Columbo Tricks The Suspect in an Impeccable Way | Columbo

A research scientist (Robert Culp) murders the man he has been blackmailing and frames the victim's wife.
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Season 3, Episode 4, Double Exposure,
Dr Bart Kepple is a brilliant motivational research scientist, but he is also something of a blackmailer. A certain Tanya Baker is quite proficient at getting Kepple's male clients into compromising positions. One of these clients, powerful Victor Norris, has decided he will no longer be a victim of extortion.
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[@RocKnight11]

I liked that Columbo was genuinely surprised by the converter.

[@englishman1960]

" That's a lovely touch. A converter. I never figured on a converter" Great line.

[@patriciamariemitchel]

For someone who spares no effort to avoid the shooting range, Columbo sure does know a lot about guns.☺️

[@garryiglesias4074]

It's his specialty you know: homicides.

[@lewisc215]

IDIOTIC

[@larryo6874]

Well he is a detective you know…

[@FREECIVVIE]

He knows HOW to use them, he just prefers not to.

[@banyarling]

Compare Law and Order where the detectives shoot their guns 100x more often than actual cops

[@lutherbarnes3543]

I watch Columbo just about every day. He was a BRILLIANT detective. He got people on the smallest detail. Peter Falk was PHENOMENAL in that role.

[@80sBearfan4life]

Columbo is probably one of my favorite shows ever. It's never about who, but how Columbo catches the killer.

[@Per_Sun]

Timeless, even bound by the age.

[@montanacreed5826]

You do realize that Columbo is a fictitious character, that the show is scripted, and that any and all circumstances are contrived. There isn't any detective work involved. The "detective" is an actor, repeating memorized lines written by someone else.

[@dude6894]

@@montanacreed5826 Columbo is 100% real

[@chakawhyte5753]

I rate Columbo over Sherlock Holmes And I’m prepared to die on that hill

[@jessegibson7734]

“If there was a reward I would support your claim to it” granting the guy a moment of consolation Nice touch Colombo!

[@rosario508]

Robert Culp’s expression at the end is the creepiest thing in the history of television

[@mkassis713]

True !!!

[@christopherkraft1327]

Agreed!!! 👍

[@lisawilliams2013]

Yup! Even scarier than the Grinch smile!

[@zsoltpeter2858]

Just because you never daw hungarian commercial tv shows🤪

[@mkassis713]

@@zsoltpeter2858 LOL

[@rawbacon]

Culp is always fantastic and this show often has a great cast of recognizable extras.

[@judyproffitt5708]

Including Peter Falk’s wife, who plays in several episodes.

[@laurabeane8862]

The first run of "I Spy" on DVD had Only Robert Culp's Commentary and Introductions to the Episodes. For such an underrated show at the time, Asians look at the Location shots and enjoy it in a nostalgic perspective.

[@karlbassett8485]

Mad Magazine ran a spoof of Columbo years ago, and the murderer was named "Dr Robert Culpable" and used Culp's likeness.

[@allanfawcett1789]

Colombo was a masterpiece , absolutely unique. I now have the full box set and I have seen every episode even the first one when it first came out in 1968. RIP

[@AAAskeet]

I got the set on sale.Been through them all 2-3 times.

[@playasadonejoe]

Set your trousers to "JUMPING" and look at the 'poker face' show man self-aware columbo howd-they-find-them.

[@donjohn2695]

The early seasons of columbo where brilliant absolutely brilliantly written and acted

[@doug6259]

The people watching the film are still wondering why he disappeared.

[@kensmith8152]

The people watching the film have an urge to look for a gun converter around a lamp!😂

[@ModernElectricRecordings-bl6bs]

Winning comment. 🏆

[@TheRoswellCode]

@@kensmith8152 Or to go and buy a new table, desk and lamp :)

[@silvereagle2061]

A calibration converter. One of the smartest villains in the entire series.

[@seikibrian8641]

A script error. It's not a "calibration converter," it's a caliber converter.

[@BlackEagle182]

Peter Falk did a helluva great job as Columbo! Thank you Mr Falk for giving us our pestering but beloved Lt Columbo! 🐐

[@chakawhyte5753]

Robert Culp is the greatest ‘corporate criminal character’ ever; you want anyone to act as a sleazy corporate character Robert Culp is the guy.

