@endeckerBM *Falk;...->>>NOT: "Faulk"-!!!! Agreed, though; this >is some of PF's MOST >Superb! He does an ->absolutely stellar job throughout this whole episode-!
I love the look on Columbo’s face when he knows from the very beginning who the killer is, but doesn’t yet have enough evidence to arrest them, and has to listen to their goofy and tortuous stories. 😂😂😂
And he just drives them crazy showing up all the time. If you crossed Columbo with Perry Mason, the killers would crack midway through the show and just start ranting about how they had to do it.
That's the way Columbo is written. He always knows or strongly suspects who the killer is right from the start. Sometimes the suspect makes it very clear, like the chef who ate the same meal with a man who had been poisoned, and didn't ask to be medically checked out himself to see if he has been poisoned, after he heard the news.
7:41 this is the exact moment columbo knew that the deputy commissioner had something to do with the murder of his neighbor's wife. Why would anyone dismiss a viable line of inquiry just out of hand?
Talking to Columbo (with or without a lawyer) was a bad idea if you were guilty, but not if you were innocent. He would always clear the innocent people who were being framed. He was highly successful at his job because he was a master at using the Sherlock Holmes method: Gather your data carefully first, then let it point you toward the logical suspects. Whatever doesn't fit the evidence, you eliminate from consideration. Shoddy police work uses the opposite method: Pick a suspect that looks good to you, then look for evidence against them. Ignore anything that might exonerate them. Conclusion: We need police to be more like Columbo.
@@karenwelch7232 Guilty or innocent? That's for the courts to decide, which is why it's best to always have your lawyer present when talking to the police.
@@polreamonn No argument from me about that! I was trying to make the point that the highly effective police methods on the TV show Columbo seem far removed from real-life police procedure, though I wish that were not the case. I was responding to the comment: "Columbo is the exact reason you never talk to the cops without a lawyer present." There are many good reasons not to talk to police without a lawyer, but I don’t think Columbo is one of them for the reasons I stated. Of course it's the courts and not police who decide guilt or innocence, but wouldn't it be great if real-life police would improve their methods so that people who hadn't committed an offense didn’t have their lives disrupted by getting arrested, charged and dragged into court in the first place?
Columbo knew he was the murderer as soon as he ripped into him for his theory and trying to push him in one direction. And as soon as Columbo knew who the murderer was, he was like a wolf chasing its prey.
Columbo: We're looking for someone who tried to make a murder look like a burglary. Halperin [Tries to convince Columbo the murder is a burglary.] Not a good move.
Peter Faulk is flawless in his part. No one could portray better a brilliant detective disguised as a disheveled man of lesser intelligence. Rest in peace PF and thank you for all your commitment to your roles in your life.
I agree he is the perfect Columbo. I was wondering if they made a new Columbo, who would be the best fit? I thought of Adam Sandler. Dressed is gym shorts and a t-shirt with the brown coat.
To be fair, not assigning his best detective to investigate the murder of someone he knows (and thus might have a personal reason to kill) might make him appear more suspicious.
That era was very hung up on appearances. I could see a subtext which only that generation understood, that he got passed on all promotions because of how janky he looks and actsd, because he doesn't fit the mold.
I love that last almost haunting stare Columbo gives Commissioner. He's seen dozens of suspects try to convince him he's wrong, and they're usually the culprit. But now, it's the commissioner trying to convince him.
Duffy of course left the force and started a software company right at the start of computers taking off. Duffy invented Acrobatic Reader and made billions. Sadly he was an alcoholic and a cocaine addict. Ironically he was found dead one morning in his own swimming pool.
I was watching Columbo in my teens. and now I am about to retire.I just can't remember how many times I have seen this and other clips, but I never tire of them,
My favorite parts of the early columbo is he never says his train of thought out loud (least until a big monologue), the ones with Sargent Wilson were cool because we got to hear that train of thought
I think he's trying to figure out how the door changed in that scene. When he leaves the porch the door opens outside, but when he enters the room the door closes towards the outside!
Man, anyone in management or in a position of responsibility can relate to having to disagree with the big boss when he wants something closed and shut. I had to go through that more than once when I was a mid level manager in maintenance.
The Police Captain, where waste the police captain during all of this, they say the Captain's log was in the pool, sitting at the bottom. I think missing roughage was the culprit here.
@daviddun1389 *where was;...->Not: "Where waste the;..."! &,... *Police Commissioner;...->Not: "Police Captain". &,... *missing evidence;...->Not: "roughage". &,... *Captain's Log-? What log portion of this episode's script are you referring to-? This is: -->>NOT "Star Trek"; it is: "Columbo"!
