the silent agreement between the two of them is so great. "it's not going to take much to break your story" "It may take a few months"
@thunberbolttwo3953 Жыл бұрын
Yes yes it might.
@michaelhuck8 ай бұрын
Columbo does it more for him than for her. That look of Columbo when John Payne kisses Janet Leigh...
@bluesque96876 ай бұрын
What does it mean?
@kat49185 ай бұрын
@@bluesque9687 She has a degenerative brain disease and doesn't have long to live. Doesn't even remember killing her husband. The men are agreeing to wait until she passes before "accusing" her of murder.
@KiraQueen535 ай бұрын
@@bluesque9687if your referring to what they mean by the last piece of dialogue between Ned and Columbo, it’s basically that it’s not going to be hard to discredit Ned’s confession to murder, but it will take a bit to do that, and in the meantime grace will die not knowing what is happening.
@IndyCrewInNYC2 жыл бұрын
One of the best endings ever. Another glimpse into Columbo's humanity and how he isn't rigidly by the book. John Payne stole the show however in these last moments and Janet Leigh...simply sublime. 💔
@LordZontar2 жыл бұрын
And you could see that the moment of Ned's false confession had already evaporated from Grace's memory as she loses herself in the movie and the happy time from long ago when she was before the cameras. She would never have stood trial, of course. But she won't be destroyed. Ned and Columbo will protect her until the end.
@sailingstpommedeterre4905 Жыл бұрын
That moment was the saddest part of this episode...in a few minutes she had no memory of Ned's "confession".
@AZURNERUB10 ай бұрын
Except that she didn't forget a single thing throughout the episode, apart from a few names. Not to mention she was capable of remembering a very elaborate murder plot without an issue. So her memory is only wonky when it comes to remebering her own crime post factum and a certain lieutenant's name. A very selective memory loss indeed. Sorry, this last minute addition of a brain aneurism doesn't make any sense. And the husband didn't bother to tell his wife that she has a lethal brain condition, didn't provide her with special care etc. His concern for her only went as far as denying her money to restart her career.
@LordZontar10 ай бұрын
@@AZURNERUB Except memory loss doesn't work the way you seem to think it does. The patient might be fine up to a point, and even then gaps and short-term recall start to manifest, then a point is reached when the person mentally crashes. And it doesn't happen the same way to every person. As for the husband, we can only speculate on his motivations and what he thought was possible or appropriate. He may not have cared beyond the money aspect, or he may have intended to gradually introduce caregivers into Grace's life. We cannot say.
@henrybatten33152 ай бұрын
@@AZURNERUB I know I'm responding a bit late, but if you pay attention throughout the episode she is constantly misplacing i.e forgetting where things are and showing other strange behaviour indicative of memory loss such as emotional outbursts. .
@msudlp2 жыл бұрын
Whoever the director was for this episode did a fantastic job. Notice how he used light and darkness throughout the scene. Most of the negative was done in the dark and positive done in the light. Genius. Adds to the emotional heft of the scene. This is definitely in my top three Columbo endings.
@LordZontar2 жыл бұрын
Harvey Hart.
@bunkydunk75002 жыл бұрын
I got chills from that!
@javiergilvidal1558 Жыл бұрын
Jewish emotional manipulation at its best ....
@РомаПетров-ж1н5 ай бұрын
Isn't that operator/videograph (or what's correct English term for this) work?
@thethairishsun2 ай бұрын
Yes, DoP (director of photography) @@РомаПетров-ж1н
@onemorething1232 жыл бұрын
Oh, the ending of this one! So heartbreaking. The way John Payne sat Janet Leigh down and told her to 'Just watch Rosie' before he left with Columbo really got to me. This was one of my favorite episodes.
@KillerBebe2 жыл бұрын
@Fippy Darkpaw most likely she did.
@paulamiles95592 жыл бұрын
" Just watch Rosie" and there is Janet Leigh, shiny- eyed and content, watching herself.😪
@isabellind1292 Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite Columbo episode. 💓
@paulaskeete1243 Жыл бұрын
@isabellind1292 Mine too.
