Columbo In 10 Minutes | Season 1 Dead Weight

Season 1 'Dead Weight' - A war hero shoots and kills his business partner; an easily manipulated young divorcée is the only witness.
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[@JamesBuggemo]

That woman has the best eyesight in the history of cinema.

[@melciadsouza8538]

Lol

[@melciadsouza8538]

Yes, lol

[@melciadsouza8538]

Hahahaha

[@thapthoptheep2076]

Prettiest eyes in the history of cinema, more like.

[@Lewis9709]

@@thapthoptheep2076 No that would be Meg Foster. Although Suzanne also had beautiful peepers

[@billyjean2960]

The only episode in all of them where we get the Columbo's first name!! In the scene where he meets the general at the door, he flashes his ID badge. Zoom in close!!! Frank Columbo!!

[@lamarporter9976]

really

[@bryantcurtis2665]

His first name is Lieutenant

[@mitchjust6688]

@@bryantcurtis2665 hahahaha

[@AJdet-2]

Francisco Colombo ... Oh Mamma Mia

[@arthurjeremypearson]

"Let me be Frank"

[@kev3d]

The only thing that bugs me about this episode is that there is NO CHANCE a person in the daylight (even slightly overcast) could see into a comparatively dark home, from dozens, if not a hundred or more yards away, on a rocking boat, and make out a shooting, much less any distinguishing features of the shooter. Maybe a muzzle flash and that's it, but with no sound detected would anyone infer it was a shot? Or merely a tricky reflection on the house window?

[@nevientadross8129]

The light inside the room was the same as outside. Yes she could see in. The patio furniture was fully visible and it was natural glass doors with no solar tinting. What’s amazing is when the general takes her out on his yacht a full sun day to convince her that she made a mistake.

[@Sbannmarie]

yep

[@mahatmagandhi7588]

and why would a guy shoot somebody right in front of his huge window?

[@kev3d]

@@nevientadross8129 "The light inside the room was the same as outside. " When is that ever the case? Ever notice you need sunglasses outside but you don't indoors but you can read a newspaper in both environments? People can see quite well from inside a darker area looking into a bright area, but not the other way around. That's why you can easily see outside a parking structure, but looking into one from outside during the day it appears quite dark.

[@caliden3785]

Eddie Albert was such a good actor and it was not the norm to see him in a sinister role. he was such a diverse actor and lived to be 99.and not to mention Suzanne Pleshette,she was on the original bob Newhart in the 70s.

[@pearlshifer1776]

Have you seen him in Capt. Newman MD? Amazing.

[@artytoons]

Eddie Albert played the sinister prison warden in The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds. Another good bad guy role.

[@289cobra9]

@@artytoons Eddie was great in the longest yard!

[@mrs.columbo1803]

Susanne Pleshette didn’t have nice things to say about Peter falk so I don’t like her lol

[@double-you5130]

you just invented a new way to watch movies : )

[@poetcomic1]

Suzanne Pleshette as an adorable goof! Nobody does it better.

[@glowiever]

truely like a doll

[@androidanglerandroid5619]

Always false politeness of the murderers at the beginning of each episode. As things progress they get irritated and angry

[@mediasawdust2458]

Suzanne Pleshette sure was beautiful.

[@koen8185]

Loved her in The Birds , way cuter than Tippi Hedren , but Hitchcock was addicted to very blonde blondes , so no chance of survival for Suzanne

[@walkerpercy8702]

Eh, not really

[@siddharthsen7035]

@@koen8185 alfred used to physically abuse and threaten tippi because she didn't sleep with him, so Suzanne dodged a bullet

[@stevenrichardsonsr932]

The poster pinup of her time.

[@severinefisteberg8893]

Yes ,she was!!Incredibly beautuful as a brunette as i used to be in m'y twenties and thirties..gorgeous with eyes so blue..I. thought she was from italian ancestors ..but her ancestors are Russian..

[@michellegulden1052]

"Locking myself in a closet." She needs counseling, why would she go out with someone whom she believes shot someone?

[@paradisehotel5005]

Money and fame!. It has made many women forgetful.