The commissioner puts on his sad face and then proceeds to try and throw Columbo off track. If he wanted the killer caught so badly, why disregard everything he Saif? It was at that point Columbo knew who was involved. He should not have put his best detective on the case.
I think the implication is that in the universe, Columbo is not widely regarded as a great detective, and he likes it that way. His "aw shucks" routine that he puts on for the killers, extends to his co-workers too. They see him as kind of a bumbling schlep, and it allows him to keep a low profile in situations such as this.
@@terracottapie Either that, or it's because it would look highly suss if the commissioner did not put his best detective on the case of his own wife's murder. Cause no matter how much he bumbles, his stats would show his excellence.
@@brinta19 Fair point but my counter would be that the Commissioner, as we observe him in this episode, is clearly an emotionally driven, "go with your gut", impulsive guy. He misses some easy holes in his murder plot, and then he snaps on Columbo without thinking how "sus" that would look. So, I can easily see him dismissing Columbo as a superior detective, and not letting the stats change his preconceived opinion. Also, just from his behavior in this scene, we know he's not too concerned about looking sus, and doing everything he can to throw Columbo off (this whole scene is sus behavior). So I'd assume that would extend to putting the worst possible detective (in his mind) on the case. Which I think he thinks is Columbo.
The guy who plays the deputy police commissioner, Richard Kiley, had a distinctive voice. He used to be a narrator on several National Geographic specials and other documentaries. I also remember the guy who plays Lt. Duffy, John Finnegan, as being a regular supporting actor in the show. He was a garbage worker in one episode to the owner of Columbo's favourite eatery "Barneys Beanery" in the later Columbo shows.
John Finnegan was a solid actor. When I see them together, I can't help but feel, for some reason, those two men must have been good friends off screen? Same goes for Val Avery and my all time favorite, Vito Scotti!!
@MrIrrepressible Absolutely!!! 100% agreed!! &,...See Below 3 Points: Please Note: *Non-Verbal;... Those 2 words must have a dash in the middle of them, linking them. &, *"Columbo";...->Not: columbo! &,... *awesome.
@jackkenefick2696 Totally 100% agreed!! That was, indeed, a hugely spectacular look that actor Peter Falk employed there! &;...See Below: Also, Please Note: *That was....
Why would you promote someone who's a homicide genius into being a mediocre manager? Pay raise and bonuses, sure, but you want him in his field of expertise.
I was just a toddler when this series originally aired but have managed to watch the odd episode over the times - still it shows you how brilliant this actor/character was that he entered pop-culture and still influences chars today (Bosch ,etc) ....now I need to find the streaming service to actually watch them all 🤓
One of my favourite episodes. The man opposite him is Richard Kiley. He was brilliant in this episode IMO. If you look him up, you'll see him on You Tube performing on Broadway. He was a wonderful singer too. Some people are just blessed with multiple talents.
My absolute favorite episode of Columbo, period. This was his boss, or rather second in command. Columbo HAD to get it right, or he'd lose his career. "Swing at the king, and make sure you connect", or else... 😏
This episode clearly owes a lot to Elio Petri's "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" which was nominated for best foreign at the Oscars. And Kiley's excellent performance owes a lot to Gian Maria Volante's in that film.
No 'One More Thing' at the end of this encounter. That was all part of the game, however here Columbo knew that he would have to do a good deal more work to prove his boss was the culprit.
The one thing about this episode that I never understood is surely the commissioner must have known how good Columbo is. Why didn't he commit the murder when he was on vacation.
Because his plan was to blame the murder on the Bel Air Burglar, and he needed his friend Caldwell to help. It had to be done then, before the burglar or Caldwell got caught. Also, he thought he was smarter than Columbo and could control the investigation.
Exactly!! 💯. How do you explain that Mrs. Caldwell lived there for years, but there's no fingerprints of hers on the closet door or upstairs phone??? How do you explain that??? 😂😂😂
No, that part was explained. The maid cleaned the house thoroughly that very day, dusting everything. The point Columbo was making was that because of this, the only prints that should be on anything in the house are Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell's, and the burglar's. The fact that the burglar left no prints means he must have been wearing gloves, but the fact that Mrs. Caldwell's prints weren't found on the door of the closet doesn't match with the idea that she put the blue nightgown on.
