Try and Catch Me: Directed by James Frawley. With Peter Falk, Ruth Gordon, Mariette Hartley, G.D. Spradlin. An old lady who writes popular mystery novels strongly suspects that her …

"Columbo" Try and Catch Me (TV Episode 1977) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Lt. Columbo : [after Abigail Mitchell Shows Lt Columbo where she said she found the car keys next to the sprinkler head] I'll be running off now. Abigail Mitchell : Goodbye, young man.

Trivia Try and Catch Me Columbo At 80, Ruth Gordon (Abigail Mitchell) was the oldest actor to play a murderer in Columbo.

This episode of Columbo has Peter Falk matching wits with Ruth Gordon, an Agatha Christie type mystery writer who plans what she thinks is a perfect murder of Charles Frank, her nephew by …

When Ruth Gordon convinced her father, a sea captain, to let her pursue acting she came to New York and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She acted in a few silents made …

Imagine regular old network television with a guest star of Ruth Gordon's stature - only on Columbo. Gordon plays a successful author who attempts to outsmart Columbo.

Columbo (TV Series 1971–1998) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Imagine regular old network television with a guest star of Ruth Gordon's stature - only on Columbo. Gordon plays a successful author who attempts to outsmart Columbo.

Mystery writer Abigail Mitchell (Ruth Gordon) believes that her niece was murdered by her husband, and that it was not just a boating accident as the police have determined.