@williamessex351811 ай бұрын
@@paulaskeete1243 Mine 3
@christopherkraft13272 жыл бұрын
Very sad ending, the Lieutenant brilliantly solves the case yet shows compassion for the ailing Grace Wheeler!! This was John Payne's last performance before he retired!!! On of my favorite episodes!!! 👍👍
@ronleight93412 жыл бұрын
Agreed A great swan song for Payne who had a nearly 40 year run in Hollywood!
@mikebasil48328 ай бұрын
A most delicately handled ending for a Columbo episode and my most fondest memory of Janet Leigh for making Grace so very sympathetic.
@Pelham_1232 жыл бұрын
One of those endings where it’s all class. The characters as well as the actors. I’ve read that this was John Payne’s final role. If you ask me, this is going out on top.
@ronleight93412 жыл бұрын
Indeed!!
@bobuncle87042 жыл бұрын
Quite possibly one of the best scenes ever. I cannot watch this without getting emotional, no matter how many times I see it.
@catnapgee535710 ай бұрын
me too
@noeleenburns28742 жыл бұрын
This has to be the best columbo ever written and directed and it was well written Janet Leigh played her part so so well
@hubertvancalenbergh90222 жыл бұрын
It's a different sort of ending, one full of compassion and regret. Columbo has the upper hand as usual, but in an unexpected way.
@РомаПетров-ж1н5 ай бұрын
I had no chance to see the episode; why have she done that in the first place?
@ladamyre12 жыл бұрын
My favorite ending of them all. Not just because Columbo does the humane thing, but because we get to see Janet in her prime, even if just a second of the beauty she was.
@swedishpsychopath8795 Жыл бұрын
And that's how a gentleman's agreement is made with unspoken words between the lines accompanied only by a glance and a nod to spare a woman who is already "gone" and soon WILL be gone from unnecessary torment.
@keithjones73902 жыл бұрын
Columbo showed his softer side in this episode, he solved another case, but used his discretion in not taking the matter further. Great acting as usual with another stellar cast.
@PaulSebastiani_SEN_BA2 жыл бұрын
Class and humbleness personified in the form of Columbo. Brilliant episode with a heartbreaking ending.
@LordZontar2 жыл бұрын
"It's not gonna take much to break your story." "Might take a couple of months." "Yes. Yes it might."
@marycatherinerzetelny9 ай бұрын
Sir, I agree 100%. 😇
@jozsefhor8 ай бұрын
you know you have made a classic when you elevate the crime story genre to this level
@Chopper6502 жыл бұрын
out of all the columbos... this for me left the most lasting impression... such compassion
@davidmarshall55962 жыл бұрын
This was quite possibly one of the best finale to a columbo episode..terrific acting all round...the script writing is sublime 👌
@zovalentine73052 жыл бұрын
Rest in powerful peace Peter Falk 🙏 16 September 1927 ~ 23 June 2011⚘
@blockmasterscott2 жыл бұрын
"It might take a couple of months". That really got to me, it really did.
@williamessex351811 ай бұрын
How could it not have? The writing and acting were brilliant. I consider myself very fortunate to have lived when there were tv shows like this and the music of the 60's, 70's, and into the 1980's. There's still some decent stuff these days, but the regression is obvious and unfortunate.
@Link3000XD2 жыл бұрын
its unfortunate that peter falk suffered the same fate
@Gabu_10 ай бұрын
Incredibly sad, even more so with the symbolism of Columbo leaving through the door as a mirror of Falk sits in the couch
@Earlywinters092 жыл бұрын
This and the ending to Any Old Port in a Storm are by far my favorite Columbo endings ever.
@HeronCoyote12342 жыл бұрын
The love that Ned had for Grace was heartbreaking. I’ve got to find the episode to watch again (too many years ago).