[@LetsChat]

1. Because men wrote the script.

[@mazeppa1231]

Gaslighting 101. The general gaslighted and manipulated her to sow self-doubt and make her question her reality when it was in fact the truth. And getting her to fall head-over-heels to him was the icing on the cake. She didn't need counseling, she just needed to snap back to reality and get out of that relationship the moment she knows what he's doing to her. This episode was pretty much a manual on how to identify gaslighting and emotional abuse.

[@KMM496]

@@LetsChatthat’s it right there fr

[@sgtearache5303]

this clip skips the best part of Columbo's interview with the eye witness...the moment when he suggests maybe she'd "had a few" that afternoon. The look on his face is hilarious! Falk was a master...

[@artytoons]

7:52 The great Timothy Carey as Bert. Providing Columbo the clue to nail Eddie Albert.

[@robertawilson549]

Eddie Albert was very smooth in this episode..from his Iron Horseman yacht, to the tony restaurant he took her to.

[@bettygudenschwager3992]

It nv4 ..

[@orbisrex]

Great episode and interesting setup.

[@paradisehotel5005]

Eddie Albert was the star performer in this episode. Eddie almost made it to 100.

[@pR1mal.]

The intro music to this episode was brilliant.

[@thomasshort1784]

@pR1mal I've recently been watching these 1st season episodes (from 1971) and really like the jazz themes being used (especially this episode), which I think were orchestrated by Henry Mancini (according to the credits). Very classy!

[@Alfred988]

Great Job thank you

[@suegroh6696]

Will be awesome once we can get full episode

[@CoopyKat]

This is one of my favorite episodes!

[@master-kq3nw]

this was great episode one of the best, my top 5 columbo episodes any old port in storm dead weight, negative reaction, exercise in fatality,candidate for crime

[@GamelanSinarSurya]

Thank you for sharing all these glimpses of our favorite detective Lt. Colombo. The setting for this episode with Eddie Albert looks like my hometown Newport Beach, perhaps Lido or Harbor Island.

[@FriendofRamblinJack]

GamelanSinarSurya It kinda looks like Newport Harbor, but it's a little too large to be NH. Maybe Marina del Rey for the wide open ocean shots and Lido or HB (hometown) Harbour where it shows 2-story 1969-1970s-style homes on water? Great, now I'm homesick...lol

[@MrDavey2010]

Eddie Albert was totally believable as a General.

[@cottagechskitty]

He had that authority thing down pat. He didn't do evil people often, but he did them well

[@michaelrotman8523]

He was at the Battle of Tarawa, and rescued marines

[@nolanboles8492]

He always seemed like such a nice person, a la "Green Acres," or even "Race to Witch Mountain" where his character was grizzled but likeable, that whenever I see him playing someone truly bad like this one it comes as a surprise.

[@walkerpercy8702]

He acts like that in anything he's in.

[@billcook4768]

To me, he’ll always be the guy battling (and losing) to Arnold Ziffel.

[@TheSuzberry]

This is likely to be the episode where Faulk didn’t show up for most of the shoot and many shots were done with a stand in. Pleshette had another commitment and had to complete her part of the shoot within a limited time.

[@rosalindayoung7269]

Suzanne Berry is that why it's so chopped up

[@Romulan2469]

True, this is the episode but what confuses me is that Peter is in the most crucial scenes and I can hardly tell where the double for Falk is.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

I remember is the early 90s Eddie did a PSA about planting tree's and it aired for a few years.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

7:56 this guy was in "The Killing" and "East of Eden", He was Joe. Both movies his voice was dubbed over.

[@michaelkocis3]

YES that was great, so dam smooth

[@karaokelola]

She started with something in her head and at the end, it was gone...

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Eddie was almost 70 and he had a lot of good years left.

[@judy-9999]

RADIUM CLOCK 🥰😇 YES, it’s really amazing when you we (now) know that he lived ANOTHER nearly 30years AFTER this movie!! 👍❤️😎✅

[@jamesrivera4947]

Albert was nearly 31 years older than Pleshette 😜

[@thomasshort1784]

@@jamesrivera4947 I'm sure age-gap relationships happen more in real life than we think!

