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I watched "Double Exposure" again yesterday in my own small tribute to the late Mr. Culp, and was just mesmerized by how totally he composed his character; never overdoing it and reacting like a man in his position and confidence would behave. Culp avoids histrionics and scene chewing; he really *is* Dr. Bart Keppel!
When a "guest killer" like Robert Culp is in fine form, then Peter Falk looks even better. The two actors were tremendous together....!
i STILL FEEL THE FINAL SCENE OF most crucial game IS THE BEST PIECE OF ACTING IN THE ENTIRE SERIES! Watch Culp as he slowly starts to lose it - his voice, his moves his mannerisms. Just brilliant.
How can anyone watch this scene and not think Robert culp was a great actor ?
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In the very next episode "Publish Or Perish", Gregory Sierrra ("Barney Miller") got a front of episode guest credit but he is nowhere to be seen in the episode itself.[ ]
I never noticed that!
eric paddon is a reg'lar Columbo!
there is also a scene in SUITABLE FOR FRAMING - the ross Martin ep- where Lt. refers to a conversation he had with whassername (the lady being framed).
When i watched that scene on tv i always thought it was cut for syndication but it wasn't
bruce
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rewatched DOUBLE EXPOSURE last nite....
this ep is a perfect example of why COLUMBO can be watched over and over.
Not the strongest story, but i never, EVER tire of the great cat and mouse scenes between Lt and the killer.
Culp was positively "Cassidyesque" in this ep
"It's DOCTOR Kepple..."
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Feb 20, 2012 - 1:52 PM
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Jim Phelps
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I re-watched Identity Crisis again today and was quite taken with the touches of humor strewn throughout. I've already mentioned the obvious McGoohan nods to his Prisoner persona, but the scene in the harem-themed nightclub--with Val Avery as the ex-cop-turned-bartender wearing what looked like some ersatz Arabian Nights get up-- was great, too. However, the best moment was David White's I.D. card, which read: "PHIL CORRIGAN, SECRET AGENT X-9"!!!
Ha!
Oh, it was also a pleasure to see the delightful Barbara Rhoades as "Joyce", the amusement park photographer.
The episode itself is beautiful looking. The sharp image, colors, and mostly beautiful Los Angeles weather--except for the "Travel Land" scene, which was smoggy-- were quite complementary to the proceedings. I liked McGoohan's huge Spanish Colonial mansion, too. Even the poor-looking neighborhood where the Lawrence Melville character lived was interesting and was like something out of Farewell, My Lovely:
"It was a dried-out brown house with a dried-out brown lawn in front of it. There was a large bare patch around a tough-looking palm tree. On the porch stood one lonely wooden rocker, and the afternoon breeze made the unpruned shoots of last year's poinsettias tap-tap against the cracked stucco wall. A line of stiff yellowish half-washed clothes jittered on a rusty wire in the side yard."
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In all likelihood, her scenes ended up on the cutting room floor (probably that phone call scene that Columbo later recaps to Kepple on the golf course) for time but her credit remained. This wasn't the only time this happened on a "Columbo". In the very next episode "Publish Or Perish", Gregory Sierrra ("Barney Miller") got a front of episode guest credit but he is nowhere to be seen in the episode itself.