If the burglar wore gloves, then why did he/she take the time to remove all the fingerprints from the upstairs phone and the closet door? Why would he/she do that? And if the maid inadvertently removed all the fingerprints from the upstairs phone and closet, why were there fingerprints found on the downstairs phone, and throughout the house? Why would she be so meticulous and thorough with cleaning the upstairs phone and closet door, but not everywhere else in the house? Kind of hard to explain.
Love Columbo. The detail is just brilliant. 04:48 "Is this bothering you" Meaning his deduction, but holding up the cigar. 06:13 "No Sir, we're looking for somebody else". Pointing right at the man. Then pointing at the ceiling, as if it were just a conversational gesture.
"You're wasting your time, my time, and the department's time." - I LOVE how Columbo just shifts. His face was curiosity and concern---but you can SEE it shift to suspicion. Their wife was murdered, so anything a seasoned detective like Columbo is doing is not a waste of time....unless they were the culprit.
What I like particularly about this scene is that unlike other episodes, its not entirely clear that Columbo knows who the real killer is. But I think he does once the Commissioner rips into him after he theorizes it might be one of the deceased's male friends.
Only a matter of time before we get AI generated shows with AI generated scripts. At that point you can just say “make me an original Columbo episode” and bam.
The one part i don't understand is, the commissioner knows who Columbo is, knows his success rate and reputation. Why allow him to investigate? The answer is obvious, both he and Columbo were covering for Gerald Ford.
"Nobody can be right all the time" He says to Columbo, the man who pieces things together and is usually right about his hunches about...100% of the time
I like it when you spot mistakes, it's right at the beginning of the video... Columbo goes outside to look at something, and it's pitch black outside like it would be in the middle of the night. When you look outside from inside the house, it's like dusk time, or early evening with some sunlight still available.
That is true. However it is interesting to discover a year before this episode was made, somebody had already invented the prototype of the cell phone and made the first cell phone call in history to a landline telephone.
I love how Columbo knows who the killer is even though its his own boss, Its like someone in intelligence has been briefed of Columbo's great cases solved and that its the commissioner who's the criminal this time, and they are just letting Columbo do his thing undercover to catch the commissioner out
Nobody is above the law in the episode, even the deputy commissioner. Off hand I remember a similar in the later seasons where two students kill their professor with remote controlled gun. "This is not Dominic Doyles car, it is my wife's".
That's colled the "House syndrome": it's a terrible disease that makes everybody tell you you're wrong all the time, even though they know you're actually always right
@@klausengelmann9545 Columbo episodes were always a little far from reality as far as the science goes. There was one episode (Caution, Murder Can Be Hazardous To Your Health) where the person was murdered by supposedly injecting his cigarettes with a lethal dose of liquid nicotine. It was pointed out that it would be impossible for a cigarette injected with liquid nicotine to even burn far less be smoked, also nicotine has to be injected into the bloodstream to be fatal and not inhaled, also it would be impossible for the person not to notice the smell of nicotine coming from the cigarette as nicotine has such an obnoxious chemical odour that a mask is required when just working with it. :)
Isn't it simply a double door ? In the interior shots, you can see the door-frame to the outer door. When he's outside, you can't see the left pane because he opened it to the inside, but you can see the right pane behind the front door.
When going out onto the balcony, if you pay close attention, you'll see he opens an inner door inward, then opens a second door outward. This was probably filmed in an actual house, like so many scenes in the series were. If this was a set, they probably wouldn't have gone to the trouble of installing two doors.
There are two doors, and you can see him lift his left arm up to push open the door just before the scene cuts. Like many houses, some doors do have double doors. My own house has a front door like this, where the main door opens inward, but the screendoor opens outward.
*Whether the door's ingress; &, egress directions are correct; or, are not; your sentence is incorrect: That was NOT a, (potential) "blooper"; although, it might have been a possible continuity error. Nonetheless, it weight, certainly, does NOT bear heavily, in detractions, on the other massive sets, of abundant profundity, in this specific "Columbo" Series, 1rst Edition episode; which is surely among the authentic collections of the whole history of this television show's more limited groupings of the finest eps it ever had.
This is some of Peter Faulk's best acting. He perfectly walks the tightrope of hiding his suspicion AND piling on the pressure.
@endeckerBM
*Falk;...->>>NOT: "Faulk"-!!!!
Agreed, though; this >is some of PF's MOST >Superb! He does an ->absolutely stellar job throughout this whole episode-!
@@AndrewHeller-jn7dxit's 4 letters and people still don't get it right
@@tonypaella
Yes, I must 100% agree; VERY, Very, very sadly.