[@zsoltpeter2858]

Yes

[@DoctorJaguarChannel]

1a. Robert Culp 1b. Patrick McGoohan

[@keithjones7390]

Robert Culp is definitely your man! Appeared in Columbo four times l think, although not always the 'baddie' he played the father of a student murderer in Columbo Goes to College.

[@zsoltpeter2858]

@@keithjones7390 aure. And he was the worse person in movie

[@thehawkeyeguy567]

Milton just hanging out on the couch with his camera😂

[@MrBraxtonP]

Milton never lacking.

[@julieball1167]

A real classic tv series which I’m pleased to say have the full boxed set, never tire or lose interest in them , love columbo

[@joeybonin7691]

To be validated and busted in the same moment, beautifully played by Culp. What a great show.

[@quantumaquarius]

Columbo....greatest detective who ever lived! I love watching Columbo!

[@Warriorking.1963]

I don't watch detective shows normally, but Columbo is the exception. Every Sunday (in the UK) we have Columbo showing most of the day, and I'm glued to the screen from beginning to end.

[@mikeblast7507]

I thought it was detective Lucerne??

[@FrankBlissett]

The first minute of this clip shows you can do as much with clever blocking & good camera work as you can with twice the budget worth of props, sets & extras.

[@xerxese191]

I LOVE the line, " I'm not searching, I'm looking! " 🤪

[@onemorething123]

The end was a great 'gotcha', but my favorite scene was on the golf course!

[@jamesbonato2836]

Dr. Kepler?! Dr. Kepple?!?! Hysterical.

[@judyproffitt5708]

Amen!! Falk was an excellent golfer, obviously, but his dialogue with the “pro” was “I could never learn this game”! That dumbfounded look on the pro’s face was hilarious! 😄

[@em23]

The photographer at 5:42 was the student questioning gene wilder in "young Frankenstein"

[@FishKepr]

I think you mean 0:58

[@jolenewitzel7919]

Am binge watching Columbo now. ❤

[@TheLightFish]

I'm old enough to remember when people were freaking out about supposed subliminal messages lol

[@marioreds7826]

In the 90ies it was still believed, at least by some, that it could be a thing, despite it having been disproven.

[@phillipbrown2318]

Stephen j Cannell wrote this Classic Episode He was a MASTER of crime television.

[@bjbell52]

And when he came out with the Greatest American Hero, he once again turned to Culp who was great in the role of FBI agent Maxwell.

[@phillipbrown2318]

@bjbell52 Absolutely he loved working with him so much that he couldn't wait to write a show for him.

[@ModernElectricRecordings-bl6bs]

The GREAT Robert Culp.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Robert Culp played a cold blooded killer, the Lieutenant was able to beat him at his own game!!! 👍👍🙂

[@cipriansofineti346]

”Im not searching, Im looking ” hahahahahaha

[@blandinepiegay2035]

Peter Falk was really the best ! ❤❤❤

[@paulwalker1793]

Columbo can't get any better

[@billcook4768]

Columbo should have followed the Law and Order format. The first half is Columbo catching the bad guy. The second half is the case being thrown out in court and the bad guy walking free.

[@mikeblast7507]

100%. Great comment. I enjoy the show, but you have to suspend common sense and logic to do so.

[@trs80model14]

Part I Columbo catches the murderer. Part II Matlock defends them in court…

[@gregrambo606]

The difference between today and back then in the 70's: the writing. This one was written by Stephen J. Cannell, co -creator of The Rockford Files, creator of Baretta, The A-Team, etc.

[@matteoromenghi]

Great episode! Robert Culp, great villain too.

[@13muller9]

Columbo's calling: "Officer" is equivalent of Mcgarrett saying: "Book 'em, Danno" in Hawaii 5-O!!!

[@patrickjohnson5658]

With a name like Robert Culp he has to be Culp(able) of something in Columbo episodes he appears in. Why didn't he get rid of the calibration converter from the lamp when the police had finished their investigation his place? Suppose he did try to get rid of it, the screenwriters would have Columbo appear suddenly behind him, just like he did when Abagail Mitchel in "Try And Catch Me", tried to dispose of her nephew Edmund's car keys in the ocean.

