1 00:00:01,034 --> 00:00:03,003 What are you waiting for? Get an ambulance. 2 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:07,508 Please leave the room, darling. You know I like to bathe in private. 3 00:00:07,608 --> 00:00:10,410 Mark, I didn't mean to kill her. 4 00:00:12,212 --> 00:00:13,747 - Okay? - Okay. 5 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:16,116 Take it easy! What are you trying to do, break my head? 6 00:00:16,216 --> 00:00:17,017 Say it. 7 00:00:17,150 --> 00:00:18,585 Yes, darling, completely. 8 00:00:18,685 --> 00:00:22,289 You're wasting your time and my time and the department's time. 9 00:00:24,558 --> 00:00:25,826 I left Margaret at home. 10 00:00:59,860 --> 00:01:00,928 Yes? 11 00:01:01,128 --> 00:01:01,995 Margaret? 12 00:01:02,462 --> 00:01:03,263 Is that you, Hugh? 13 00:01:03,363 --> 00:01:07,134 Is, uh, is Mark there? It's important. 14 00:01:07,534 --> 00:01:10,971 Sorry, Hugh. It's Tuesday. Club night. 15 00:01:11,338 --> 00:01:13,640 / can always tell. Comes right after Monday. 16 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:15,309 Monday, Mark works late. 17 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:16,376 Oh, right. 18 00:01:16,476 --> 00:01:19,846 Um, well, I'll... I'll get him at the club. 19 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:44,164 Mr. Caldwell, good to see you, sir. 20 00:02:44,865 --> 00:02:47,100 Oh, yes, Charles. Thank you. I, uh, 21 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:49,736 I'm looking for Mr. Halperin. 22 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:53,006 Over there, sir. The usual Tuesday night game, you know? 23 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:55,475 Mr. Lawrence is having quite a run with the dice. 24 00:02:55,575 --> 00:02:57,544 Simply amazing. I've never... 25 00:03:02,549 --> 00:03:05,285 Hugh, how are you? It's been forever. 26 00:03:06,987 --> 00:03:09,389 Play it for $3,200, Mark, 27 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:11,858 unless you want to resign at $1,600. 28 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:13,193 Hi, Hugh. 29 00:03:13,627 --> 00:03:14,594 Hi, Mark. 30 00:03:16,496 --> 00:03:19,032 Byron, I think your dice are about to turn cold. 31 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:24,771 The Army may have taught you bravery, Mark, but I'm not so sure about your judgment. 32 00:03:32,979 --> 00:03:34,614 You still need doubles to win. 33 00:03:51,364 --> 00:03:55,035 You see, Byron, sometimes a little boldness is exactly what's called for. 34 00:03:55,135 --> 00:03:56,737 Uh, Mark, excuse me. 35 00:03:57,904 --> 00:03:58,972 Could I talk to you for a second? 36 00:03:59,406 --> 00:04:00,173 What's the matter? 37 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:02,809 I just... I'd just like to see you for a second. 38 00:04:04,111 --> 00:04:05,412 All right. Be back in a minute. 39 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,081 Don't go away, huh. What's the matter? 40 00:04:08,181 --> 00:04:11,184 Nothing. I just want to talk to you for a minute. 41 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:15,155 - Something wrong? - No. 42 00:04:22,529 --> 00:04:26,166 - Danny, bring us a double Scotch, will you? - Yes, sir, Mr. Halperin. Right away. 43 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:34,641 - Are you sure she's dead? - Yeah. 44 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:38,178 It just happened. 45 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:42,816 We were... we were fighting. 46 00:04:43,517 --> 00:04:45,085 We were screaming at each other. 47 00:04:46,887 --> 00:04:49,990 I was sure she was gonna see somebody tonight. 48 00:04:51,191 --> 00:04:55,295 She came at me, and I must have grabbed her by the throat. 49 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:58,064 All right. Take it easy. Take it easy. 50 00:04:59,199 --> 00:05:00,901 I didn't know what I was doing. 51 00:05:03,703 --> 00:05:08,675 I just saw her face looking up at me... 52 00:05:11,745 --> 00:05:14,781 and then when I realized what I was doing, I let her go. 53 00:05:16,583 --> 00:05:19,019 - And she just fell. - Calm down. Calm down. 54 00:05:19,119 --> 00:05:21,021 Mark, you gotta tell me what to do. 55 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:23,790 All right. 56 00:05:25,091 --> 00:05:29,696 Now, was there anyone else in the house when this happened? Was the maid there? 57 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:32,999 No, she, uh, she left about 8:15, when I got home. 58 00:05:33,099 --> 00:05:34,467 Right. Right. 59 00:05:34,768 --> 00:05:36,169 Did you call anyone? 60 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:39,039 Just your place. Margaret told me you were here. 61 00:05:39,139 --> 00:05:41,441 - But you didn't say anything to her? - No. 62 00:05:42,876 --> 00:05:45,478 Or maybe I should call Fred. He doesn't handle criminal cases. 63 00:05:45,579 --> 00:05:47,347 - But he must know somebody... - No. No. 64 00:05:48,315 --> 00:05:50,550 Or maybe I should go to the police. 65 00:05:50,951 --> 00:05:53,687 Mark, I didn't mean to kill her. 66 00:05:53,787 --> 00:05:56,089 Hugh, you can't afford to do that. 67 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:59,025 Everyone knows the problems you and Janice were having. 68 00:06:01,528 --> 00:06:02,662 Now, listen to me. 69 00:06:04,264 --> 00:06:05,632 It's almost 10:00. 70 00:06:06,166 --> 00:06:08,868 I want you to go in the other bar, there are more people in there. 71 00:06:09,502 --> 00:06:12,539 At exactly 10:30, I want you to call your house. 72 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:14,174 I'll answer the phone. 73 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:16,710 You pretend it's Janice. 74 00:06:17,010 --> 00:06:21,281 Make sure the bartender and anyone else in the bar overhears your conversation. 75 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:23,850 - Why? - You want me to help you, don't you? 76 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:27,020 All right. Do as I say. 77 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:29,623 All right, Mark. Fine. 78 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:21,888 Janice, is that you? 79 00:10:22,689 --> 00:10:23,590 Are you in a bar? 80 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:26,559 Yes, yes, that's right. Is everything all right? 81 00:10:26,659 --> 00:10:28,194 Everything's just fine. 82 00:10:29,062 --> 00:10:30,396 Now listen to me. 83 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:31,998 She's gone to bed early, 84 00:10:32,098 --> 00:10:34,367 she's not going to wait up for you. Do you understand? 85 00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:37,770 Yes, yes, darling. Of course, you must be exhausted. 86 00:10:37,937 --> 00:10:40,306 Get a good night's sleep, and Til see you in the morning. 87 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:41,074 All right. 88 00:10:41,174 --> 00:10:42,208 Say it. 89 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:46,779 All right, you get a good night's sleep, and I'll see you in the morning, huh? 90 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:50,116 All right. Fine, Hugh. You're doing just fine. Now listen to me. 91 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:52,051 You stay right there in the bar and don't move... 92 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:54,420 until the police contact you. Do you understand? 93 00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:57,257 Yes. Yes, dear. Yes. Perfectly. 94 00:10:58,324 --> 00:10:59,926 Yes, good night, darling. 95 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:04,998 Ah, she's been out all day shopping. She's exhausted. 96 00:11:05,098 --> 00:11:05,965 Yes, sir. 97 00:11:06,933 --> 00:11:10,737 She's gettin' ready for bed now. I guess it won't hurt to have another one. 98 00:12:32,719 --> 00:12:35,021 Mark, is that you? 99 00:12:36,889 --> 00:12:38,091 It's me. 100 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:56,976 Hi. 101 00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:58,211 Ah. 102 00:12:58,311 --> 00:13:00,613 You're home early tonight, Mark. 103 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:03,149 I was a little tired. 104 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:04,784 What's this? 105 00:13:05,385 --> 00:13:08,388 Another one of your bleeding-heart friends get into print? 106 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:11,724 Did you win tonight, Mark, or is that a silly question? 107 00:13:11,824 --> 00:13:13,359 Oddly enough, I did. 108 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:14,727 - Wonderful. - Yeah. 109 00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:16,896 That means I won't have to write you a check this week. 110 00:13:16,996 --> 00:13:18,698 That will be refreshing. 111 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:21,334 Won't it be? For both of us. 112 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:25,204 Did I tell you I'm speaking at the Holcombe House tomorrow evening? 113 00:13:25,304 --> 00:13:28,508 - They've named me "Woman of the Year." - Really? 114 00:13:28,975 --> 00:13:31,911 - How much is that going to cost you? - Oh, don't be crude. 