@LordZontar2 жыл бұрын
"This has gone on long enough. I killed Henry. I snuck into the bedroom that night, shot him, and then made good my escape by climbing down the balcony." "You don't know what you're saying! Why? Why would you do something like that? Why?" "For you, Grace. For you. I did it for you. Henry was preventing you from taking your rightful place as a star." "What will I do?" "Oh, you'll be alright. My Grace will be alright." "I can't do a thing without you. I... I'll wait. I'll take a long rest. That's what I should do, isn't it?" "Yes, that's exactly what you should do. Now, just sit here and watch Rosie. Just watch Rosie."
@HeronCoyote12342 жыл бұрын
@@LordZontar thank you, sir.
@Grissbane2 жыл бұрын
I honestly can't watch this episode. It's legitimately heartbreaking and leaves me in tears.
@bellaimages2 жыл бұрын
This is so brilliantly acted, directed and written! I'm left in tears at that ending. A favorite Columbo episode of mine.
@kevinyeti2 жыл бұрын
great acting great stars I have watched these shows again&again & never tire of them
@arthurjeremypearson Жыл бұрын
I watched it once this morning and I cried. I took a break, got ready for the day, came back, watched it again and I'm crying all over again oh god.
@cjrrun2 жыл бұрын
3 toughest endings, this one, Ruth Gordon, and Johnny Cash
@violetfem18082 жыл бұрын
Yes Ruth Gordon & Johnny Cash . . you actually wish Columbo let them off instead. I felt that way about Faye Dunnaway who took the fall for her daughter at the end.
@ronleight93412 жыл бұрын
The most bittersweet for me is Any Old Port in a Storm with Donald Pleasence. The scene of them in the car at the end is fantastic!
@violetfem18082 жыл бұрын
@@ronleight9341 Yes ! I felt terrible for him too. Nice one
@wbcjr171064 ай бұрын
@@ronleight9341 Sublime!
@HumphreyHorsehead4 ай бұрын
@@ronleight9341 the man just wanted to make good wine, his brother was a deadbeat playboy who just wanted more money he didnt even need.
@milart122 жыл бұрын
Unusual bit of casting here and maybe a reflection of the times. Peter Falk and Janet Leigh are the exact same age, yet Leigh is cast as an elderly woman who is suffering from some degenerative disease. Falk, however, is in his prime. Leigh is only 48 here, younger than Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez for example. Can you imagine casting one of them in this type of role now.
@mileshanley80525 ай бұрын
I understand your take, but I don't think they were sending the message that she was old or elderly. The message was that she was no longer a star. Earlier in the show, she lamented that it was largely due to her partner's fault that she fell out of the limelight. They were viewed as a team, and when he could no longer perform, it negatively impacted her career. He loved her, but he felt added pain because he blamed himself for her no longer being a star. And as for her disease, it is not an 'old person's' disease. Young and old can suffer from a degenerative disease like a brain aneurysm. The story line focused on her fall from stardom, but not her being an elderly former star.
@NHRebelsthoughts2 жыл бұрын
Columbo offer an amazing place to showcase iconic stars
@kurtb847416 күн бұрын
Both Janet and John Payne were looking good here. John Payne had his own share of successful movies and a TV series. He played Fred Gailey in "Miracle on 34th Street" in which he proved Kris Kringle was Santa Claus. He was in "Sun Valley Serenade" with Sonja Henie and he did a western series called "The Restless Gun." Excellent actor.
@tomcooper61082 жыл бұрын
Touching ending acted superbly by 3 great actors. Favorite Columbo episode.
@deantheodosiou2886 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps the best Columbo scene ever. Filled with compassion and humanity.
@HeronCoyote12342 жыл бұрын
I just watched the entire episode on TUBI (free, very short ads). This brought me to tears at the end. Just heartbreaking. I loved Peter Falk’s gushing at the movie stars.
@MustangMike0122 жыл бұрын
Columbo is rocking that tuxedo
@Kevlexicon4 ай бұрын
foreal
@crazyralph638618 күн бұрын
Such a well crafted and acted out scene. By far the best Columbo episode ever. Legendary.
