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      • After a brace of lacklustre adventures, Columbo’s parting shot of 1991 came in the form of Death Hits the Jackpot: a story of a lottery win gone wrong, a cheating wife, a murderous uncle in fancy dress – and a juvenile chimpanzee (not a monkey).
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  2. Mar 13, 2022 · Did you know? Death Hits the Jackpot is the Columbo episode which takes place over the longest period of time. Most of his cases are wrapped up in days, but here a month or more passes between Freddie winning the jackpot to the case being wrapped up.

  3. Hello, I just watched “Death Hits the Jackpot” on TV. I don’t understand why the murderer associates with the victim’s soon to be ex-wife. We don’t see it in the episode and it doesn’t make sense since he needs to split the jackpot. Or were they together before the crime?

  4. Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot: Directed by Vincent McEveety. With Peter Falk, Rip Torn, Jamie Rose, Gary Kroeger. Columbo questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.

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    • Crime, Drama, Mystery
    • Vincent McEveety
    • 1991-12-15
  5. Death Hits the Jackpot: Columbo questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.

    • Crime, Drama, Mystery
  6. Death Hits the Jackpot is the fourth episode of the tenth season of Columbo and the fifty-ninth episode overall. It first aired on December 15, 1991 and was directed by Vincent McEveety. In addition to Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, the episode stars Rip Torn, Jamie Rose and Gary Kroeger.

  7. Meaningful Name: The episode's title "Death Hits the Jackpot" alludes to how Freddy is now dead and the winning lottery ticket is actually in Freddy's name but Nancy is a beneficiary. At the end however, Nancy and Leon are likely going to prison after ratting each other out, and it's doubtful they're going to be able to keep the cash or at ...

  8. Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot. Down-on-his-luck photographer Freddy Brower (Gary Kroeger) wins a $30 million lottery. But he wants to keep the money a secret from his wife Nancy (Jamie Rose), who is divorcing him, so that she cannot make a claim for the money.