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I love the look on Columbo’s face when he knows from the very beginning who the killer is, but doesn’t yet have enough evidence to arrest them, and has to listen to their goofy and tortuous stories. 😂😂😂
And he just drives them crazy showing up all the time. If you crossed Columbo with Perry Mason, the killers would crack midway through the show and just start ranting about how they had to do it.
That's the way Columbo is written. He always knows or strongly suspects who the killer is right from the start. Sometimes the suspect makes it very clear, like the chef who ate the same meal with a man who had been poisoned, and didn't ask to be medically checked out himself to see if he has been poisoned, after he heard the news.
7:41 this is the exact moment columbo knew that the deputy commissioner had something to do with the murder of his neighbor's wife.
Why would anyone dismiss a viable line of inquiry just out of hand?
I think it was more at 6:59. 😁
Just another Thanksgiving dinner with family.
6:13 "no sir, we're looking for somebody else..." points at the killer
yeah! genius.
Well observed - I never noticed that!
❤
Brilliant observation!!
Columbo is the exact reason you never talk to the cops without a lawyer present.
Talking to Columbo (with or without a lawyer) was a bad idea if you were guilty, but not if you were innocent. He would always clear the innocent people who were being framed. He was highly successful at his job because he was a master at using the Sherlock Holmes method: Gather your data carefully first, then let it point you toward the logical suspects. Whatever doesn't fit the evidence, you eliminate from consideration. Shoddy police work uses the opposite method: Pick a suspect that looks good to you, then look for evidence against them. Ignore anything that might exonerate them. Conclusion: We need police to be more like Columbo.
@@karenwelch7232 Guilty or innocent? That's for the courts to decide, which is why it's best to always have your lawyer present when talking to the police.
@@polreamonn No argument from me about that! I was trying to make the point that the highly effective police methods on the TV show Columbo seem far removed from real-life police procedure, though I wish that were not the case. I was responding to the comment: "Columbo is the exact reason you never talk to the cops without a lawyer present." There are many good reasons not to talk to police without a lawyer, but I don’t think Columbo is one of them for the reasons I stated. Of course it's the courts and not police who decide guilt or innocence, but wouldn't it be great if real-life police would improve their methods so that people who hadn't committed an offense didn’t have their lives disrupted by getting arrested, charged and dragged into court in the first place?
you NEVER talk to the police... ESPECIALLY if you're innocent.
7:28 Columbo asks, "You don't think that I have anything here?" That stare he gives after....it's all over buddy.
Columbo knew he was the murderer as soon as he ripped into him for his theory and trying to push him in one direction.
And as soon as Columbo knew who the murderer was, he was like a wolf chasing its prey.
That look at 7:09 says it all. Columbo knows it’s him.
@@sarnow76 I noticed that too!
@sarnow76
*Agreed; completely!
TO: OP: "@davsaltego":
Great points!;...I am 100% agreed, w/: them!!.
Columbo always knew who the murderer was the first moment he meet them his instincts never failed him
Columbo: We're looking for someone who tried to make a murder look like a burglary.
Halperin [Tries to convince Columbo the murder is a burglary.]
Not a good move.
The dialogue between Columbo and the Doctor was amazing. The Gin comment made me laugh.
Very human. MEs and Cops tend to see each other a lot and develop a dark sense of humor between them.
@@20thCenturyManTrad
Yes; agreed;...it did seem darkly, wryly; (&, perhaps, even, morbidly); humorous.
Morer likely to find soap in a woman's lung who had been killed in a bathtub...which is what they found...No gin.
Peter Faulk is flawless in his part. No one could portray better a brilliant detective disguised as a disheveled man of lesser intelligence. Rest in peace PF and thank you for all your commitment to your roles in your life.
I agree he is the perfect Columbo. I was wondering if they made a new Columbo, who would be the best fit? I thought of Adam Sandler. Dressed is gym shorts and a t-shirt with the brown coat.
Goodness when did he pass away?
TO: OP: "@michaelbezoski3096":
*Falk;...->Not: "Faulk".
@@myunknownland9272 I believe it was 2011. I think he was born (1927l) and died the same year as my grandpa.
@@truthtransistorradio6716 he was loved and admired. Thanks for replying.
You would think that his boss, of all people, would not want Columbo, of all detectives, assigned to his case!!
To be fair, not assigning his best detective to investigate the murder of someone he knows (and thus might have a personal reason to kill) might make him appear more suspicious.
@@lnsflare1 Columbo: he is the best choice; he is the worst choice.