@TheStuport2 жыл бұрын
Might be the only time where we would never hear...."Just One More Thing" as Columbo stands at the door before leaving.
@robapana8321 Жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the best endings of any bit of film ever.
@immaterialimmaterial51952 жыл бұрын
Top-notch casting, script and direction in this classy episode!
@mnsnerd2 жыл бұрын
This episode is probably my favorite one, and this scene is the only scene in the entire series that gets me to tear up. Amazing performances by Peter Falk (of course), John Payne and Janet Leigh.
@qualityman1965 Жыл бұрын
Janet Leigh. What a beautiful woman. That was touching.
@randallrona9618 Жыл бұрын
This episode to this day still tackled about the issue about mental health and its involvement of crime towards society. Yet Columbo shows his compassion towards the culprit/s even the latter has emotional, tragic and health problems both physically and mentally, on their lives proved why he is still one of the best detectives. R.I.P. to Peter Falk, John Payne and Janet Leigh. ♥️♥️♥️
@sysyviv78722 жыл бұрын
Wonderfull Janet Leigh 💟
@KillerBebe2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best endings I seen, to me it stands just slightly above the ending of Any Port in a Storm
@r0bw00d Жыл бұрын
This is the most heart breaking episode of _Columbo_ that I've ever watched.
@The_Umpteenth_Doctor2 жыл бұрын
Option 5: She puts on the film, it breaks, but she doesn't know it because she's fallen asleep in front of the TV (it's not actually a TV, but it's the same thing). Everybody does that. The mystery remains...
@SDSen2 жыл бұрын
columbo showing emotion there at 8:37, this was a touching ending
@stevenj9970 Жыл бұрын
The most heartbreaking episode. That’s unconditional love……rest in peace all who starred in it….
@yesterdayitrained2 жыл бұрын
A work of art… And Janet Leigh was still so incredibly beautiful.
@Akkordeondirigent Жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful actress! All actors in that series were great. High quality, not usual anymore.
@Adam1nToronto5 ай бұрын
9:16 Pure class. Worth printing, framing and mounting.
@Helena-iu8me2 жыл бұрын
The way I put my hand over my mouth when I saw this the first time 😮💨 great episode although one of the saddest imo
@preving2 жыл бұрын
Does anybody feel like watching the musical 'Walking My Baby Back Home' from 1953 after watching this episode? I did....
@avarysse57822 жыл бұрын
Actually it makes me want to see her in the original Psycho
@preving2 жыл бұрын
@@avarysse5782 good call!!
@rocketrockstar81712 жыл бұрын
She was beautiful in The Vikings also!
@stellertonybeller19722 жыл бұрын
i love her and Tony Curtis in Houdini (1953) ...
@tubey842 ай бұрын
The acting in this scene is truly top tier from all involved.
@adamruuth5562Ай бұрын
This is in my top 3 epidsodes.
@greggrayson54262 жыл бұрын
Don't understand the comments about "showing Columbo has a heart". Watch the episode "Try and Catch Me" with Ruth Gordon when he does an impromptu speech for a woman's group and he'll tell you the nature of his "heart" and his feelings for the murderers he pursues. But he never confuses sympathy or empathy for the utter hatred he has for the willful taking of a human life, no matter by who.
@tolfan44385 ай бұрын
This was the most touching episode. You always kinda new Columbo had a good heart and here you see it
@adamruuth5562Ай бұрын
Isn't his good heart on display in each episode?
@cathystruska15582 ай бұрын
COLUMBO puts it all together as usual. Janet Lee really is a fantastic actress 👏 😀 and looked great in this episode 👏 which is one of my favorites. The ending of this is Classic when Mr Payne takes the blame for her actions.