[@Rabascan]

May I just add that this General, who seems rather invested in firearms, carries a weapon with THE FINGER IN THE TRIGGER GUARD ASGASDGAF

[@289cobra9]

Columbo arrested Oliver Douglas.

[@bryantcurtis2665]

His first name is Lieutenant

[@Dabhach1]

Am I the only one who thinks Peter Falk's hair was always impossibly well groomed for such a shabby character?

[@paradisehotel5005]

Bomb proof style.

[@jackgeraghty7531]

*Mrs Columbo* To my late, great husband's fandom: thank you. Through the years, I've enjoyed reading your tributes; some make me cry, many make me laugh, all bring me joy. I fondly referred to your Lt Columbo as "Loo" and "F (Frank & Falk)." The time has come that I can disclose this fact: I was the mastermind behind solving each case. That was our pillow talk. Loo was the public face; I was the wo-man behind the man. As much as each of you may be intimately familiar with F's body of work, I embody it. Thank you for allowing me to join your elite, Columbo clan. I remain F's treasure chest of memories, and will answer your Qs to the best of my ability. Yours, Mrs C (ps: This is my social media debut. For you - and you only - do I delicately venture into the online meet/meat market. Be gentle.)

[@dukewindsorfineartstudio4789]

A Navy War hero: During the Battle of Tarawa, Albert earned a Bronze Star with Combat "V". He fought in the first wave of combat that lasted for three days. After most of the shooting was over, he was sent back to the site of the battle to salvage any equipment he could find. Because of coral reefs in the area, Marines weren't able to land directly on the beach and had to get off their boats 500 yards from shore. Enemy combatants started picking them off, and soon the waters were filled with over 100 wounded and many more dead. Albert disregarded his mission to grab equipment and began pulling marines to safety. He took 47 in total, and oversaw the rescue of 30 more.

[@user-im4rg3zd1o]

Hello Peter Falk I All is well I miss you

[@jorgecallico9177]

Columbo co-creater Bill Link considered Falk to be such a perfect fir for the role that he would tell other writers on his staff, "Peter IS Columbo". And I agree in a way he got into the part so well! Plus in the Yiddish language he was a "mensch".

[@jamesmoore5630]

Interesting Facts!!! "Eddie Albert"(Green Acres), started as a boy trapeeze artist and moved to "Vaudeville," then during WWII he was a spy for the United States Government. He spoke three languages and worked in Germany in WWII, along side German soldiers. Later, after serving in South America, he returned to Hollywood and did the series Green Acres. The show lasted for 6 seasons. Albert retained his clearance until his death in 2005. Albert, was also in movies, other T.V. shows, Radio ect. (He was an actor that kept going on spy assignments!!!) His albums are on Spotify!!! Play: "Green Acres!!!"

[@AJdet-2]

I knew I saw the chef someplace before... Paths of Glory.. He was one of the three men executed in that movie by Stanley Kubrick with Kirk Douglas.. What a great great great movie that was

[@jamestiscareno4387]

The forever lovely Suzanne Pleshette ( "" The Sidewinder ?! "" )

[@bevfromnc6607]

In real life, the police would be swarming that house. Columbo as the investigator would have come later.

[@rawbacon]

I've always enjoyed Eddie Albert........It's strange after living such a long life, 99 y/o his Son Edward Jr. died about a year later at 55 y/o......Seemingly all his relatives are gone except a Granddaughter unless she has kids............His Wife and adopted Daughter died long ago and even his Daughter in Law is dead.

[@deborahmitchell6532]

Suzanne P. did see the man in the robe shoot the man in the uniform. 👍you go Colombo, the best detective. 💖💖💖🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@severinefisteberg8893]

Yes she did!! Im watching the épisode right now in France and im sure she saw him shoot the man in uniform .. Hes just a manipulative man and i dont feel him..something bothers me in his attitude.Hope Columbo Will make him admit ..

[@rosalindayoung7269]

Columbo..u are the man! Chopped up episode though..hate it

[@Maxfr8]

Oh, just one more thing, ya' bastard...