115 00:13:32,979 --> 00:13:35,748 My, my, "Woman of the Year," that's quite an honor. 116 00:13:36,516 --> 00:13:41,554 Playing queen bee to a motley assortment of junkies, pushers, and losers. 117 00:13:42,889 --> 00:13:45,758 You know, I don't know how much money you've pumped into your assorted charities, 118 00:13:45,858 --> 00:13:50,496 Margaret, but it's a lot more than any $10 trophy they're going to hand you. 119 00:13:51,297 --> 00:13:53,533 Not tonight, please. 120 00:13:54,233 --> 00:13:56,402 Darling, if you're embarrassed by all your millions, 121 00:13:56,502 --> 00:13:58,671 why don't you just sign them over to me? 122 00:13:59,138 --> 00:14:01,541 They wouldn't embarrass me in the least. 123 00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:04,277 Money is a weapon, Mark, 124 00:14:05,111 --> 00:14:09,382 a tool to be used for good, if it's used properly. 125 00:14:09,482 --> 00:14:11,384 Hmm. Properly? I see. 126 00:14:12,218 --> 00:14:15,655 That means handing it out like Halloween candy to a bunch of grifters... 127 00:14:15,755 --> 00:14:17,523 who've never done a day's work in their lives? 128 00:14:17,623 --> 00:14:20,493 - 'Cause nobody has ever given them a chance. - Come on, Margaret. 129 00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:24,464 Do you know what it's like to be an ex-convict trying to find honest work? 130 00:14:24,564 --> 00:14:26,265 Margaret, please. 131 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:29,202 Please don't lecture me on ex-cons. 132 00:14:29,302 --> 00:14:30,803 I wrote that book. 133 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:43,316 - Margaret. - What is it? 134 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:47,487 A man. I just saw a man running from the Caldwell house. 135 00:14:48,121 --> 00:14:49,288 What? 136 00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:50,590 Yeah. 137 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:55,228 All the lights are on over there. 138 00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:57,663 I don't like the looks of that. 139 00:14:57,997 --> 00:14:59,766 I don't see anyone. 140 00:14:59,866 --> 00:15:01,601 Uh, do you think the man could have been Hugh? 141 00:15:01,701 --> 00:15:03,936 No, no, I left Hugh at the club. 142 00:15:15,648 --> 00:15:17,116 There's no answer. 143 00:15:18,217 --> 00:15:19,819 I think something's wrong. 144 00:15:28,227 --> 00:15:30,296 Police headquarters. Sgt. De Maio. 145 00:15:30,396 --> 00:15:33,366 Sergeant, this is Deputy Commissioner Halperin. 146 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:35,268 Yes, sir. Yes, Commissioner. 147 00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:36,636 Uh, I just saw a man, 148 00:15:36,736 --> 00:15:41,374 a strange man, running from a house on, uh... on Fairfax Drive. 149 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:44,410 I want you to dispatch a unit over there immediately. Will you? 150 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:50,283 Uh, the number is 1278 Fairfax Drive. 151 00:15:50,917 --> 00:15:51,584 Right. 152 00:16:13,239 --> 00:16:14,540 I dropped my cigar. 153 00:16:16,776 --> 00:16:18,311 - Is that it there, Lieutenant? - Where? 154 00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:19,178 Under there. 155 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:26,152 Wait a minute. 156 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,022 I don't want to burn up the Commissioner's car. 157 00:16:31,057 --> 00:16:34,393 Oh. I got it. I grabbed the wrong end. 158 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:40,466 Come here, you little rascal. Okay. 159 00:16:43,035 --> 00:16:44,370 That looks okay. 160 00:16:51,644 --> 00:16:55,214 Officer, do me a favor, huh? Look under there and make sure nothing's burning. 161 00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:56,682 All right, Lieutenant. 162 00:16:59,285 --> 00:17:01,587 - Uh, everything's okay, Lieutenant. - You sure? 163 00:17:01,687 --> 00:17:03,122 - Positive. - Look again. 164 00:17:03,222 --> 00:17:04,524 Right, Lieutenant. 165 00:17:10,229 --> 00:17:11,397 What's missing? 166 00:17:11,497 --> 00:17:12,698 Just her jewelry. 167 00:17:12,832 --> 00:17:15,067 He never went near the paintings nor the silverware. 168 00:17:15,167 --> 00:17:17,570 There's a vase out there worth a couple of thousand dollars. 169 00:17:17,670 --> 00:17:18,537 He never touched that. 170 00:17:18,971 --> 00:17:20,439 It's the same guy, all right. 171 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:23,676 All right, I want you to pick up every known burglar in the morning. 172 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:25,678 If you talked to them before, talk to them again. 173 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,980 - If you need any extra men, let me know. - Yes, sir. 174 00:17:28,247 --> 00:17:30,082 Columbo, it's about time you showed up. 175 00:17:30,182 --> 00:17:32,618 Yes sir. I'm sorry. It was my car. The battery went dead. 176 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,754 Commissioner, your car is here now. 177 00:17:34,854 --> 00:17:37,056 Tried to get my wife's car. She was at my sister-in-law's, 178 00:17:37,156 --> 00:17:39,792 so I called there... It's a boring story. 179 00:17:40,159 --> 00:17:42,528 Thank you very much for sending your car. I appreciate it. 180 00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:45,398 It's quite all right. Duffy will fill you in on what's happened. 181 00:17:45,498 --> 00:17:48,701 It's the same man who's been hitting this area in the past few weeks. 182 00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:50,303 The M.0. 's identical. 183 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:52,772 I see. Well, maybe I better look around. 184 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:06,185 Good looking broad except for the marks around her neck. 185 00:18:08,154 --> 00:18:09,588 Certainly is. 186 00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:13,693 What do you figure happened? 187 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:15,594 Looks like she was getting ready to hit the sack. 188 00:18:16,028 --> 00:18:18,664 Probably heard the guy down here, came down to see what was goin' on. 189 00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:21,434 Could've just called us, but she's gotta make like a hero, right? 190 00:18:22,668 --> 00:18:23,970 How long has she been dead? 191 00:18:24,070 --> 00:18:25,171 Not too long. 192 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:29,241 She talked to her husband on the phone about an hour ago. Yeah, an hour ago. 193 00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:43,456 Okay. It's all yours. Thank you. 194 00:18:43,556 --> 00:18:44,323 Find anything yet? 195 00:18:44,423 --> 00:18:48,894 Just a few smudges on this jewelry box. But everything else looks pretty clean. 196 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:04,103 Sergeant, did you dust these handles yet? 197 00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:05,704 Not yet, Lieutenant. 198 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,708 Well, let me know if you find anything. 199 00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:11,744 I think you're wasting your time, Lieutenant. 200 00:20:11,844 --> 00:20:14,680 This is the fourth time I've been in this neighborhood in two weeks. 201 00:20:15,081 --> 00:20:19,118 Now this guy's good. Wears gloves. Never leaves me a print. 202 00:20:19,785 --> 00:20:22,455 - Well, let me know if you find anything. - Right away, sir. 203 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:36,202 We will provide protection for all our citizens, 204 00:20:36,702 --> 00:20:40,806 not just those in the inner city or in the so-called problem areas. 205 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:44,009 Now, the brutal murder, last night, of Janice Caldwell... 206 00:20:44,143 --> 00:20:45,478 is a scathing indictment... 207 00:20:45,578 --> 00:20:48,881 of the police department's failure, of our failure, to cope with... 208 00:20:48,981 --> 00:20:51,250 crime on the most fundamental levels. 209 00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:56,555 The taxpayers of this great city are entitled to the safety of their own homes... 210 00:20:56,655 --> 00:20:58,858 and I mean to guarantee that safety. 211 00:21:00,893 --> 00:21:03,562 What's the matter, Artie? Don't you believe in law and order? 212 00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:04,930 That guy gives me a pain. 213 00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:05,998 I'll turn it off. 214 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,933 I thought we were going shopping. 215 00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:11,704 I told you I have to wait for somebody here. 216 00:21:11,804 --> 00:21:12,938 Yeah? Well, he'd better hurry up... 217 00:21:13,038 --> 00:21:15,741 because you're not spending any afternoon in this place. 218 00:21:16,375 --> 00:21:20,679 I hate this place. And you know I hate this place. 219 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:22,148 But I like it. 220 00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:23,782 Did you get the tickets yet? 221 00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:26,085 What tickets? 