[@yaboydolphin]

I still lose sleep thinking about this

[@tobyfitzpatrick3914]

He always ends up the Culp(rit)

[@wp8761]

When columbo knocks at the door you know the games up.

[@scottgreenwood9678]

If you're thinking of committing homicide in Los Angeles and after killing someone, if Lieutenant Colombo is the investigating officer, be quicker for everyone if you confessed straight off. Saves police time and you may get a reduced sentence. No matter how great a homicidal genius you may think you are, then you hear the infamous "Gotcha". Terrific character. Overall, terrific t.v. There may be in time different Columbos', but only one Peter Falk

[@Cheezwizzz]

I love that ending combined with the creepy piano tune

[@MrAitraining]

The great (dry) Richard Stahl in the first scene. Odd Couple Legend!

[@GreatDataVideos]

*"I'm not searching, I'm looking."*

[@pauldavies5611]

Like Connery for Bond, or David Jansen for The Fugitive, Peter Falk was born to be Columbo.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

Don't forget Jack Webb as Joe Friday.

[@keithjones7390]

Or George Cole as Arthur Daley

[@gregrambo606]

And the strange thing is, Bing Crosby was the original choice to play Columbo but he turned it down because he felt he was a little too old for the role.

[@pauldavies5611]

@@gregrambo606 He would have been in his late sixties for the first episode.

[@passqualecaiazza7728]

Love the show. Own every uncut episode on DVD

[@scvandy3129]

"passqualecalazza7728," Brilliant; absolutely brilliant. That way one NEVER have to suffer through the mercilessly butchered episodes littering satellite and cable channels.

[@jameshall8455]

Rest in Peace Peter Falk. You were the greatest!!! Wonderful actor.

[@XBadger1]

Those boys down in the lab. Gotta love them

[@majestigs]

I think this is one of the few weaker endings of the Columbo series. Columbos idea is a nice spin, but it is completely unrealistic that the very smart murderer has not gotten rid of the converter by then. He had enough time since the murder and the converter at the crime scene is the only proof against him. This would have been the first thing to do after the police left the building.

[@garryiglesias4074]

"smart murderer" ? How did you get that ?? At least if he was a "professional murderer" (aka a hitman), the guy is victim of "Dunning Kruger" (and also the "Nobel Disease") -> he knows NOTHING about murder and investigation, he's a TOTAL noob. But because he's "smart" in his domain of work, he thinks that he's smart "everywhere", total BS... As Columbo said (at least) once: "That's my specialty you know: homicides"... And it's almost all Columbo scenarios: the pro here is Columbo, the expert is Columbo, and the villains are just egotic, presumptuous, self-called "geniuses", who are just total noobs, no experience, and think they can win.

[@Spanner249]

The 60s and 70s embraced a lot of fantastical pseudoscience

[@Genevieve1023]

​@@Spanner249 Was it pseudoscience? Are we sure it wasn't the best information they had at the time?

[@beavis4play]

i guess you don't pay attention to REAL-LIFE murderers and all of the dumb things they do that allow them to get caught.

[@rud5101]

@@beavis4play Yeah but then I don't feel so impressed by Columbo if he's just picking up the evidence that the villains leave lying all around.

[@poetcomic1]

Robert Culp was one of my favorite of Columbo's bad guys.

[@mattfoley6082]

PLEASE post the golf scene. I'm begging you here.

[@nickcrafa3713]

that scene is sooo good

[@mattfoley6082]

@@nickcrafa3713 I keep asking and getting ignored.

[@keithjones7390]

Great scene, another good one is Columbo being mistaken for a down and out by a nun played by Joyce Van Patten in Negative Reaction.

[@geoycs]

I always thought that guy should have looked happy when Columbo told him to go home for dinner!

[@CatzlovichCatnipAndCabbages]

I've only seen Columbo seasons 1-4 (haven't finished season 4 yet) and so far this is the most fantastical and unlikely case finish I have seen. Realistically what are the chances that this would even work?

[@l337pwnage]

lol, that's definitely one of the sillier ones.

[@kimmccabe1422]

Gosh if all we get are 4 min. clips available, I'll take it!😊

[@davidsmith5523]

Very. Illuminating.

