Cast of the greenhouse jungle

Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns to worse. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids. Sergeant Frederic Wilson : J'ever see one of these before, Lieutenant?

It first aired on October 15, and was directed by Boris Sagal. Milland previously appeared in Death Lends a Hand but not as the murderer. In The Greenhouse Jungle, a young man by the name of Anthony Goodland Bradford Dillman hatches a scheme with his uncle Jarvis Goodland Ray Milland to falsify a kidnapping-for-ransom so that "Tony" can make some money by liquidating a trust meant to curb his presumably excessive spending habits. In particular, Tony hopes to win back his wife Kathy in spite of her cheating on him and her numerous infidelities. But what Tony fails to count on is his uncle Jarvis, who himself is in desperate need of cash of his own to sustain his own expensive obsession with orchids, instead double-crossing and killing Tony, whom he secretly hates, to keep all the money for himself.

Cast of the greenhouse jungle

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Despite her affairs, he still loves her and hopes he can buy his way back into her heart. Columbo : Uh Learn more.

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Alex Benedict John Cassavetes , the married conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra who resembles the famous conductor Leonard Bernstein , [ opinion ] murders his mistress, Jenifer Welles Anjanette Comer , after she insists on going public with their affair, and tries to make it look like a suicide. Columbo searches for clues to place Benedict at the murder scene. While conducting that night's concert he realizes its loss and goes back to the now police-crowded crime scene. He recovers the flower and puts it back on. A TV news team records him leaving the house with it, while the recording of the earlier concert shows him being without it. Columbo insists this proves that Benedict must have been there the night of the murder. Witnessing their confrontation, Benedict's wife refuses to support his alibi. Jarvis Goodland Ray Milland and his nephew, Tony Bradford Dillman , stage Tony's kidnapping in order to break into his trust fund and use his half to bribe his wife's lover to stop seeing her. Jarvis, disgusted at the notion, shoots and kills Tony, whom he has always despised, once the ransom is paid, and a careful swapping of guns with Tony's wife casts suspicion in her direction.

Cast of the greenhouse jungle

Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns to worse. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids. Sergeant Frederic Wilson : J'ever see one of these before, Lieutenant?

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Columbo : You used your own money? Richard Annis Officer. Bradford Dillman as Tony Goodland , Jarvis's clueless nephew, who falsifies his own kidnapping so that he can liquidate his trust fund in hopes of winning back his cheating wife Kathy. Wiki Content. Photos When Columbo inspects it the next morning, it has much more damage: the front bumper is missing, the headlight assembly is gone, and the body has more front end damage. See the list. As another reviewer mentioned years before, Milland seems to go way beyond what a guilty person would act like, and shows no remorse at all, which is unrealistic to me. Bob Dishy as Sergeant Frederick "Freddy" Wilson , an overeager young detective assigned to work with Columbo, much to Columbo's chagrin. Cancel Save. Edit source View history Talk 0. Details Edit.

Jarvis Goodland : Well, I must say, Catherine, our kidnapper, whoever he is, is certainly no piker.

Release date October 15, United States. Ray Milland Jarvis Goodland. Columbo : You must be a bachelor. Marcello Clay Detective uncredited. Peter Falk Columbo. Technical specs Edit. Considering the star power this episode had, including Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman, Arlene Martel, and the great William Smith, I feel it failed to deliver, mainly because the guilty parties act too guilty. See the gallery. More to explore. They used 'em quite a bit at Berkeley for night work. Cast [ ] Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo. Columbo : Uh Sign In Sign In. Ray Milland as Jarvis Goodland , Tony's orchid-obsessed uncle, who cannot wait to be rid of the nephew he secretly hates and finance his own orchid obsession a highly expensive pursuit, admittedly with the money he has helped Tony steal.