222 00:21:26,552 --> 00:21:30,122 "What tickets?" I told you, we're going to the roller derby tonight. 223 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:34,560 Hey, are you crazy? I'm not going to any roller derby. 224 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:38,330 A month... You've been out a whole month and you haven't taken me anyplace. 225 00:21:38,430 --> 00:21:41,867 You think you can hang around this place again with your old pals from prison. 226 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,536 What's left of them. 227 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:45,237 Guess again, Artie. 228 00:21:45,337 --> 00:21:46,238 Hey! 229 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:50,442 This is my place of business. You don't have to come in here! 230 00:21:50,543 --> 00:21:52,244 So, don't come in here! 231 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:53,546 We're goin' out. 232 00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:55,281 That's what you think! 233 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:20,739 Where have you been? I've been waiting for you for over an hour now. 234 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,274 I got hung up. 235 00:22:22,575 --> 00:22:24,944 I got the stuff at my joint from the other night. 236 00:22:25,544 --> 00:22:26,979 Are you kiddirT? 237 00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:30,516 I wouldn't touch any of it. Not after what happened last night. 238 00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:34,420 Killin' that woman? Are you crazy? That wasn't me. 239 00:22:34,954 --> 00:22:39,124 Come on, you've been hittin' that neighborhood pretty good. 240 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:42,728 The other joints, sure. 241 00:22:43,062 --> 00:22:45,965 But the one last night, that wasn't me. 242 00:22:46,932 --> 00:22:49,902 Okay, have it your way. 243 00:22:50,135 --> 00:22:52,104 But I can't handle your goods. 244 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:54,873 Not with the kind of heat Til be getting. 245 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:04,650 I shoulcTve known better than to deal with a punk like you. 246 00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:07,953 Johnny Romano, Carlos Vera, they were men. 247 00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:10,289 Yeah, but they're dead. 248 00:23:10,856 --> 00:23:12,057 Times change. 249 00:23:12,524 --> 00:23:15,027 It's tougher on the outside now. 250 00:23:17,529 --> 00:23:20,332 You know, you spent so much time up in that prison, 251 00:23:20,432 --> 00:23:21,900 you don't know how it is any more. 252 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:40,119 You all through? Come on, let's get those tickets. 253 00:23:40,219 --> 00:23:41,887 I wanna sit real close. 254 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:45,658 Come on, let's go. Come on. Come on. 255 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:47,526 Come on. Come on. Let's go. 256 00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:49,395 Come on. You can walk faster. 257 00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:52,031 - Come on. - Will you shut up? 258 00:23:52,231 --> 00:23:55,701 Commissioner, specifically what steps are you taking... 259 00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:59,138 to offset this rash of crime in the Bel Air area? 260 00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:02,107 Well, I've ordered a double shift on all squad cars, 261 00:24:02,341 --> 00:24:04,777 sunset-to-sunrise helicopter patrol. 262 00:24:04,877 --> 00:24:07,579 As a matter of fact, I plan to be in that chopper myself tonight... 263 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,149 to get a firsthand look at this operation. 264 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:13,185 We're going to get this man, and we're gonna get him soon. 265 00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:15,454 Whoever he is, wherever he is, 266 00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:18,791 he's not going to be able to escape detection indefinitely. 267 00:24:19,525 --> 00:24:21,960 Now, last night he made his first mistake. 268 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:25,064 My wife and I were in our bedroom when he ran from the Caldwell house. 269 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:27,466 Well, he's gonna make other mistakes. 270 00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:29,902 When he does, we'll get him, 271 00:24:30,369 --> 00:24:33,605 and we'll hit him with a first-degree-murder charge that will stick. 272 00:24:35,341 --> 00:24:37,376 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Now, If you'll excuse me... 273 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:40,779 Does that mean your wife can identify this man as well as yourself? 274 00:24:40,879 --> 00:24:43,749 Sir, sir, can your wife identify this man? 275 00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:17,282 Ma'am. 276 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:22,154 You startled me. 277 00:25:23,322 --> 00:25:24,623 Oh, I'm sorry. 278 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:26,558 What happened? 279 00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:29,061 I tore my... 280 00:25:29,161 --> 00:25:30,295 On the cactus, I... 281 00:25:30,396 --> 00:25:32,831 - Oh, I'm sorry. - It was very clumsy of me. 282 00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:35,768 No, no, it was my fault, ma'am. I frightened you. 283 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:37,636 I'm sorry about that. 284 00:25:39,238 --> 00:25:41,407 I... I know you, don't I? 285 00:25:41,507 --> 00:25:44,676 Yes, ma'am, you do. I... I was afraid you'd remember. 286 00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:47,546 It was at the chief inspector's dinner last year at the hotel. 287 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:50,149 I was a little drunk. Lt. Columbo. 288 00:25:50,249 --> 00:25:52,885 Oh, isn't it perfectly awful? 289 00:25:53,752 --> 00:25:58,490 Janice Caldwell had so much to give. I'm sure she'd have found her way. 290 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:03,095 Yes, ma'am. That's what I wanted to ask you about. 291 00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:05,864 You being close friends and all. 292 00:26:05,964 --> 00:26:09,368 Several people have told me that she and her husband were, urn... 293 00:26:09,802 --> 00:26:14,173 Well, that is, that she... Well, they were having problems. 294 00:26:14,273 --> 00:26:16,809 Was she seeing other men? Is that what you wanted to know? 295 00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:17,676 Uh, yes, ma'am. 296 00:26:17,776 --> 00:26:19,445 Surely that can't make any difference now. 297 00:26:19,545 --> 00:26:23,315 Probably not, but I'd appreciate it if you could give me a few names. 298 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:27,152 I'm sorry. I never pried into Janice's personal affairs. 299 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:32,958 Once, last year, I, I did try talking to her. 300 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:36,428 She became very defensive, almost violent. 301 00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:38,831 Then she was seeing other men? 302 00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:40,432 Yes. 303 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,137 Young men, I believe. Men I didn't know. 304 00:26:45,404 --> 00:26:47,573 Thank you, ma'am. You've been very helpful. 305 00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:51,610 Uh, Mrs. Halperin, one other thing. 306 00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:54,179 Last night, the burglar... 307 00:26:54,279 --> 00:26:56,114 Your husband gave us a description. 308 00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:58,150 He saw him running from the Caldwell house. 309 00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:00,219 Yes, from our bedroom window. 310 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:02,287 Now, I understand you were also in the bedroom. 311 00:27:02,387 --> 00:27:04,923 So, I would like to check your description with his. 312 00:27:05,023 --> 00:27:06,725 Oh, I... I didn't see him. 313 00:27:07,259 --> 00:27:09,628 By the time I got to the terrace, he had gone. 314 00:27:09,728 --> 00:27:11,096 You weren't at the window? 315 00:27:11,196 --> 00:27:12,731 - No. - Where were you? 316 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:15,434 Well, I was in bed, and then I went to the window. 317 00:27:17,002 --> 00:27:17,836 Oh. 318 00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:22,808 Thank you, ma'am. 319 00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:27,246 Uh, one other thing, Mrs. Halperin. 320 00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:29,381 The Caldwell house? It's on the next block, is it? 321 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:31,383 Yes. Right across the street. Number 1278. 322 00:27:31,884 --> 00:27:34,419 Yeah, I know the address. I was there this morning. 