[@jimwile9313]

My brothers and I were shouting at the screen to look for a convertor! My uncle had two .45 pistols with matching convertors to save on practice shots. The difference in cost was about two dollars a shot in the sixties. (He said that was the difference, it was all free to us kids.)

[@FarFromZero]

If his suspects always would have told him "I do not talk to the police" and would have refused to interact with him in any way - Columbo would have been one of the the most unsuccessful detectives ever ;)

[@mat7083]

Better Call Saul

[@garthornspike3648]

Milt the photographer played a murderer in an episode of Hawaii Five-0.

[@kkarx]

The best Culombo baddie.

[@bluerev]

Aside from the obvious improbability of the criminal failing to get rid of the converter in such a long time and the subliminal message technique conveniently working to such perfection after just one attempt, one other funny thing that just struck me is, Columbo could've easily looked into the lamp and found the converter while he was taking the pictures. 😂

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

"...and no one will ever know."

[@thomasmulhall4873]

Poor Robert Culp: 0-3 vs Columbo

[@scvandy3129]

"thomasmulhall4873," = viewers 3 - 0. [spelled out: equates to 3 gems; zero dogs for the audience. And aren't we lucky?!]

[@Kent933]

2:57 why does he look like Jeb Bush

[@Bazookatone1]

I've been watching a load of these Colombo shorts in the last few days and they are great, but one thing stands out in SO many. Why do the murderers keep the gun (or in this case, the barrel converter)? They try to create an elaborate scenario to place it on someone else and frame them, but all you need to do is throw it away! All you have to do is ensure there isn't ENOUGH evidence to press charges, not make it certain that you are innocent.

[@orionstar7015]

Psycho expression at the end...brrrr

[@vesubioromo9425]

Crumpled raincoat, trash suit, old flat shoes, cheap cigars, and no gun. Somebody conceived the world's most unlikely sleuth and after a gazillion previous projects, Peter Falk found the one he was made for.

[@mhmrules]

That was absolutely genius!

[@jamestiscareno4387]

The photographer was played by Bud Cort. " Harold " in Harold And Maude.

[@user-ne8mf7yn9i]

😂 this Story is a master Work !

[@DJMattB241]

"brb just gotta walk over to my tardis console over here..."

[@emptybus]

Always bothered me he must have had ample time to get rid of that converter.

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

Absolutely right!

[@urszulajaskierska3111]

Takie aktorstwo jak "columbo"pamieta się do końca życia,fenomenalna gra detektywa,oraz TALENT NIESAMOWITY,skąd oni go wytrzasnęli, to nie mam pojęcia, oglądałam dawniej jako nastolatka, a dzisiaj lecą na powtórkę w telewizji,i dalej ma oglądalność niesamowitą😂 👆👍👍👍

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

Robert Culp is the spitting image of British businessman Peter Jones ( of Dragons Den fane)

[@graemecatty9921]

One of a kind indeed.

[@AdrianaLaCerva126]

Best show ever,air.

[@paulcadman3562]

Brilliant 👏

[@scvandy3129]

Peter Falk is turning over in his grave with the Peacock "Columbo" channel hustling the abominable "Mrs. Columbo," a notorious misfire, on the last few seconds of these brilliant "Columbo" episode closers.

[@katarinamills8530]

I'm Not searching,I am looking 😂😂😂

[@Tommi265]

5:13 the face is ready for Asylum 😝.

[@tehf00n]

Jokes on him, Im too stoned to see subliminal cuts.

[@SpencerWilliamsIV]

I never see those spliced in images when I watch the film footage.

[@mkassis713]

Double Exposure - Very good !!!

[@supersasquatch]

​@@user-cj9cx7rt8mgood explanation and I felt that it wasn't well implied that he was able to have it sliced into the video

[@FuturesGamer8294]

Gotcha dude, man what way to get caught, with the object in your hand, check mate , Thx my guy

[@kelli217]

Culp just goes completely deranged there at the end, doesn't he?

[@djhutchison]

Can someone explain how this weapon was missed in a search? Even without the converter, surely the police would have noticed the gun had the wrong caliber ammunition.

[@alexreid-wh9gq]

The ballistics report would have showed that the bullet would have no rifling marks. Therefore it passed down through a smooth barrel, suggesting a sub-calibre device.