@Actingskint2 жыл бұрын
From the earliest memories of watching TV with my folks , Columbo has always been there .A place to watch some Ham acting mixed with great character acting . Catch phrases which have become the calling card of this character . Just one more thing 😉. And the recognisable props . A worn out rain coat , a beat up car , and a cigar . This episode struck home more than others though , as my Mum is fast disappeared from us , due to the effects of dementia . She has become aggressive , nasty and spiteful . In particular to my dad . She is a world away from the character of a star of old . But she was once my dad's love , my mum , & a solid influence on my life . For good or bad she was there . She to suffers from a lack of any short term memory , about even the most important things around her . Anyway , I'm not sure why I started to ramble on this episode , I guess it was because it struck such a chord with me , that I felt compelled to comment . Columbo has accompanied me on life's journey , and it would have been a poorer life without Columbo to entertain me .
@Hithere-ek4qt Жыл бұрын
Many blessings to you and your family.
@RMR16 ай бұрын
This was John Payne's last role of any kind -- TV, film or stage -- and I'm not sure why. I don't think he was ill and he lived another 14 years after this show aired in 1975. He was wonderful in "Miracle on 34th Street." It was on TV every year around Christmas, naturally, and I remember watching it countless times as a kid.
@TheReactor8 Жыл бұрын
Dementia is a sad story on its own.
@djpalindrome11 ай бұрын
Masterful cinematography with Columbo bathed in a shaft of light from the movie projector
@woodriver64811 ай бұрын
These actors and actresses had CLASS. Not like most of the look-at-me-I'm-special CLOWNS that out today. The CLASSY actors and actresses of today are few and far between.
@diabeticguy2 жыл бұрын
Always leaves me tearful
@terrypetersen29702 жыл бұрын
This one and "It's All in the Game" with Faye Dunaway are the only two episodes he let the guilty party get away. Technically her daughter didn't kill the man, just set him up for Faye to kill him. But it showed his human side.
@hungrymikepencetd5686 Жыл бұрын
Even murderers are hopeless before death, what a great episode. So sad and so dramatic.
@MrSamuelArthurRobertAllen2 жыл бұрын
So a great episode I always referred to this as the one that got away
@christianblevins38025 ай бұрын
Columbo will never be forgotten
@ShionShinigami2 жыл бұрын
That is soooo outstanding!!!😢
@truewax2572 жыл бұрын
One of the very best Columbo episodes!!
@EnergySurge092 жыл бұрын
That ending struck me like a semi truck
@georget.94962 ай бұрын
It's getting more and more difficult to find good stories and great actors now days.
@crazyralph6386Күн бұрын
The dynamics have completely changed, and for the worse. No longer do they employ highly skilled and talented writers/actors, who came from all walks of life, different parts of the country, who served in wars, made their bones in theatre and read thousands of books etc No, today they simply hire a bunch of easily manipulated and manicured activists(most likely from the CA bubble or through nepotism) who effortlessly push their ideologies and agendas into the storylines, while abiding to a strict quota system which absolutely stifles creativity and productivity. Sure, that’s always been the staple of Hollywood however, at least they were more subtle and nuanced back in the days? Now, it’s just force fed, in-your-face woke nonsense and drivel, which turns a lot of people off, as does the endless remakes and reboots that inevitably involves race/gender swapped characters ie Magnum PI, The Equalizer, Matlock, The Wonder Years etc And like clockwork, every time the ratings/box office fail, they’ll simply blame the audience? This was golden age of TV writing and acting my friend, and I miss it tremendously.
@mathewhaight Жыл бұрын
Well that was not the ending I was expecting. I am going to go cry for moment.
@jeanc8192 жыл бұрын
A wonderful episode where Columbo chose to be wrong in order to do right.
@megahellreaper2 жыл бұрын
Personally my #1 ending.
@johnnyllooddte34152 жыл бұрын
another masterpiece and john payne saves the day
@ChakatStripedfur10 ай бұрын
The only Columbo I can remember that actually got me emotional. Just proof that Columbo isn't just about getting the killer, it's about compassion as well.