That era was very hung up on appearances. I could see a subtext which only that generation understood, that he got passed on all promotions because of how janky he looks and actsd, because he doesn't fit the mold.
For real, though
I mean he did try at the end - but even if Columbo isn't assigned to a case, he butts in anyways to figure out what's going on
I love that last almost haunting stare Columbo gives Commissioner.
He's seen dozens of suspects try to convince him he's wrong, and they're usually the culprit. But now, it's the commissioner trying to convince him.
This episode has one of the best conclusions in the entire series.
Haha, I think this is why I don't really like these cliff hanger type clips.
"I don't even live here!" :)
He’s right, sir. He doesn’t live here… I live here
This one’s a close tie with the episode where Columbo uses his Sharingan to entrap the murderer in a prison of bronze.
@@CluckNTrying too hard there…
I guess that’s why they call the show “Columbo” and not “Duffy” even though he puts out a very good report
😂
😂😂😂
Duffy of course left the force and started a software company right at the start of computers taking off. Duffy invented Acrobatic Reader and made billions. Sadly he was an alcoholic and a cocaine addict. Ironically he was found dead one morning in his own swimming pool.
That actually made me chuckle 😆
Too bad the Duffy spin off never took off
It really is funny the way Columbo looks at the commissioner when the commissioner says "Now, look, Columbo."
"Columbo, you just lost your badge. "- Commissioner Halperin.
......my friend
He didn’t even say Columbo…
"excuse me Sir, you just lost your freedom" LOL
I'm just surprised the show made a jewish character out to be the bad guy.
@@auntiesemite9295 Eh,wtf drugs are you on ???
I was watching Columbo in my teens. and now I am about to retire.I just can't remember how many times I have seen this and other clips, but I never tire of them,
The doctor's done well, last time I saw him he was an estate agent trying to sell a barn to an ex-con and murderous photographer!
Ok, you made me laugh out loud! 🤣🤣🤣 10/10
That wasn’t the same actor,John Ashton played that part…
He was Wayne in Last Salute to the Commadore.
@@TimCarter He was,considering that this was out before Commodore and Negative Reaction plus the post is incorrect I can’t understand the likes…
And he was Danny Glick's dad the week before!
I fell in love with this show as an adult even though it was on all the time when I was a kid.
My favorite parts of the early columbo is he never says his train of thought out loud (least until a big monologue), the ones with Sargent Wilson were cool because we got to hear that train of thought
Great point-!!!!!
*Columbo;...
“That’s my specialty, homicide”-Columbo
Oh, that quote was an AMAZING moment in all of the series! Thank you for noticing and pointing that out!
'A Friend in Deed', my favorite episode!
Yeah same here.
Agreed! 👍
This one and Swan Song are great. One where the killer is detestable and the other, relatable and kind.
It's like trying to name your favorite food.... there are just too many!
When he goes out the door to check on something, looks super sharp and focused. Then the moment he's back inside, he's all janky again. Great act XD
I think he's trying to figure out how the door changed in that scene. When he leaves the porch the door opens outside, but when he enters the room the door closes towards the outside!
@@eddiep147 It's a set of double doors
Man, anyone in management or in a position of responsibility can relate to having to disagree with the big boss when he wants something closed and shut. I had to go through that more than once when I was a mid level manager in maintenance.
Absolutely!!;...So Did I; far too many repeated times!
Most significantly of the huge negativities connected to it, there is: -->>NO way to win.
The Police Captain, where waste the police captain during all of this, they say the Captain's log was in the pool, sitting at the bottom. I think missing roughage was the culprit here.
@daviddun1389
*where was;...->Not: "Where waste the;..."!
&,...
*Police Commissioner;...->Not: "Police Captain".
&,...
*missing evidence;...->Not: "roughage".
&,...
*Captain's Log-? What log portion of this episode's script are you referring to-? This is: -->>NOT "Star Trek"; it is: "Columbo"!
Happened to me as well
This is one of my favourite episodes. The setup he uses in the end to nail Halperin is awesome.
1:51 I swear, it's an impossible challenge for a Foley Artist NOT to put tire squealing sound effects in a scene where a vehicle is moving.
I really love how Columbo is calling his boss "sir" in the exact same way he does it out of politeness to criminals.
The commissioner puts on his sad face and then proceeds to try and throw Columbo off track. If he wanted the killer caught so badly, why disregard everything he Saif? It was at that point Columbo knew who was involved. He should not have put his best detective on the case.