323 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,222 I was just trying to visualize the proximity. 324 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:41,493 Thank you. 325 00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:56,468 Excuse me, sir. A police officer to see you. 326 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:59,504 The same one who was here this morning when you were out. 327 00:29:00,706 --> 00:29:03,442 Yes. Uh, would you ask him to come in, please? 328 00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:07,012 Excuse me, sir. I hate to trouble you at this time. Lt. Columbo. 329 00:29:07,112 --> 00:29:08,380 Yes, Lieutenant. 330 00:29:09,014 --> 00:29:13,118 My maid said you were here earlier. I'm sorry, I had to make arrangements... 331 00:29:13,218 --> 00:29:14,920 I hate to bother you like this. 332 00:29:17,522 --> 00:29:19,258 Like a cup of coffee, Lieutenant? 333 00:29:19,358 --> 00:29:20,258 No. 334 00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:22,527 I'm afraid I've been drinking too much coffee today, 335 00:29:22,628 --> 00:29:26,331 but I didn't sleep very well last night. 336 00:29:26,865 --> 00:29:28,066 Thank you very much. 337 00:29:29,968 --> 00:29:31,136 Is there, uh... 338 00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:35,474 - Something wrong, Lieutenant? - Wrong? No, sir. Not at all. 339 00:29:36,541 --> 00:29:39,444 Couple of things I want to clear up just to satisfy myself. 340 00:29:40,078 --> 00:29:41,413 Satisfy yourself, how? 341 00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:43,582 The way your wife died, Mr. Caldwell. 342 00:29:43,682 --> 00:29:45,951 Couple of small things. Probably don't mean anything. 343 00:29:46,218 --> 00:29:47,853 I spoke to your maid, Mrs. urn... 344 00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:48,954 Fernandez. 345 00:29:49,388 --> 00:29:50,989 She's a nice lady. 346 00:29:51,690 --> 00:29:54,092 I guess she worked very long hours yesterday. 347 00:29:54,192 --> 00:29:55,794 It must have been a big cleaning day. 348 00:29:56,395 --> 00:29:57,863 Well, I really wouldn't know. 349 00:29:57,963 --> 00:30:00,132 Apparently, your wife was out shopping all day. 350 00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:01,967 Mrs. Fernandez left here at, uh... 351 00:30:02,067 --> 00:30:03,802 Oh, it was after 8:00, Lieutenant. 352 00:30:04,202 --> 00:30:06,605 And my wife and I arrived home about the same time. 353 00:30:07,139 --> 00:30:08,974 Your wife was downstairs? 354 00:30:09,074 --> 00:30:11,109 Right. In the living room, having a drink. 355 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:13,745 Mrs. Fernandez says she was wearing a red dress. 356 00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:15,647 Yes, I believe it was. 357 00:30:16,048 --> 00:30:17,249 I see. 358 00:30:19,685 --> 00:30:21,953 And then you went out? 9:00. 359 00:30:22,054 --> 00:30:23,055 Yes. 360 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:26,058 Was your wife still wearing the red dress? 361 00:30:27,726 --> 00:30:28,560 Yes, Lieutenant. 362 00:30:29,895 --> 00:30:33,865 Look, we had a couple of drinks. I left. 363 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:39,104 Now, she didn't get ready for bed until I called her around 10:30. 364 00:30:39,938 --> 00:30:41,173 At the club? 365 00:30:41,873 --> 00:30:44,609 They found you at the bar when the police finally located you. 366 00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:46,078 That's right, Lieutenant. 367 00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:48,480 Look, Janice apparently went upstairs to change. 368 00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:52,884 She put on her nightgown, heard a noise, came down, and surprised this burglar. 369 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:58,323 I mean, I should think the facts would speak for themselves. 370 00:30:58,924 --> 00:31:00,592 It's very strange. 371 00:31:01,727 --> 00:31:03,295 See, there's one thing... 372 00:31:04,162 --> 00:31:05,831 that's very strange. 373 00:31:06,765 --> 00:31:08,233 And what's that, Lieutenant? 374 00:31:11,803 --> 00:31:14,773 Mrs. Fernandez dusted the whole house. 375 00:31:16,641 --> 00:31:20,445 Wax, polish, everything. Including the bedroom. 376 00:31:21,313 --> 00:31:25,016 Now, the fingerprint people, they checked the handle on the closet door. 377 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,886 Your wife's prints weren't on it. 378 00:31:29,788 --> 00:31:32,090 What I can't figure out is how did she open the door... 379 00:31:32,190 --> 00:31:35,560 and take out the nightgown without leaving any prints? 380 00:31:37,629 --> 00:31:39,498 That's very simple, Lieutenant. 381 00:31:40,198 --> 00:31:42,934 You see, my wife was in the habit of folding her nightgown... 382 00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:46,204 every morning when she got up and putting it under her pillow. 383 00:31:47,339 --> 00:31:50,075 Don't you see? She had no reason to go to the closet. 384 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:56,181 Yes. Yes. I see. Yes. 385 00:31:56,915 --> 00:32:00,085 That would explain it. Yes, it certainly would. 386 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:01,653 Well, thank you. 387 00:32:02,354 --> 00:32:03,989 No, not at all, Lieutenant. 388 00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:58,503 Excuse me, sir? Sir? 389 00:34:02,274 --> 00:34:04,643 Ma'am? Excuse me, ma'am! 390 00:34:30,502 --> 00:34:32,704 You got some jumpers for a battery? 391 00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:35,540 No. 392 00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:39,511 Listen, there's a gas station up ahead. Would you drive me over there? 393 00:34:39,611 --> 00:34:40,612 Thank you. 394 00:35:03,635 --> 00:35:04,469 Columbo? 395 00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:07,038 Excuse me, sir. I didn't mean to barge in. 396 00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:08,206 I looked for your secretary. 397 00:35:08,306 --> 00:35:10,542 I guess she's powdering her nose or something. 398 00:35:11,376 --> 00:35:12,243 May I, uh... 399 00:35:16,147 --> 00:35:16,982 Sir. 400 00:35:18,183 --> 00:35:20,585 I woulcTve been here earlier, but my car broke down again. 401 00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:22,620 I had some more trouble. They're telling me it's the generator... 402 00:35:22,988 --> 00:35:25,256 If you don't mind, Lieutenant, I'm in something of a hurry. 403 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,959 I'm making real progress. So, I thought... 404 00:35:28,059 --> 00:35:29,060 Finish your report? 405 00:35:29,995 --> 00:35:30,729 No, I haven't. 406 00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:33,064 Well, finish the report and I'll read it. 407 00:35:34,699 --> 00:35:37,168 Right now, I've gotta get home and get something to eat. 408 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:39,437 I'm on that chopper patrol tonight. 409 00:35:39,537 --> 00:35:40,638 I understand, sir. 410 00:35:40,739 --> 00:35:43,975 Just take a minute. I know you're in a hurry. 411 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,945 Before I actually fill out the report, if I could... 412 00:35:47,412 --> 00:35:49,581 just double-check that description that you had... 413 00:35:49,681 --> 00:35:52,450 It was hardly a description. I barely got a glimpse of him. 414 00:35:53,351 --> 00:35:54,586 Right. 415 00:35:55,053 --> 00:35:57,022 You did say, uh, 416 00:35:57,622 --> 00:35:58,723 dark sweater. 417 00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:00,025 That's right. 418 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:03,161 Dark pants. And some kind of cap. 419 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:05,263 And a dark cap. 420 00:36:07,065 --> 00:36:08,566 Dark cap. 421 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:10,301 Dark... 422 00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:13,138 That's it, then. Just dark? 423 00:36:13,438 --> 00:36:17,175 It was night, Lieutenant. And I was a long way away. 424 00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:21,246 Uh, that's too bad. 425 00:36:22,047 --> 00:36:23,982 That's what your wife said. 426 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,656 You spoke to my wife, did you? 427 00:36:31,756 --> 00:36:33,258 I thought you left. 428 00:36:33,792 --> 00:36:34,993 What was that you said? 429 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:36,694 I say, you spoke to my wife. 430 00:36:36,795 --> 00:36:38,129 Yes, there's nothing wrong? 431 00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:40,331 No. Certainly not. 432 00:36:41,099 --> 00:36:43,401 No, you know, you see, it was just that... 433 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:45,170 on the basis of the news conference this morning, 434 00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:47,939 I thought that she also saw the burglar. 435 00:36:48,973 --> 00:36:52,377 That's ridiculous. He was gone by the time she got to the terrace. 436 00:36:52,477 --> 00:36:55,246 Yes, sir. That's what she said. 437 00:36:55,814 --> 00:36:57,982 But you certainly gave that impression, so I thought... 