Writer:	Brad Radnitz
Director:	Ted Post
Star:	Peter Falk (Lieutenant Columbo (no first name))
Guest Star:	Jorge Rivero (Carlos),  Emilio Fernandez (Miguel),  Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Lt. Sanchez),  Maria Grimm (Nina Montoya),  A Martinez (Curro Rangel),  Robert Carricart (Hector Rangel),  Evita Munoz Chachita (Chambermaid),  Enrique Lucero (Jaime Delgado),  Ricardo Montalban (Luis Montoya)

One of the few times the show refers back to a previous episode. The Police Chief says he read in the newspaper about Columbo's solving of a murder on a cruise ship "last year". This show aired just about one year after "Troubled Waters" (edit) 90 minutes long. (edit)

Comandante Sanchez: I see you're a thorough man, Lieutenant, but the bull did kill Rangel.

Columbo: Yes, I can see that but it's important to be thorough, especially when a man dies alone. (edit) Sanchez: I hope you understand, Luis, that the Lieutenant is here as my guest. He has no official status.

Luis Montoya: So inquisitive. I find him amusing. (edit) Columbo: That shows you I don't know much about bullfighting.

Ranch Foreman: Is that all, seņor?

Columbo: You know, I think my wife was right. There's something wrong with me. I'm supposed to be on vacation and right away I'm thinking like a cop. That's called, uh, occupational hazard.

Foreman: Occupational hazard, what is that?

Columbo: That's, uh, when wherever you go you take your work with you.

Foreman: Oh, I see. We call that loco. (edit)

The bull that kills Hector is named Marinero, which means "Sailor" in Spanish. (edit) The film clips Montoya watches of himself as a young man in the bull ring are taken from a film Ricardo Montalban made in Mexico in 1944 called La Hora de la Verdad (The Hour of Truth).
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