Swan Song: Directed by Nicholas Colasanto. With Peter Falk, Johnny Cash, Ida Lupino, John Dehner. A popular country western singer wants to get rid of his religiously zealous wife who's been using blackmail to control every aspect of his life. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.

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Columbo is singing to a new tune when he is pitted against Tommy Brown, a well known gospel singer. Tommy Brown is being blackmailed by his wife who is holding his sexual exploits with an underage girl over his head, and taking every penny he earns.

Lt. Columbo : You know what the problem is? You're a celebrity. Because of you, my boss, he won't let me close up this case until I covered everything. Every loose end's gotta be tied up. Hey, make you crazy. So that's the problem.

This Columbo episode is a real treat, as it features a singing Johnny Cash and footage from one of his actual concerts. Cash plays a singing evangelist who, with his domineering wife, travels the country performing religious music in order to raise money for a new tabernacle.

As Tommy Brown (Johnny Cash) walks away from Columbo to board a flight, he sings, sotto voce, Kris Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down", which was a huge hit for Cash. Tommy Brown hides sedatives in his guitar case before going to the airport.

Swan Song: Directed by Nicholas Colasanto. With Peter Falk, Johnny Cash, Ida Lupino, John Dehner. A popular country western singer wants to get rid of his religiously zealous wife who's been using blackmail to control every aspect of his life. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.

Swan Song Columbo. Edit. I Saw the Light (uncredited) Written by Hank Williams. Performed by Johnny Cash. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down. Written by Kris Kristofferson. Performed by Johnny Cash. Contribute to this page. Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap.

Lt. Columbo: Sooner or later you would have confessed, even if I hadn't caught you. Tommy Brown: Yeah, you're right, Lieutenant. I would've... 'cause it was gettin' to me and I'm glad it's over. Lt. Columbo: Listen, any man that can sing like that can't be all bad.

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