438 00:36:58,083 --> 00:37:00,085 Look, Lieutenant, if you don't mind, 439 00:37:00,185 --> 00:37:01,886 I've got to go now, my limousine is waiting. 440 00:37:02,153 --> 00:37:03,221 There are a couple of other things... 441 00:37:03,321 --> 00:37:06,624 Give my secretary a call in the morning, I'll try to find some time for you. 442 00:37:29,581 --> 00:37:31,649 Oh, Mark, you frightened me. 443 00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:33,852 What are you doing home so early? 444 00:37:33,952 --> 00:37:35,854 Oh, I thought I'd get an early supper. 445 00:37:36,688 --> 00:37:40,024 Please leave the room, darling. You know I like to bathe in private. 446 00:37:41,326 --> 00:37:43,528 Come on, Margaret. Don't be so coy. 447 00:37:44,129 --> 00:37:46,531 You know, you wear those bubbles like a suit of armor. 448 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:49,267 Come on, Mark. I'll only be a minute. 449 00:37:51,970 --> 00:37:54,405 Have I told you recently, darling, 450 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,675 that our marriage has been a constant joy to me? 451 00:37:59,677 --> 00:38:01,179 Huh? Have I? 452 00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:02,614 No, you haven't. 453 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:03,915 Well, it has. 454 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:13,158 I think the first thing that appealed to me about you, Margaret, was your... 455 00:38:13,858 --> 00:38:19,497 your generosity, that sweet open-handed quality of yours. 456 00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:22,700 Although sometimes your... your judgment's not so good. 457 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,936 - You know that, don't you? - What are you saying? 458 00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:28,373 Well, $4.5 million... 459 00:38:30,708 --> 00:38:35,013 and you're willing to hand it out to anybody who has a sad story and a rumpled suit. 460 00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:38,783 It's my money, Mark. My inheritance. 461 00:38:40,285 --> 00:38:41,586 Wrong, darling. 462 00:38:43,621 --> 00:38:45,023 My inheritance. 463 00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:33,404 Thanks for coming. 464 00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:36,941 Where's Margaret? 465 00:39:37,842 --> 00:39:39,010 She's at home. 466 00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:46,084 A closed casket, huh? 467 00:39:47,619 --> 00:39:49,654 Couldn't bear to look her in the face. 468 00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:54,759 Mark, I don't know how to thank you. 469 00:39:55,627 --> 00:39:56,894 If it hadn't been for you last night... 470 00:39:56,995 --> 00:39:59,130 You'd be facing a murder charge. 471 00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:04,369 If there's anything I can ever do for you... 472 00:40:04,469 --> 00:40:06,004 There is, my friend. 473 00:40:07,772 --> 00:40:08,906 Tonight. 474 00:40:10,541 --> 00:40:13,411 If you gentlemen want to finish paying your respects to the loved one, 475 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:16,547 we will be closing up until 8:30. 476 00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:25,123 I left Margaret at home. 477 00:40:26,357 --> 00:40:29,294 She's lying on the tile floor near the front door. 478 00:40:31,062 --> 00:40:31,763 She's dead. 479 00:40:33,231 --> 00:40:34,766 Good Lord, Mark. 480 00:40:34,866 --> 00:40:35,833 Quiet. 481 00:40:36,701 --> 00:40:37,602 How? 482 00:40:38,903 --> 00:40:40,638 She drowned in the bathtub. 483 00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:44,309 Only, the police are never gonna know that. 484 00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:47,912 They're gonna think the notorious Bel Air Burglar killed her. 485 00:40:48,012 --> 00:40:49,180 And you must see to that. 486 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:50,948 What are you talking about? I can't get involved. 487 00:40:51,049 --> 00:40:52,784 You are involved, my friend. 488 00:40:53,952 --> 00:40:56,254 This is the quid pro quo. 489 00:40:57,221 --> 00:40:59,223 You killed your wife and I protected you. 490 00:40:59,324 --> 00:41:01,292 Now you protect me or I'll see to it that you go to jail... 491 00:41:01,392 --> 00:41:03,294 for the rest of your life. Is that clear? 492 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:09,767 Yes, perfectly. 493 00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:12,070 All right. 494 00:41:13,604 --> 00:41:16,774 Now, I left some clothes in a pile by the front door. 495 00:41:18,076 --> 00:41:19,544 Here's what I want you to do. 496 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:38,162 This is Chopper One. This is Chopper One. 497 00:41:38,262 --> 00:41:39,931 Baker Seven, do you read me? Over. 498 00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:43,334 This is Baker Seven. 499 00:41:46,804 --> 00:41:48,272 We see you, Chopper One. 500 00:41:48,740 --> 00:41:50,241 Okay, we're heading east. 501 00:41:51,843 --> 00:41:53,077 10-4. 502 00:42:18,302 --> 00:42:21,038 A little early in the evening for this burglar, isn't it, Commissioner? 503 00:42:21,139 --> 00:42:22,673 You never know, Pete. 504 00:42:23,508 --> 00:42:26,277 Clocks don't mean a thing in an empty house, you know. 505 00:42:26,511 --> 00:42:28,780 Yeah, except last night the house wasn't empty. 506 00:42:48,733 --> 00:42:49,934 That's funny. 507 00:42:50,368 --> 00:42:51,402 What is it? 508 00:42:52,837 --> 00:42:54,238 That's my house down there. 509 00:42:54,772 --> 00:42:57,909 And I saw someone lurking near my wife's car. 510 00:43:01,345 --> 00:43:03,448 He' s disappeared. Circle around here, Pete, will you? 511 00:43:03,548 --> 00:43:04,415 Yes, sir. 512 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,229 My God, Margaret. Hover over the pool. I'm gonna try to get out. 513 00:43:18,329 --> 00:43:18,996 Yes, sir. 514 00:44:06,644 --> 00:44:10,214 Help me! Quick! Please, for God's sake! 515 00:44:27,598 --> 00:44:30,234 What are you waiting for? Get an ambulance for God's sake. 516 00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:32,303 Margaret. Margaret. 517 00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:34,705 My God, Margaret. 518 00:44:34,805 --> 00:44:36,207 She's gone, sir. 519 00:44:37,241 --> 00:44:39,844 What do you mean? You're crazy. 520 00:44:39,977 --> 00:44:42,480 She's gonna be all right. Get an ambulance! 521 00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:46,217 Margaret. 522 00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:09,507 Lieutenant, I just heard. 523 00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:10,775 Terrible. 524 00:45:11,175 --> 00:45:12,944 The Commissioner, how's he holding up? 525 00:45:13,277 --> 00:45:16,180 They got him in the kitchen. They're putting some dry clothes on him now. 526 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,982 It's not too bad, I tell you. 527 00:45:18,282 --> 00:45:19,650 The burglar, huh? 528 00:45:20,017 --> 00:45:21,953 Yeah. It's funny, though. Very funny. 529 00:45:22,053 --> 00:45:22,954 What? 530 00:45:23,354 --> 00:45:26,490 There's no sign that he forced his way into the house. 531 00:45:26,791 --> 00:45:28,659 As near as we can figure it, 532 00:45:28,759 --> 00:45:30,962 he was laying for her, out in the back by the car. 533 00:45:31,062 --> 00:45:32,029 Lieutenant! 534 00:45:32,129 --> 00:45:33,531 Excuse me, Columbo. 535 00:45:40,271 --> 00:45:43,641 Just keep circling around. He's got to be around here somewhere. 536 00:45:44,075 --> 00:45:46,911 Yeah, well, keep looking. That's right. 537 00:45:52,883 --> 00:45:54,118 What happened, Doc? 538 00:45:54,218 --> 00:45:56,787 See for yourself, Columbo. She drowned. 539 00:45:57,888 --> 00:45:59,023 In a pool? 540 00:45:59,790 --> 00:46:01,459 Guy tossed her in a pool? 541 00:46:01,926 --> 00:46:02,994 That's it. 542 00:46:03,794 --> 00:46:05,463 Wonder why she didn't swim? 543 00:46:05,596 --> 00:46:07,064 Probably couldn't swim. 544 00:46:07,698 --> 00:46:11,035 Well, maybe she passed out, Lieutenant. What are we gonna do? 545 00:46:11,902 --> 00:46:13,771 He didn't hit her first? No marks? No struggle? 546 00:46:14,071 --> 00:46:16,374 There might've been a struggle. She gotta tear on her sleeve. 547 00:46:16,474 --> 00:46:17,642 Hey, Doyle? 548 00:46:17,742 --> 00:46:18,876 Yeah. Yeah. 549 00:46:19,176 --> 00:46:20,945 No, that happened this afternoon. 550 00:46:21,045 --> 00:46:24,715 She tore it on a cactus bush. I was there when it happened. 551 00:46:24,815 --> 00:46:26,584 I've come to see Ms. Halperin. 552 00:46:26,684 --> 00:46:27,752 What about? 553 00:46:27,852 --> 00:46:30,221 Well, she was supposed to come to our meeting tonight... 554 00:46:30,321 --> 00:46:31,622 and get an award, that's all. 555 00:46:31,722 --> 00:46:35,326 The way things look around here, I'd like to get out of here. 556 00:46:35,426 --> 00:46:38,362 What did you say? A meeting? She was supposed to get an award? 557 00:46:38,596 --> 00:46:41,632 Yeah, Holcombe House. Gonna have dinner at 8:00. 558 00:46:41,732 --> 00:46:44,435 And she was gonna make a little speech and pick up her trophy. 559 00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:49,407 I called her house when she didn't show. Line was always busy, so I came over. 560 00:46:50,241 --> 00:46:53,177 She was supposed to have dinner with you at 8:00 and make a speech? 