[@ivanppillay914]

THOSE "GAPING HOLES" I often read comments about the so-called "gaping holes" in the plot lines of Columbo episodes. With respect to these leagle-eyed critics, this is my response: I care not about these multiple and "gaping plot holes", cited with such regularity. I care not, not one single iota. As relevant as these loose ends may be, the truth of the matter is that they are a distraction from the pure aesthetic quality of the work. Fine art, in all its dimensions, requires moments of SUSPENDED DISBELIEF in order to be truly appreciated. And "Columbo", in all its glory, represents supeme fine art in the genre of television detective fiction. For me it's the sheer delight, among other elements, of watching Columbo in action: his peerless genius, his eccentric and idiosyncratic mannersms (more often than not a clever ruse in the art of distraction), his subtle sense of humour, his unmistakable humility and modesty (delicately balanced with his razor-sharp acumen and powers of observation), his calculated cat-and-mouse routine before delivering the kiler blow and so much more, infinitely ...

[@gpan62]

Susanne Pleshette never forgave Peter Falk for delaying production over a promise to let Falk direct this episode. Eddie Albert backed her up. Albert was an actual naval WWII hero, saving numerous marines while putting himself in danger. I still like Peter Falk.

[@captng]

Hogwash....

[@bornyesterday21]

"Send 20 pickers to the Ofer Place"

[@successfulexcellent1646]

Suzanne would have been better off without her mother, because she was living with an enemy.

[@mizofan]

Suzanne Pleshette, in The Birds

[@josemeda4592]

I just knew I had seen her somewhere else.

[@successfulexcellent1646]

Did Mr. Barns "REALLY" have the legal right to give Eddie the address of Mrs. Steward ? 🤔

[@Beldamsansmerci]

gaslighting: the episode

[@dinky19810]

A female favorite trait.

[@judy-9999]

👍❤️Thank you. It’s so hard to find a place to watch these episodes, 😎 right.

[@beckylawler2768]

@@judy-9999 You can watch every episode in every season on Amazon Prime.

[@siddharthsen7035]

Great acting by Eddie Albert. You can feel the evil.

[@paradisehotel5005]

Suave evil!

[@thomasshort1784]

He also showed a dark side playing the warden in the original "The Longest Yard" and as a corrupt sheriff (with a hint of narcissism thrown in) in the pilot episode of "The Fall Guy".

[@axxellein]

TRES Cool 70s Shag!

[@alexforce9]

"From all the men in the world, I always seems to pick Mr. Wrong.". Well, he is 30 years older than you and you SAW HIM MURDER SOMEBODY!!

[@thapthoptheep2076]

She was adorable in this episode.

[@seeit2believeit725]

watching right now😃 4/4/21

[@raminybhatti5740]

I saw this episode last week. It was okay.

[@travismcdonald6576]

Peter Falk was a having a contract dispute when this episode was shot. Supposedly he was difficult to work with when this was shot.

[@MrBeen992]

Columbo scored that night

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

@00.00 George V1

[@erikramaekers63]

Eddie Albert(a very nice man)didn't like Peter Falk.But Falk had a big row with the producers when day were shooting this episode.Don't judge a person because of one incident during shooting.

[@marilynwillett804]

WOULD have been nice if for once Suzanne Pleshette changed her hair style.

[@annmacleod1099]

Break ? Mrs Stewart I'm not going to break just as you fucking say .

[@gregorystafford1562]

'Mrs Melville' Books by the Look'?.

[@AndrewMOJObook]

He is aggressively tampering with the witness.

[@miaouew]

It's really funny how this girl who was supposed to be early 20's at most is dating a 65+ year old man and nobody bats an eye...TV sure was different back then.

[@tommym321]

See, I thought she was supposed to be mid 30s and very “motivated” to get married.

[@westlock]

Peter Falk was pressuring the studio to let him direct an episode, so he essentially went on strike. Most of Columbo's interactions with other characters were filmed using a stand-in. When Falk finally arrived so that they could finish filming, Eddie Albert flatly told him that he was being an unprofessional asshole. Falk directed an episode soon after (Blueprint for Murder) which turned out to be mediocre. After that, he never again tried to direct.

[@jerryvan-hees7130]

I read about this in a Suzanne pleshette interview a couple of weeks ago on KZbin. I'm assuming that's where you heard and read about it also, since you just posted your response 12 hours ago.