I think the implication is that in the universe, Columbo is not widely regarded as a great detective, and he likes it that way. His "aw shucks" routine that he puts on for the killers, extends to his co-workers too. They see him as kind of a bumbling schlep, and it allows him to keep a low profile in situations such as this.
That look at 7:09 confirmed his suspicions.
@@terracottapie Either that, or it's because it would look highly suss if the commissioner did not put his best detective on the case of his own wife's murder.
Cause no matter how much he bumbles, his stats would show his excellence.
@@brinta19 Fair point but my counter would be that the Commissioner, as we observe him in this episode, is clearly an emotionally driven, "go with your gut", impulsive guy. He misses some easy holes in his murder plot, and then he snaps on Columbo without thinking how "sus" that would look.
So, I can easily see him dismissing Columbo as a superior detective, and not letting the stats change his preconceived opinion.
Also, just from his behavior in this scene, we know he's not too concerned about looking sus, and doing everything he can to throw Columbo off (this whole scene is sus behavior). So I'd assume that would extend to putting the worst possible detective (in his mind) on the case. Which I think he thinks is Columbo.
@@terracottapie well whatever it was, it didn't work :-). So Good. Columbo Rules!!
The guy who plays the deputy police commissioner, Richard Kiley, had a distinctive voice. He used to be a narrator on several National Geographic specials and other documentaries. I also remember the guy who plays Lt. Duffy, John Finnegan, as being a regular supporting actor in the show. He was a garbage worker in one episode to the owner of Columbo's favourite eatery "Barneys Beanery" in the later Columbo shows.
wasnt he hired to narrate Jurassic Park as well? ... they spared no expense.. lol
John Finnegan was a solid actor. When I see them together, I can't help but feel, for some reason, those two men must have been good friends off screen? Same goes for Val Avery and my all time favorite, Vito Scotti!!
7:08 The Lieutenant fixes the murderer with a cold, steady stare - they both know it's a phoney set-up! 👮📺👍
that was some look
@@jackkenefick2696
Agreed!!!
The non verbal communication columbo gives to a suspect when he knows he is the killer is awsome.
@MrIrrepressible
Absolutely!!! 100% agreed!!
&,...See Below 3 Points:
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*Non-Verbal;...
Those 2 words must have a dash in the middle of them, linking them.
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*"Columbo";...->Not: columbo!
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*awesome.
@jackkenefick2696
Totally 100% agreed!! That was, indeed, a hugely spectacular look that actor Peter Falk employed there!
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Rest in peace 🙏
Peter Falk
16 September 1927 ~
23 June 2011⚘
All those murders solved and he never got a promotion.
Why would you promote someone who's a homicide genius into being a mediocre manager?
Pay raise and bonuses, sure, but you want him in his field of expertise.
Nobody can be right all of the time. Doh!!!😂
That line made me want an immediate cut to a later generation's Colombo - Adrian Monk - saying "Unless I'm wrong... and... well... I'm not..."
I was just a toddler when this series originally aired but have managed to watch the odd episode over the times - still it shows you how brilliant this actor/character was that he entered pop-culture and still influences chars today (Bosch ,etc) ....now I need to find the streaming service to actually watch them all 🤓
Except for Columbo. He can be right all the time.
How many actors in their career get to create a unique and wonderful character? Hats off to Peter Falk. 🌟
Only David Souchet as Hercule Poirot comes close to Peter Falk in becoming the character they play. Masterful performers.
So masterful it was not quite convincing to see Falk in any other role!
You could know he’s absolutely guilty rebutting Columbo theory!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
One of my favourite episodes. Great acting.
Lieutenant episode's were so addictive... God bless 💪🇬🇧👍🙏👑😎
Columbo tells the doctor how to perform an autopsy🤣
This is a GREAT episode! Don't give away the finish!
"Hey! I don't even live here!"
One of my favourite episodes. The man opposite him is Richard Kiley. He was brilliant in this episode IMO. If you look him up, you'll see him on You Tube performing on Broadway. He was a wonderful singer too. Some people are just blessed with multiple talents.
Richard Kiley starred in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour with Anne Francis and Richard Long. Good one. "Blood Bargain " (Season 2)
@@marshastapleton1148 Great tip thank you will try and get to see that.
This is absolutely one of my most favorite Columbo episodes of all time! It is brilliant in so many ways! ❤
You know when he says just one more thing that you are screwed.
My absolute favorite episode of Columbo, period. This was his boss, or rather second in command. Columbo HAD to get it right, or he'd lose his career. "Swing at the king, and make sure you connect", or else... 😏
The chief comes across as so guilty. He really does a poor job at hiding it.