561 00:46:53,411 --> 00:46:55,780 That's where she was going when the guy jumped her. 562 00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:58,382 Where were you at 7:30? 563 00:46:58,616 --> 00:47:00,418 I was at the place, settin' up. 564 00:47:01,318 --> 00:47:03,387 Relax, huh. You're making me nervous. 565 00:47:04,088 --> 00:47:05,456 You can prove it, right? 566 00:47:05,956 --> 00:47:08,092 Prove it? Yeah. I can prove it. 567 00:47:08,192 --> 00:47:09,593 I'll bet you can. 568 00:47:10,094 --> 00:47:13,431 All right, Doyle. Take this gentleman's name and let him go. 569 00:47:16,534 --> 00:47:19,036 Don't talk to me about manpower allocations! 570 00:47:19,136 --> 00:47:21,806 Now, this man killed my wife and I want him! 571 00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,543 Now, you get three units over here and get them over fast. 572 00:47:25,910 --> 00:47:27,678 You're gonna answer to me in the morning. 573 00:47:29,213 --> 00:47:31,982 Excuse me, Commissioner, I just want to tell you how badly I feel. 574 00:47:32,083 --> 00:47:34,785 - And if there's anything that I can do... - No, no, thank you. 575 00:47:35,219 --> 00:47:38,522 - Mark, I want you to take those pills... - What? 576 00:47:38,622 --> 00:47:40,224 I want you to take the pills that I gave you... 577 00:47:40,324 --> 00:47:42,393 All right, I'll take the pills. 578 00:47:45,930 --> 00:47:47,198 I'm shocked. 579 00:47:48,132 --> 00:47:49,633 Terribly shocking. 580 00:47:50,468 --> 00:47:52,970 The man is obviously insane. 581 00:47:53,671 --> 00:47:56,307 I mean, to come back here and do this... 582 00:47:56,774 --> 00:47:58,642 Particularly after the news broadcast... 583 00:47:58,743 --> 00:48:00,778 when you told them about the increased patrols... 584 00:48:00,878 --> 00:48:03,481 Don't you see? It was the news broadcast that killed her. 585 00:48:03,614 --> 00:48:04,448 It was my fault. 586 00:48:05,282 --> 00:48:06,317 I don't follow, sir. 587 00:48:06,584 --> 00:48:08,753 You mentioned it this afternoon, 588 00:48:10,287 --> 00:48:13,824 that stupid slip of the tongue that I made when I said... 589 00:48:14,225 --> 00:48:17,995 that Margaret and I were in our bedroom when the man ran from the Caldwell house. 590 00:48:18,529 --> 00:48:20,798 He must have thought she could identify him. 591 00:48:21,532 --> 00:48:25,903 That's the reason he came back. Not to steal anything but to silence her. 592 00:48:27,772 --> 00:48:29,540 Yes, that is a possibility. 593 00:48:31,108 --> 00:48:33,344 The tragedy is, she never saw him. 594 00:48:34,278 --> 00:48:35,746 She couldn't identify him. 595 00:48:37,681 --> 00:48:39,650 You mustn't blame yourself, sir. 596 00:48:45,656 --> 00:48:47,458 He threw her in the pool. 597 00:48:48,759 --> 00:48:50,928 She drowned before I could reach her. 598 00:48:51,028 --> 00:48:52,730 He threw her in the pool? 599 00:48:53,564 --> 00:48:55,199 Are you sure of that, sir? 600 00:48:56,767 --> 00:48:58,803 Of course, I'm sure of it. I was a witness. 601 00:48:58,903 --> 00:49:01,806 Pete Hayley and I were in the helicopter and we saw the whole thing. 602 00:49:01,906 --> 00:49:03,641 Then you had the light on? 603 00:49:09,346 --> 00:49:11,982 I... I thought I saw something. 604 00:49:12,082 --> 00:49:16,287 It was kind of a gut feeling, I suppose. 605 00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:21,926 I told him to go back and to hover over the patio area. 606 00:49:22,193 --> 00:49:25,529 I switched on the lights, and there he was. 607 00:49:25,896 --> 00:49:27,932 The same man holding Margaret in his arms. 608 00:49:28,299 --> 00:49:29,867 Are you sure it was the same man? 609 00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:33,070 Well, assumedly... 610 00:49:34,405 --> 00:49:36,307 Yes, he was wearing the same clothes. 611 00:49:36,774 --> 00:49:37,842 I see. 612 00:49:40,578 --> 00:49:41,912 You must have a lot of those. 613 00:49:42,580 --> 00:49:43,480 What? 614 00:49:44,315 --> 00:49:45,282 Gut feelings. 615 00:49:46,350 --> 00:49:47,251 What are you talking about? 616 00:49:47,485 --> 00:49:49,253 Well, you had a gut feeling last night. 617 00:49:50,554 --> 00:49:52,323 I don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean? 618 00:49:52,690 --> 00:49:54,959 When you asked for me to report to the Caldwell house. 619 00:49:55,059 --> 00:49:55,726 Yes. 620 00:49:56,060 --> 00:49:58,562 I found out you asked for me when you first called in. 621 00:49:58,896 --> 00:49:59,563 I did. 622 00:49:59,763 --> 00:50:01,465 What I mean, sir, is that... 623 00:50:02,266 --> 00:50:05,202 the burglar had never harmed anybody before, 624 00:50:05,302 --> 00:50:09,607 yet from your bedroom window when you called in, you asked for me. 625 00:50:10,374 --> 00:50:13,677 I was just trying to figure out how you knew that the woman was already dead. 626 00:50:14,111 --> 00:50:17,414 I didn't. Didn't know, obviously. 627 00:50:18,749 --> 00:50:21,652 Well, I... I did have some kind of a feeling. 628 00:50:21,752 --> 00:50:23,787 I sensed something was wrong. 629 00:50:24,154 --> 00:50:25,789 Well, the lights were on, for one thing. 630 00:50:25,890 --> 00:50:29,193 The man running from the house, the fact that Janice was there alone, I... 631 00:50:30,060 --> 00:50:31,662 You're a policeman, I don't have to explain these things. 632 00:50:31,762 --> 00:50:34,164 Yes, I know exactly what you feel. 633 00:50:34,465 --> 00:50:37,601 I've had that feeling many times. You know something is wrong, 634 00:50:37,835 --> 00:50:39,703 you just can't get a handle on it. 635 00:50:40,104 --> 00:50:43,374 All right, sir. I'm going to look around the house... 636 00:50:43,474 --> 00:50:46,310 if it's all right with you. Maybe the man got careless. 637 00:50:47,811 --> 00:50:48,879 Columbo. 638 00:50:54,318 --> 00:50:55,519 Yeah, go ahead. 639 00:51:22,646 --> 00:51:25,816 What's the matter, Columbo? You think he's hiding in the tub there? 640 00:51:26,050 --> 00:51:27,251 Just checkirT. 641 00:51:27,451 --> 00:51:28,719 Yeah? What did you find? 642 00:51:29,586 --> 00:51:30,988 Clean and dry. 643 00:51:33,223 --> 00:51:34,758 Clean and dry. 644 00:51:36,126 --> 00:51:37,628 Let me ask you somethin'. 645 00:51:38,596 --> 00:51:40,264 How do you figure this guy? 646 00:51:40,698 --> 00:51:42,066 I mean, to me, 647 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:45,736 a burglar is like a hungry alley cat. 648 00:51:45,869 --> 00:51:49,039 He sneaks around after dark, but if he hears something he runs. 649 00:51:50,708 --> 00:51:54,945 Haven't you ever heard of future shock? The world's going to hell with itself. 650 00:51:55,045 --> 00:51:57,848 Believe me, Columbo. Times have changed. 651 00:51:58,215 --> 00:51:59,183 Yeah. 652 00:51:59,817 --> 00:52:00,918 Maybe. 653 00:52:02,019 --> 00:52:03,220 But still. 654 00:52:05,122 --> 00:52:07,224 But still, you know what bothers me... 655 00:52:08,592 --> 00:52:10,227 about the murder last night? 656 00:52:10,327 --> 00:52:11,962 You mean the Caldwell woman? 657 00:52:13,163 --> 00:52:14,098 Yeah. 658 00:52:20,571 --> 00:52:23,374 I, uh, I looked at her body. 659 00:52:24,675 --> 00:52:26,043 Right away I saw on her finger... 660 00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:28,479 the biggest diamond ring I ever saw in my life. 661 00:52:29,146 --> 00:52:31,348 Now, I gotta ask myself this question. 662 00:52:32,016 --> 00:52:33,350 What kind of a burglar robs a house... 663 00:52:33,450 --> 00:52:35,586 and leaves a ring like that on the victim's finger? 664 00:52:36,687 --> 00:52:38,555 So that's what's been buggin' you? 665 00:52:39,590 --> 00:52:41,258 You're something else. 666 00:52:42,292 --> 00:52:45,529 Don't you think we thought of that? It's a phony. 667 00:52:47,331 --> 00:52:48,732 The ring was phony? 668 00:52:49,066 --> 00:52:51,769 Solid glass. A piece of garbage. 669 00:52:52,069 --> 00:52:54,238 A pro would have spotted it a mile away, 670 00:52:54,338 --> 00:52:56,140 and this guy's a pro. 671 00:53:00,044 --> 00:53:01,478 Excuse me, one moment. 672 00:53:22,633 --> 00:53:24,435 Yeah, I guess that explains it. 673 00:53:25,069 --> 00:53:26,837 See, here I am, 674 00:53:27,304 --> 00:53:30,174 I've been batting my brains out trying to figure out about that ring... 675 00:53:30,274 --> 00:53:32,209 and you guys had it all the time. 676 00:53:32,810 --> 00:53:33,877 Glass. 677 00:53:34,778 --> 00:53:35,979 How do you like that? 678 00:53:57,734 --> 00:53:59,503 Listen, Doc, do me a favor. Would you? 679 00:53:59,603 --> 00:54:03,240 When you perform the autopsy, would you check something for me? 680 00:54:04,475 --> 00:54:06,777 This woman apparently drowned in the swimming pool, 681 00:54:06,877 --> 00:54:10,848 so when you check her lungs, 682 00:54:11,248 --> 00:54:13,684 see if there's any evidence of chlorine. 683 00:54:13,784 --> 00:54:15,018 There won't be. 684 00:54:15,586 --> 00:54:17,988 Chorine dissipates almost immediately in the human body. 685 00:54:18,088 --> 00:54:21,825 Anyway, the fluids would be masked by the effects of pulmonary edema. 686 00:54:23,327 --> 00:54:28,699 So, uh, does that mean that you couldn't tell if this woman drowned, say, 687 00:54:28,799 --> 00:54:30,534 in a bathtub... 