219 Index 225
Acknowledgments ix Prologue: Humble Origins and Dogged Returns xv Introduction: Murder by the Book 1 1. Mapping the Detective: Falk’s Early Drives 24 2. Best-Selling Mystery Team: Columbo and Televisual Collaboration 38 3. “I’m Fascinated by Money”: Rank, File, and Gumshoe Detection 72 4. Special Guest Stars: Hollywood Icons and Repeat Offenders 95 5. Between Columbo and Cassavetes: A Familial Pack 119 6. “An Obsessive Preoccupation with Gadgetry”: Columbo’s Investigation of Media Technologies 144 7. Columbo’s Reign: Of Life and Death and Detection 172 Epilogue: Loving and Leaving Columbo 197 Notes 201 Bibliography 219 Index 225
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