Air date: May 5th, 1974
It’s 4 months older than me!!
Columbo knows immediately when the supervisor tells him to not look in that direction the supervisor is involved.
That ambulance sounded like it had flowmasters on it.
Melhor série que já assisti!
That's my favorite episode "A friend in deed"
"A Friend in Deed."
This episode is the best one.
0:56 - I want a spinoff with that cranky, snarky coroner.
This episode clearly owes a lot to Elio Petri's "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" which was nominated for best foreign at the Oscars. And Kiley's excellent performance owes a lot to Gian Maria Volante's in that film.
No 'One More Thing' at the end of this encounter. That was all part of the game, however here Columbo knew that he would have to do a good deal more work to prove his boss was the culprit.
The one thing about this episode that I never understood is surely the commissioner must have known how good Columbo is. Why didn't he commit the murder when he was on vacation.
Because his plan was to blame the murder on the Bel Air Burglar, and he needed his friend Caldwell to help. It had to be done then, before the burglar or Caldwell got caught. Also, he thought he was smarter than Columbo and could control the investigation.
I think Colombo only went once on vacation.
Exactly!! 💯. How do you explain that Mrs. Caldwell lived there for years, but there's no fingerprints of hers on the closet door or upstairs phone??? How do you explain that??? 😂😂😂
No, that part was explained. The maid cleaned the house thoroughly that very day, dusting everything. The point Columbo was making was that because of this, the only prints that should be on anything in the house are Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell's, and the burglar's. The fact that the burglar left no prints means he must have been wearing gloves, but the fact that Mrs. Caldwell's prints weren't found on the door of the closet doesn't match with the idea that she put the blue nightgown on.
If the burglar wore gloves, then why did he/she take the time to remove all the fingerprints from the upstairs phone and the closet door? Why would he/she do that? And if the maid inadvertently removed all the fingerprints from the upstairs phone and closet, why were there fingerprints found on the downstairs phone, and throughout the house? Why would she be so meticulous and thorough with cleaning the upstairs phone and closet door, but not everywhere else in the house? Kind of hard to explain.
1:45 that ambulance engine sound
Best Columbo and best episode of a TV drama ever
Love Columbo.
The detail is just brilliant.
04:48 "Is this bothering you"
Meaning his deduction, but holding up the cigar.
06:13 "No Sir, we're looking for somebody else".
Pointing right at the man.
Then pointing at the ceiling, as if it were just a conversational gesture.
"You're wasting your time, my time, and the department's time." - I LOVE how Columbo just shifts. His face was curiosity and concern---but you can SEE it shift to suspicion. Their wife was murdered, so anything a seasoned detective like Columbo is doing is not a waste of time....unless they were the culprit.
Columbo's got him by the you know what and he knows it.
The ending of this episode was great, one of the best in the series.
7:28 The way he Lieutenant looks at his superior says it all. He already knows.
What I like particularly about this scene is that unlike other episodes, its not entirely clear that Columbo knows who the real killer is. But I think he does once the Commissioner rips into him after he theorizes it might be one of the deceased's male friends.
Columbo probably had a genius level IQ and particularly that part of the brain good at puzzles...so dealing w these ppl was probably easy for him.
Im sad, ive seen every single episode 😂
Only a matter of time before we get AI generated shows with AI generated scripts. At that point you can just say “make me an original Columbo episode” and bam.
@@NYCZ31 That'd be sweet
That would be awesome. But it will never be like the original.@@NYCZ31
Multiple times
Really pleased that they did not try to create another Columbo, Peter Falk will always be the only Lt. Columbo.
This episode has one of the best endings of any in the entire series.
I like the doctor having apathy about his job. Almost being annoyed at "Checking something" ;)
The one part i don't understand is, the commissioner knows who Columbo is, knows his success rate and reputation. Why allow him to investigate? The answer is obvious, both he and Columbo were covering for Gerald Ford.
"Nobody can be right all the time" He says to Columbo, the man who pieces things together and is usually right about his hunches about...100% of the time
I like it when you spot mistakes, it's right at the beginning of the video... Columbo goes outside to look at something, and it's pitch black outside like it would be in the middle of the night. When you look outside from inside the house, it's like dusk time, or early evening with some sunlight still available.
One of my all time fave episodes.
Footnotes for Gen Z and Gen Alpha: Columbo was filmed in a magical time where cell phones did not exist, and speaker phone wasn't a thing.