688 00:54:32,269 --> 00:54:34,705 Sure, if the bathtub were full of gin. 689 00:54:36,206 --> 00:54:38,408 Well, check it anyway, would you? 690 00:54:39,309 --> 00:54:40,911 It's part of the job. 691 00:55:02,332 --> 00:55:03,300 Yes? 692 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,369 Lt. Columbo, sir. 693 00:55:06,804 --> 00:55:08,138 All right, send him in. 694 00:55:14,344 --> 00:55:15,746 I hope I'm not disturbing you, sir. 695 00:55:17,915 --> 00:55:19,449 No, it's all right. Come in. 696 00:55:24,855 --> 00:55:27,124 This is none of my business. Stop me if I'm out of line, 697 00:55:27,224 --> 00:55:30,761 but nobody expected you to be at your desk today. 698 00:55:33,664 --> 00:55:34,998 I want to be here, Lieutenant. 699 00:55:37,701 --> 00:55:39,937 I want to keep working, keep my mind off... 700 00:55:44,942 --> 00:55:46,343 All right, let's see. 701 00:55:46,443 --> 00:55:48,378 Uh, here's, ahem, 702 00:55:48,779 --> 00:55:50,914 here's Lieutenant Duffy's report. 703 00:55:51,982 --> 00:55:54,918 There's no question, it's the Bel Air Burglar, all right. 704 00:55:55,819 --> 00:55:58,455 It's too bad he got away last night without a trace. 705 00:55:59,423 --> 00:56:01,291 Oh, and speaking of reports... 706 00:56:01,391 --> 00:56:05,529 That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I'm making terrific progress, but, 707 00:56:07,598 --> 00:56:09,800 you see, I don't think we should be looking for a burglar. 708 00:56:10,133 --> 00:56:11,001 What? 709 00:56:11,101 --> 00:56:12,069 No, sir. 710 00:56:12,436 --> 00:56:15,872 I think we should be looking for someone who made it seem like a burglary. 711 00:56:16,940 --> 00:56:20,244 What are you talking about, Columbo? Here, read Duffy's report. 712 00:56:20,377 --> 00:56:22,779 It shows very clearly it's the same man we've been looking for. 713 00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:25,716 I'm sure this is a very good report, sir, 714 00:56:25,949 --> 00:56:27,651 but there are a couple of things that don't add up. 715 00:56:28,452 --> 00:56:29,353 Like what? 716 00:56:29,786 --> 00:56:31,221 Oh, for one thing, the fingerprints. 717 00:56:31,855 --> 00:56:34,791 Come on, come on, Columbo, there were no fingerprints. 718 00:56:35,025 --> 00:56:36,426 That's what I mean, sir. 719 00:56:37,961 --> 00:56:41,298 You see, Mr. Caldwell left the house around 9:00. 720 00:56:42,165 --> 00:56:44,835 He called his wife at 10:30 from the bar at the club. 721 00:56:47,004 --> 00:56:48,772 This is what bothers me, sir. 722 00:56:50,974 --> 00:56:54,077 If Mrs. Caldwell spoke to her husband on the phone, 723 00:56:54,611 --> 00:56:56,914 why didn't she leave any fingerprints on the phone? 724 00:56:57,381 --> 00:56:58,982 Now that's strange, isn't it? 725 00:57:02,085 --> 00:57:04,721 The maid spent the whole day cleaning, she dusted everything. 726 00:57:05,022 --> 00:57:06,556 Including the phones. 727 00:57:07,124 --> 00:57:09,960 The phone in the upstairs bedroom, that's absolutely clean. 728 00:57:10,661 --> 00:57:13,563 The one downstairs has Mr. Caldwell's prints on it, 729 00:57:14,031 --> 00:57:16,199 but it doesn't have Mrs. Caldwell's prints. 730 00:57:18,168 --> 00:57:19,603 All right, what are you implying? 731 00:57:19,703 --> 00:57:22,306 That Caldwell never actually talked to his wife? 732 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:26,476 Did it ever occur to you that maybe the burglar used the phone after she did... 733 00:57:26,576 --> 00:57:27,678 and then wiped it clean? 734 00:57:28,645 --> 00:57:30,847 Occur to me that the burglar used the phone after and wiped it clean? 735 00:57:31,982 --> 00:57:32,783 Yeah. 736 00:57:33,116 --> 00:57:33,784 No, sir. 737 00:57:34,151 --> 00:57:34,952 Why not? 738 00:57:35,252 --> 00:57:37,421 Well, because the burglar had to wear gloves. 739 00:57:37,788 --> 00:57:40,590 You see, sir, there were no prints of his anywhere in the house. 740 00:57:41,892 --> 00:57:44,227 Now there's another thing that's very strange. 741 00:57:45,762 --> 00:57:46,630 Is this bothering you? 742 00:57:47,464 --> 00:57:48,131 No. 743 00:57:49,633 --> 00:57:50,667 Um... 744 00:57:51,802 --> 00:57:52,836 Excuse me. 745 00:57:56,139 --> 00:57:57,574 There's something else. 746 00:57:58,208 --> 00:58:01,144 The way this woman's body was dressed in that nightgown. 747 00:58:01,244 --> 00:58:02,612 She didn't do that. 748 00:58:03,146 --> 00:58:05,315 Somebody else dressed her in that nightgown. 749 00:58:07,150 --> 00:58:08,752 Is that a fact, Lieutenant? 750 00:58:09,286 --> 00:58:11,388 Or just some more of your fancy guesswork? 751 00:58:12,022 --> 00:58:15,492 Well, you see, sir, she was wearing a pale blue nightgown... 752 00:58:15,592 --> 00:58:17,527 which she got from her closet. 753 00:58:17,694 --> 00:58:19,096 And you know something? 754 00:58:20,230 --> 00:58:22,966 There were no prints on the handle of the closet door either. 755 00:58:26,536 --> 00:58:28,472 I don't see what you're getting at. Unless you're trying to tell me... 756 00:58:28,572 --> 00:58:31,575 that Caldwell killed his wife and then faked the whole thing? 757 00:58:31,875 --> 00:58:35,045 Oh, no, sir. No. I don't mean that at all. No, no. 758 00:58:36,513 --> 00:58:41,284 No. You see, Mrs. Caldwell, she had a habit... 759 00:58:41,785 --> 00:58:45,389 whereby she would put her nightgown under the pillow every morning. 760 00:58:46,123 --> 00:58:48,992 I saw a pink nightgown under the pillow. 761 00:58:49,526 --> 00:58:53,697 So, of course, we know that Mrs. Caldwell would not have put on the blue nightgown. 762 00:58:54,364 --> 00:58:56,166 Now, here's what's interesting. 763 00:58:58,068 --> 00:58:59,536 Mr. Caldwell, 764 00:58:59,636 --> 00:59:02,038 he knew about the nightgown under the pillow. 765 00:59:02,706 --> 00:59:04,341 So if he had dressed his wife's body, 766 00:59:04,841 --> 00:59:07,344 that would be the first place that he would have looked. 767 00:59:08,145 --> 00:59:09,312 No, sir, 768 00:59:10,113 --> 00:59:12,315 we're looking for somebody else. 769 00:59:13,517 --> 00:59:15,685 We're looking for somebody... 770 00:59:17,554 --> 00:59:21,691 somebody who tried to make a murder look like a burglary. 771 00:59:23,827 --> 00:59:25,562 Like who, for instance? 772 00:59:28,665 --> 00:59:29,800 Well, sir, 773 00:59:31,468 --> 00:59:33,804 I don't like to speak badly of the dead, 774 00:59:34,805 --> 00:59:35,772 but, 775 00:59:36,807 --> 00:59:40,877 yesterday, your wife confirmed to me that Mrs. Caldwell was seeing other men. 776 00:59:43,213 --> 00:59:44,247 And you think it was one of them? 777 00:59:45,348 --> 00:59:47,317 Yes, sir. I think that's a possibility. 778 00:59:49,619 --> 00:59:54,391 All right, now listen to me, Lieutenant, you're wasting your time and my time... 779 00:59:54,491 --> 00:59:57,861 and the department's time and it's gonna stop. Now... 780 01:00:03,366 --> 01:00:05,735 Look, Columbo, 781 01:00:08,238 --> 01:00:10,006 you must understand that no one, 782 01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:13,143 no one wants this man caught any more than I do. 783 01:00:14,411 --> 01:00:15,879 Especially now. 784 01:00:16,279 --> 01:00:17,914 But we are looking for a burglar, 785 01:00:18,648 --> 01:00:22,252 a man who killed one woman out of fear, who killed another to silence her. 786 01:00:22,652 --> 01:00:24,054 You go on that basis... 787 01:00:24,154 --> 01:00:25,956 and we're going to solve this case. Is that clear? 788 01:00:26,756 --> 01:00:30,193 You don't think that I have anything here? 789 01:00:32,362 --> 01:00:34,364 Lieutenant, nobody can be right all the time. 790 01:00:35,999 --> 01:00:38,535 Look for your burglar. There's the killer. 791 01:01:44,234 --> 01:01:45,635 Excuse me, uh, 792 01:01:47,170 --> 01:01:48,505 Mr. Wexler? 793 01:01:48,872 --> 01:01:51,341 He's inside with a customer for the moment. 794 01:01:51,441 --> 01:01:52,876 Oh, thank you. 795 01:01:54,844 --> 01:01:55,845 We can smoke here? 796 01:01:55,946 --> 01:01:56,947 Yes. 797 01:02:15,298 --> 01:02:16,866 May I help you, sir? 798 01:02:17,500 --> 01:02:20,971 No, thank you very much. No, I am waiting for Mr. Wexler. 799 01:02:21,438 --> 01:02:23,907 Mr. Wexler is servicing a client at the moment. 800 01:02:24,007 --> 01:02:25,742 If there's anything I can do... 801 01:02:25,842 --> 01:02:27,244 No, thank you. 802 01:02:32,115 --> 01:02:35,318 Oh, excuse me, ma'am. Do you happen to... Do you sell watchbands? 803 01:02:35,418 --> 01:02:36,753 Of course. 804 01:02:38,822 --> 01:02:41,491 I broke this a couple of weeks ago. I've been carrying it with me. 805 01:02:41,591 --> 01:02:44,127 This is a very good watch, only five years old. 806 01:02:44,394 --> 01:02:47,464 Waterproof and shockproof. Do you have something for that? 807 01:02:47,831 --> 01:02:48,932 Oh. 808 01:02:50,133 --> 01:02:51,668 Seven jewels. 809 01:02:52,035 --> 01:02:56,072 We have a large selection, sir, starting at $25. 810 01:02:56,840 --> 01:02:58,975 No, I don't want a watch, just the band. 811 01:02:59,442 --> 01:03:01,344 That is for just the band. 812 01:03:02,846 --> 01:03:03,947 No kidding. 813 01:03:05,081 --> 01:03:07,651 I think Til do it some other time, thanks a lot. 814 01:03:08,685 --> 01:03:12,555 Oh, uh, Mr. Wexler is free now, if you'd care to see him. 815 01:03:12,689 --> 01:03:13,657 Thank you. 816 01:03:21,531 --> 01:03:22,732 Mr. Wexler? 