Double Exposure
- Episode aired Dec 16, 1973
- TV-PG
- 1h 10m
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7.8/10
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A self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.A self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.A self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Arlene Martel
- Tanya Baker
- (as Arlene Martell)
Francis De Sales
- Patterson
- (as Francis DeSales)
E.A. Sirianni
- Norbert
- (as E. A. Sirianni)
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- TriviaColumbo alludes to "Candidate for Crime" in both episodes that immediately followed it in the original broadcast schedule. In this episode, Columbo says he's been "working late on the Hayward case," referring to Nelson Hayward, the politician who murders his campaign manager in "Candidate for Crime," the preceding episode. This is an unusual acknowledgment that Columbo handles multiple cases at the same time. Then, in the next episode, "Publish or Perish," Columbo tells killer Riley Greenleaf (Jack Cassidy) that he wants to write a book about his experiences and describes, as an example, the plot of "Candidate for Crime," to which Greenleaf responds, "Lieutenant, very frankly, I don't give a damn about your Senator or your story."
- GoofsWhen Columbo is riding in the golf cart with Dr. Kepple, there are no golf clubs on the cart and Dr. Kepple uses the same club for three consecutive shots, including one near the green - something no good golfer would do.
- Quotes
Lt. Columbo: My wife's got no head for crime. We go to those whodunit movies, she always picks the wrong murderer. I wanna tell you something: If my wife decided to murder me, she could come up with a better alibi than you got.
- ConnectionsReferences High Plains Drifter (1973)
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Sublime entry in the TV series!!
A Season 3 Columbo episode that is particularly underestimated for its engrossing qualities, which are facilitated by a very tightly-structured plot and script with very few secondary characters, brisk pacing and an enormous amount of screen time between Columbo and villain.
Robert Culp makes his third and final appearance as a Columbo villain, playing a motivational research specialist whose blackmailing scheme, involving his potential (married) business clients and a model he is using for the advertising campaigns, is threatened to be exposed by one of his clients...
Quite possibly this is Culp's best performance of the three; remarkably calm, assured and purposeful throughout despite the increasingly intrusive nature of Columbo's questioning. There are some great scenes between the two in a supermarket and (even better) on a golf course.
The quality of the episode is all the more remarkable given the moderate quantity of circumstantial clues, yet the basic murder set-up is really quite ingenious, particularly as the murderer is able to hide the murder weapon in a very clever and almost foolproof manner. This accentuates the lack of predictability in this story as Columbo has to be really smart to uncover the truth: the finale is superbly ironical and the elements of smartness possessed so markedly by the villain in the preceding sequences are wonderfully transferred to the dogged and ultra-persistent hero.
Addicts may also note that Columbo mentions the "Hayward case" early on in this story, which interestingly refers to the previous episode entitled "Candidate for Crime."
An undoubtedly solid episode, which is precise in its intentions and very competent in its delivery.
Robert Culp makes his third and final appearance as a Columbo villain, playing a motivational research specialist whose blackmailing scheme, involving his potential (married) business clients and a model he is using for the advertising campaigns, is threatened to be exposed by one of his clients...
Quite possibly this is Culp's best performance of the three; remarkably calm, assured and purposeful throughout despite the increasingly intrusive nature of Columbo's questioning. There are some great scenes between the two in a supermarket and (even better) on a golf course.
The quality of the episode is all the more remarkable given the moderate quantity of circumstantial clues, yet the basic murder set-up is really quite ingenious, particularly as the murderer is able to hide the murder weapon in a very clever and almost foolproof manner. This accentuates the lack of predictability in this story as Columbo has to be really smart to uncover the truth: the finale is superbly ironical and the elements of smartness possessed so markedly by the villain in the preceding sequences are wonderfully transferred to the dogged and ultra-persistent hero.
Addicts may also note that Columbo mentions the "Hayward case" early on in this story, which interestingly refers to the previous episode entitled "Candidate for Crime."
An undoubtedly solid episode, which is precise in its intentions and very competent in its delivery.
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