And you smoked if you smoked or not.
There were speaker phones in the 1970s. Charlie's Angels for example.
That is true. However it is interesting to discover a year before this episode was made, somebody had already invented the prototype of the cell phone and made the first cell phone call in history to a landline telephone.
"What is it NOW Columbo?" Is how I answer my phone.
I can watch this series over and over again, and I do, every Sunday, boring am i😂
" Hey, I don't even live here. "
What's where you live got to do with this clip? Not even shot where he lives, but in an office. Try to keep focused
@@10beanz "Hey, I don't even live here." is the funniest line in THIS clip. Try to keep focused.
@@darkwitness2718 You're losing focus again. Nobody uses that line in the clip. You're welcome!
“He doesn’t live here. I live here”.
@@kathconserv Just not said in this clip.
He told Columbo" What are You Saying? Caldwell never talk to his wife?" At that point he told Columbo what he actually did😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"Just one more thing". Loved it 🙏🙏👍🇺🇸
I love how Columbo knows who the killer is even though its his own boss, Its like someone in intelligence has been briefed of Columbo's great cases solved and that its the commissioner who's the criminal this time, and they are just letting Columbo do his thing undercover to catch the commissioner out
Thanks for uploading this video. Can you please put the title of the series episode?
That dude must know that Columbo has a 100% success rate. No wonder he's shitting it.
Given Columbo's track record in the department, his boss probably had an "Oooohhhhh 💩!" moment, when he'd been assigned the case.
6:57 Is this the moment he realizes who the killer is or do we think he already knew
Nobody is above the law in the episode, even the deputy commissioner. Off hand I remember a similar in the later seasons where two students kill their professor with remote controlled gun. "This is not
Dominic Doyles car, it is my wife's".
It’s always the little details….the nightgown under the pillow…….
Notice that Columbo doesn't put on his typical dumb charm in this episode. It makes perfect sense because his boss already knows him.
That's colled the "House syndrome": it's a terrible disease that makes everybody tell you you're wrong all the time, even though they know you're actually always right
Writing for this is off the charts, executed brilliantly by Falk...they knew who they were writing for
I know it is only a TV series but even in the 1970s we could definitively determine if a person died in a bathtub rather than in a swimming pool. :)
Especially if there is traces of Mr. Bubble in the lungs
@@klausengelmann9545 Columbo episodes were always a little far from reality as far as the science goes. There was one episode (Caution, Murder Can Be Hazardous To Your Health) where the person was murdered by supposedly injecting his cigarettes with a lethal dose of liquid nicotine.
It was pointed out that it would be impossible for a cigarette injected with liquid nicotine to even burn far less be smoked, also nicotine has to be injected into the bloodstream to be fatal and not inhaled, also it would be impossible for the person not to notice the smell of nicotine coming from the cigarette as nicotine has such an obnoxious chemical odour that a mask is required when just working with it. :)
7:21. That stare! Gotcha stare!
"I'm sure it's a very good report, sir!" This is an indignation when you're fucked. 😆
That Duffy sure wrote an excellent report..
The classic blooper where the door to the balcony opens in going out and opens out going in. 1 of the best endings!
Isn't it simply a double door ? In the interior shots, you can see the door-frame to the outer door. When he's outside, you can't see the left pane because he opened it to the inside, but you can see the right pane behind the front door.
When going out onto the balcony, if you pay close attention, you'll see he opens an inner door inward, then opens a second door outward. This was probably filmed in an actual house, like so many scenes in the series were. If this was a set, they probably wouldn't have gone to the trouble of installing two doors.
There are two doors, and you can see him lift his left arm up to push open the door just before the scene cuts. Like many houses, some doors do have double doors. My own house has a front door like this, where the main door opens inward, but the screendoor opens outward.
*Whether the door's ingress; &, egress directions are correct; or, are not; your sentence is incorrect: That was NOT a, (potential) "blooper"; although, it might have been a possible continuity error.
Nonetheless, it weight, certainly, does NOT bear heavily, in detractions, on the other massive sets, of abundant profundity, in this specific "Columbo" Series, 1rst Edition episode; which is surely among the authentic collections of the whole history of this television show's more limited groupings of the finest eps it ever had.
"I hope I'm not disturbing you sir?" LOL
1:54 ambulance tires squealing inexplicably :-D
Great episode with one of the best gotcha endings!
7:09 OMG that look on Columbo's face
I think this is my favorite Columbo episode.
Det. Columbo = master of psychological warfare
Crickets sound like an awkward pause😂😂😂