@bridgethockney230310 күн бұрын
How about the episode with Ruth Gordon and the murdering of her niece's killer? That's another one where we pitied the murderer.
@PatrickPrejusa Жыл бұрын
such great performances
@mrrandom1265 Жыл бұрын
I always knew there was an episode where he lets a dying lady get away with murder but I've never watched it and i had no idea the ending was so sad.
@RTG10312 жыл бұрын
Or 5, the film breaks but she doesn’t know for a while because she dozed off to sleep
@alaok489 Жыл бұрын
This is I think the only episode I can't bear to rewatch. The only episode that really made me sad at the ending
@francisclause46684 ай бұрын
BOY!!! Janet Leigh was one beautiful Lady!!!!
@MagicRat Жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen this episode 💔
@ronleight93412 жыл бұрын
The actual movie Walking my Baby had a running time of 95 minutes, not 105 minutes. I guess they didn't have Google back in 1975 to check that!! Lol
@paulamiles95592 жыл бұрын
I love Columbo but hated this episode. Janet Leigh was such a good actress- slowly losing someone you love due to dementia is very sad and this was too realistic.
@X23SSaviourGundam Жыл бұрын
This episode is possibly my favorite episode. There's a clear cut criminal, but to prosecute her would be too cruel. Everyone lovee her, even after they found out what she did.
@master-kq3nw2 жыл бұрын
Great episode
@asifhove Жыл бұрын
The Best Columbo episode, ever! ❤❤❤
@HAn-ie2zp Жыл бұрын
Great episode!
@MWorsa Жыл бұрын
Neat that they used footage from an actual Janet Leigh movie.
@magsteel98912 жыл бұрын
Or 5: She fell asleep watching a movie she's seen a million times and woke up sometime after it broke
@nanny2878 ай бұрын
One of my three favorite episodes. The “Astaire-type character takes one for the dancing team.” Colombo shows an empathic side by going along with the fake confession to spare a murdering and dying Janet Leigh character. A must watch episode.
@davidmartin57642 жыл бұрын
Lost inside one's mind
@violetfem18082 жыл бұрын
I just watched 3 Columbo's on cable this morning - a great morning :D
@Flipnred78 Жыл бұрын
One of maybe two episodes that I haven’t seen yet
@bobwoods13022 жыл бұрын
You know she is still a cold-blooded murderer plus I don't think they would stop an investigation into her just because her boyfriend confessed.
@MrWhoDare8 ай бұрын
My girlfriend and I just watched this one. We started by talking how crazy this lady seemed. Up till then, possibly the most nuts in an episode. But those last 6 minutes left us feeling so sorry for her and everything about it all. Especially when her partner sits her down and just talks to her like soothing a child. And she just blanks out…. We thought she was demented, and turns out she had dementia :s
@TheJpgr19582 жыл бұрын
The ending of "Playback" is another emotional one. That and this episode rank as two of the best endings for a Columbo, IMHO.
@treektheneet Жыл бұрын
This broke my heart
@GiordanoMedei-lx9zv18 күн бұрын
Grande Produzione!!!👍👍👍🫶🫶🫶
@drakeybryter599710 ай бұрын
In many ways its a shame thst Columbo - as an employed detective could deploy the same latitude that Holmes could - this is a clear miscarriage of justice where discretion to overlook would favour all.
@jeffwerth27072 жыл бұрын
Show that Columbo had a heart...it may take months to investigate this...knowing that bringing this to court wouldn't solve a thing. Janet Leigh - one of the original scream queens
@cartoonpete4072 жыл бұрын
Funny, when I saw your comment, I clicked on 3:11 randomly and she says "...I could scream..." 😆
@ChrisJones-ij3xp2 жыл бұрын
@@cartoonpete407 Yeah, eh? That scene is the first thing I thought of when she said that. The screenwriters must have put that in deliberately as a nod to her best-known scene.
@cartoonpete4072 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisJones-ij3xp Yeah, haha, in particular the scream-writers 😅