[@westlock]

@@jerryvan-hees7130 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWrUm6FnbdSbiJI

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

I love his directed episode, it's very good except you don't actually see the crime being committed. I just noticed the stand-in thing when watching the episode again today for the 100th time or whatever, yet only noticed it now so they actually got away with it for the longest time people didn't know.

[@comfyfern8363]

Blueprint for Murder always stood out as a well-directed and well-written episode to me.

[@nanajanamike]

Which explains why Eddie Albert never got a 2nd chance to be a "guest murderer" again which at the time I thought he should've..He gave a great performance in this one.

[@MrLuffy9131]

It's like if she saw something specific and she didn't even know a general lived in that house and she saw someone in a military uniform getting shot and the rich guy comes over from the house to hers to gaslight and bribe, yeah i would definitely be suspicious of his intentions lol and technically he had guns everywhere lol

[@josephineclay235]

Save pipa and pepper saved

[@neverbreakcheckasemi7658]

That was Eddie Alberts boat- he was known as a great Boatsman

[@Zeusdattilo]

@A Patron of the Arts The yacht is actually a Baglietto "Ischia" named after the island not far from Naples. Baglietto shipyard in Italy made this fine 15 yards yacht during the 60's 'til the early '70's I think and some units were sold in USA. Eddie Albert who had good taste bought one of them. I'm from Naples and my family had a holiday house in Ischia from many years. Ischia, known as the "green island", is really a wonderful place that I love very much.

[@RomeoKGT]

Where did he hide the body ?

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Behind a secret door.

[@virnamisra1657]

CAPTAIN @14 @25 Colombo meets is not to be named under 10 scheme but 1425

[@evanelston9525]

Green Acres

[@rickrick5041]

This whole Columbus show is only 10 minutes long. These 50s shows were too short and in black and white. TV was new and the TV sets were too small to hold a longer show.

[@terracottapie]

9:46 Uh... did there really need a swastika in the set-dressing for this exhibit?

[@tilesetter1953]

Does anyone know Columbo's first name? Maybe he doesn't have a first name.....

[@deborahscattone4824]

Frank

[@Autopsy6]

I knew who the killer was in 15 minutes, but it took Columbo an hour and a half to figure it out!

[@terracottapie]

This is another great episode, but also dated, with how it treats women. The mother is a typical 70s TV bitter shrew, and Suzanne Pleshette is so insecure and wants a man with money so bad that she will lie for him and recant her witness testimony

[@slospop1125]

I see it as an episode about Gaslighting. The mother didn't believe her and believed Suzanne was responsible for her divorce because her husband cheated on her. So being exposed to someone like that for your entire life would make her doubt herself, making it easy for a certain murder to make her second guess herself. Everyone even the police officer making her think she's crazy, for no good reason, she even says nice things about her ex husband as the episode goes on. The only one who took her seriously was Columbo.

[@terracottapie]

@@slospop1125 I agree with everything you wrote, but still, she is only susceptible to such manipulation because she is a weak-willed character desperate to please a much, much older, prominent man and rein him in as a husband (which the episode takes great pains to make clear to us).

[@bevfromnc6607]

Oh please. That still goes on today. It's just human nature.

[@terracottapie]

@@bevfromnc6607 It's not human nature, it's societal engineering. Of course it still goes on today, but the episode makes it out to be reasonable and normal, whereas today it would be looked at more negatively, as it should.

[@jerryvan-hees7130]

The problem with this episode. How in the hell can you see inside a house from the outside in daylight. Far fetched

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

So many of the Columbo stories are far-fetched, that's part of the charm these aren't realistic cop dramas per se but made to just entertain all ages and so they do again and again...

[@24magiccarrot]

@curtis Bryant Also the guy says that he was in uniform and in a robe and that must have been what she seen. She looked at the window for about 30 seconds, it takes longer than that to get in and out of a uniform.

[@AJdet-2]

A marine would never call a sidearm a gun... Never.. They need a new military advisor for their episodes..

[@virnamisra1657]

A few of the women here are Ushvi rna 2339

[@user-bp7yj4wt3b]

Sometimes I find Colombo irritating