[@johnsmith23ist]

The sun caliber might have a barrel mark

[@alexreid-wh9gq]

Doubt it. The ones I've seen & used are just smooth tubes. no rifling on the inside.@@johnsmith23ist

[@joefaccio7580]

The best line was when he was at the golf course and columbo said another bad one ehh doc

[@keithjones7390]

Brilliant!

[@badbiker666]

Columbo could never stake out a suspect. His car was too unique looking. I can't believe that guy pulled out of that driveway and didn't notice him sitting there. The problem with a caliber converter, such as shown in the clip, is not the barrel, it's the magazine. Yes, you can convert a 45 ACP to fire a .22 round. But you can only get off ONE shot. A second bullet will not be automatically chambered because the cartridges won't fit the magazine. I haven't seen the rest of this episode (or at least not since it was originally on the air), so I don't know if the victim was shot more than once. But if he was killed by a single bullet, this is possible. On second thought, it might NOT be possible after all. A 45 weapon ignites the primer in the cartridge when the firing pin strikes it in the center. The 22 cartridge, however, is a rimfire type bullet. The firing pin of a 22 weapon strikes the cartridge on the edge, like the name says. I'm not certain you can fire a 22 with a 45 even WITH a caliber converter. Almost any other cartridge will work, but not a 22. If anyone knows otherwise, feel free to enlighten me.

[@mrkeogh]

Next week: Columbo gets murdered by that detectives wife after keeping him late yet again working on a dead-end case...

[@l.a.7393]

And this is where I learned about subliminal messages from. It was a very educational episode. :- )

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Columbo should have caught Chucky he would have known that it was a doll that did the murder

[@anthonycrossley2426]

Me wonders how Columbo would fare in Court ?. Suspects can be charged, but things could change when the Case gets to Court...

[@ahapka]

This would be one of the worst in court of his solves, in my opinion.

[@akfortyfive4574]

Im not Searching Im looking 😎

[@drxym]

Columbo murder life hacks - Does the one of the people I'm talking to look like Robert Culp, Patrick McGoohan, or Jack Cassidy? If so they did it.

[@FIREBRAND38]

The problem is I really liked the cat and mouse between Columbo and the killer, but that whole subliminal cuts nonsense has been debunked. In particular, the story that Columbo says that he read in Dr Kepple's (the killer), book that was based on the real life hoax by James Vicary.

[@jackbennett2269]

I didnt get it at first. He was shown subliminally the pictures of columbo searching so that he would go search? It was a bit confusing without first seeing the setup

[@ericstenzel6835]

There's the irascible Richard Stahl in the crime lab.

[@art.demirjian9721]

I wonder if this technique of "Supplementar Cut" really works in reality. I wish I had the possibility to try and see myself! Subconscious vision is faster and more sensitive than seeing through the eyes. 😊

[@SaviorGabriel]

To my understanding, I've heard there's no definitive proof this actually works in reality. Still makes for a great "gotcha" moment.

[@mlbrooks4066]

Subliminal cuts. They were a theory at the time this episode was made, that you could insert one frame of a picture of popcorn here and there in a film and get people at the theatre to get hungry for popcorn and thereby sell more popcorn, but subliminal cuts never really worked.

[@jaygustafson7934]

The guy who plays the crime s Dan photographer did the voice for brainy Smurf

[@4D4plus4is4D8]

2:08 - Is that not William Shatner doing the narration? To me it sounds exactly like him but I can't find any indication of it anywhere.

[@FCN933]

But what about solving the murder of that poor operator? Sort of an open end this episode.

[@hallowedbeyourdays]

I was going to bet that it was a pipe-gun. They're hilariously easy to make and conceal, even out of plastic.

[@kenle2]

Yes. Except they are sometimes prone to blowing up, or at least spraying gunshot residue all over the area when fired through. A caliber converter is machined out of quality steel to fit tightly in the barrel, so you don't really have to worry about the shot failing or leaving a lot of evidence

[@SirPaulMuaddib]

Now I know this technique has been used in advertising in the distant past.....I wonder if anybody uses it today?

[@communistkorok1501]

Columbo is cool

[@sadev101]

nice movie.. though subliminal cuts dont work.. its still a nice storyline

[@missionrd100]

And then a guy who looks just like Robert Culp appears in another episode as the murderer and Columbo doesn't notice the resemblance😅.