817 01:03:22,832 --> 01:03:24,334 I'm Bruno Wexler, yes. 818 01:03:24,434 --> 01:03:28,071 Lieutenant Columbo. If you can spare a moment, it's about Mrs. Caldwell. 819 01:03:28,171 --> 01:03:30,006 I believe she shopped here in your store. 820 01:03:30,106 --> 01:03:32,375 Mrs. Caldwell was a valued client, yes. 821 01:03:32,475 --> 01:03:36,546 Yes. That's what I understood, sir, from going through her papers. 822 01:03:36,980 --> 01:03:40,150 Mostly receipts for jewelry that she bought here. 823 01:03:40,950 --> 01:03:43,019 Of course, that was some time ago. 824 01:03:43,953 --> 01:03:47,590 The most recent receipt that I found was dated six months ago, September. 825 01:03:47,824 --> 01:03:49,759 Well, I would have to check back. 826 01:03:51,461 --> 01:03:55,131 Um, of course, she came in here quite a few times... 827 01:03:55,231 --> 01:03:57,233 since then, didn't she? 828 01:03:57,567 --> 01:03:59,803 I mean, even though she didn't buy anything. 829 01:03:59,903 --> 01:04:01,938 I've talked to a few people, 830 01:04:02,238 --> 01:04:04,374 friends, the maid... 831 01:04:04,474 --> 01:04:06,176 Lieutenant, could you get to the point? 832 01:04:07,110 --> 01:04:09,245 - May I sit down? - Of course. 833 01:04:16,986 --> 01:04:18,621 This is the point, sir. 834 01:04:21,124 --> 01:04:21,791 Yes? 835 01:04:22,192 --> 01:04:24,427 - It's glass. - I can see that it's glass. 836 01:04:26,629 --> 01:04:30,333 But this appraisal for $8,000 for a... 837 01:04:30,433 --> 01:04:33,069 3.6-carat, pear-shaped diamond ring... 838 01:04:33,169 --> 01:04:35,972 with tapered baguettes in a four-prong setting. 839 01:04:36,339 --> 01:04:37,974 This appraisal is for that ring, isn't it? 840 01:04:38,475 --> 01:04:41,945 Well, I never would have charged Mrs. Caldwell $8,000 for a piece of glass. 841 01:04:42,645 --> 01:04:43,947 But that is your work, isn't it? 842 01:04:44,180 --> 01:04:45,315 Yes, Lieutenant. 843 01:04:46,282 --> 01:04:48,318 I arranged with a friend to have this copied... 844 01:04:48,418 --> 01:04:50,854 for Mrs. Caldwell so that her husband wouldn't realize... 845 01:04:50,954 --> 01:04:53,323 that she had sold the original back to me. 846 01:04:53,423 --> 01:04:55,959 As a matter of fact, she sold a lot of jewelry back to you. 847 01:04:56,426 --> 01:04:59,062 The woman needed money. Her husband had cut off her funds. 848 01:04:59,429 --> 01:05:01,664 Then all the jewelry in her house was phony. 849 01:05:01,798 --> 01:05:03,032 Almost all of it. Yes. 850 01:05:05,135 --> 01:05:06,703 Why did she need the money? 851 01:05:07,570 --> 01:05:09,305 Really, Lieutenant... 852 01:05:09,873 --> 01:05:12,175 I understood she had a lot of boyfriends. 853 01:05:12,275 --> 01:05:15,378 Well, Mrs. Caldwell was beautiful and charming... 854 01:05:15,712 --> 01:05:17,680 for a woman of 36. 855 01:05:17,847 --> 01:05:20,683 But she fancied that she was growing old very slowly. 856 01:05:20,784 --> 01:05:22,986 In fact, hardly at all... 857 01:05:23,219 --> 01:05:27,223 to judge by the young men from whom she found companionship. 858 01:05:49,012 --> 01:05:50,713 Yes, indeed. 859 01:05:51,915 --> 01:05:53,650 That's a real honey. 860 01:05:54,317 --> 01:05:56,853 You know, we don't get to see many of these around anymore. 861 01:05:57,253 --> 01:05:58,755 Especially in this condition. 862 01:05:58,855 --> 01:06:02,492 Well, I try to take good care of it. I'm looking for a Mr. Shoup. 863 01:06:02,725 --> 01:06:04,027 I'm Mr. Shoup. 864 01:06:04,494 --> 01:06:05,462 Charlie Shoup. 865 01:06:05,562 --> 01:06:06,996 My name is Columbo. 866 01:06:07,564 --> 01:06:09,732 How many miles you got on it, Mr. Columbo? 867 01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:12,869 20,000? 30,000 tops. 868 01:06:13,002 --> 01:06:14,938 Oh, I got over 100,000 miles on this car. 869 01:06:15,038 --> 01:06:18,241 100,000? That's pretty hard to believe. 870 01:06:18,741 --> 01:06:21,010 Well, look, I don't care what the speedometer says, 871 01:06:21,110 --> 01:06:24,681 I'm gonna make you an offer on a trade-in that you just won't be able to turn down. 872 01:06:26,249 --> 01:06:29,285 Police? Look, I just work here. 873 01:06:29,385 --> 01:06:32,255 The stuff they pull up in the business office is none of my doing. 874 01:06:32,355 --> 01:06:34,657 You got a beef? Go see the boss. 875 01:06:37,927 --> 01:06:39,195 Good-lookin' watch. 876 01:06:39,295 --> 01:06:40,296 Thanks. 877 01:06:42,765 --> 01:06:45,168 I'm here to talk about a Janice Caldwell. 878 01:06:46,102 --> 01:06:47,637 Did she give you that watch? 879 01:06:49,239 --> 01:06:51,374 Janice Caldwell was a friend of mine, Lieutenant. 880 01:06:51,474 --> 01:06:54,978 Where were you Tuesday evening, Mr. Shoup, between 9:00 and midnight? 881 01:06:55,712 --> 01:06:58,648 - That was the night Janice was killed? - Tuesday evening. 882 01:06:59,315 --> 01:07:01,751 I was right here until 9:30, that's when we close up. 883 01:07:01,918 --> 01:07:04,721 As a matter of fact, Janice was supposed to pick me up. 884 01:07:04,954 --> 01:07:06,523 When she didn't show up, 885 01:07:08,057 --> 01:07:10,093 I gave her a call at her place, but there was no answer. 886 01:07:12,729 --> 01:07:14,697 Figured I'd been stood up. So I... 887 01:07:14,797 --> 01:07:16,666 - There was no answer? - No, sir. 888 01:07:16,766 --> 01:07:17,867 What time? 889 01:07:18,368 --> 01:07:19,669 Around 9:30. 890 01:07:19,769 --> 01:07:20,703 Go on. 891 01:07:20,803 --> 01:07:22,505 Well, like I said, I figured I'd been stood up. 892 01:07:22,605 --> 01:07:26,075 So I went out with a little bookkeeper we got here, 893 01:07:26,276 --> 01:07:28,711 had a couple of drinks across the street, went back to my place. 894 01:07:28,811 --> 01:07:30,113 You can substantiate that? 895 01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:32,215 She's right inside, Lieutenant. 896 01:07:32,916 --> 01:07:34,417 Ask for Shirley. 897 01:07:35,184 --> 01:07:37,954 That won't be necessary. Thank you very much. You've been very helpful. 898 01:07:46,729 --> 01:07:47,797 Lieutenant? 899 01:07:48,331 --> 01:07:50,533 I'll give you $80 for it in a trade. 900 01:07:59,375 --> 01:08:01,911 Excuse me, Commissioner. I'm sorry to bother you at home... 901 01:08:02,011 --> 01:08:04,480 - It's all right. Come in, Lieutenant. - Thank you, sir. 902 01:08:05,782 --> 01:08:07,917 I know I was supposed to have the report at 6:00. 903 01:08:08,017 --> 01:08:09,519 Let me tell you what happened. 904 01:08:09,619 --> 01:08:13,056 My car let me down again. They let me use another one. 905 01:08:15,491 --> 01:08:16,326 Well? 906 01:08:16,492 --> 01:08:17,527 Well, what? 907 01:08:17,994 --> 01:08:19,495 Where is it, the report? 908 01:08:19,996 --> 01:08:21,230 That's the problem. 909 01:08:21,331 --> 01:08:24,033 I sat down in front of the typewriter and nothing happened. Absolutely nothing. 910 01:08:24,133 --> 01:08:26,536 Look, Columbo, I'm a little bit tired. 911 01:08:26,636 --> 01:08:29,072 If you've come in here to bombard me with more of your screwball ideas... 912 01:08:29,172 --> 01:08:32,742 May I explain the problem, sir? Just give me a moment. 913 01:08:32,842 --> 01:08:34,143 You've had a lot of experience. 914 01:08:34,243 --> 01:08:37,180 You happen to know this woman Mrs. Caldwell. She was your neighbor. 915 01:08:37,280 --> 01:08:39,882 I thought maybe you could help me out with this thing. 916 01:08:39,983 --> 01:08:42,719 I'm trying to figure it out. If you could just give me a moment. 917 01:08:42,819 --> 01:08:45,088 - All right. Come on. - Thank you, sir. 918 01:08:50,626 --> 01:08:52,395 You want a cognac? 919 01:08:53,296 --> 01:08:56,032 No, thank you very much, sir. I want to keep my head clear. 920 01:08:57,000 --> 01:08:58,701 This is complicated. 921 01:08:59,435 --> 01:09:01,371 See whether or not you can help me with this. 922 01:09:01,771 --> 01:09:05,308 Janice Caldwell died between 10:30 and 11:00. 923 01:09:05,675 --> 01:09:08,645 Sometime after her husband spoke to her at 10:30... 924 01:09:08,845 --> 01:09:12,248 and sometime before you saw the burglar run out at 11:00. 925 01:09:12,482 --> 01:09:13,149 Right? 926 01:09:14,017 --> 01:09:14,951 That's correct. 927 01:09:16,653 --> 01:09:18,755 That's why I can't start the report. 928 01:09:18,855 --> 01:09:19,822 Why? 929 01:09:19,956 --> 01:09:21,958 I get stuck in the beginning, the time of death. 930 01:09:22,425 --> 01:09:23,726 What are you talking about, Columbo? 931 01:09:24,193 --> 01:09:26,262 Janice Caldwell had a boyfriend. 932 01:09:26,362 --> 01:09:28,131 She was supposed to meet him at 9:30. 933 01:09:28,231 --> 01:09:30,700 That's an hour before she was supposed to have died. 934 01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:32,301 She never showed up. 935 01:09:32,802 --> 01:09:35,138 So she stood him up. So what? 936 01:09:35,238 --> 01:09:37,707 Yeah, but the guy called her around 9:30, too, 937 01:09:37,807 --> 01:09:39,442 and there was no answer on the telephone. 938 01:09:39,542 --> 01:09:43,079 I have to ask myself the question, why couldn't she answer the phone? 939 01:09:44,247 --> 01:09:45,648 You know what I wrote down? 940 01:09:53,790 --> 01:09:55,491 "Maybe she was dead already." 941 01:09:55,825 --> 01:09:56,959 You follow my thinking? 942 01:09:57,060 --> 01:09:58,961 Maybe she just didn't want to talk to the man. 943 01:09:59,062 --> 01:10:00,430 Did that occur to you? 944 01:10:00,530 --> 01:10:03,332 But she answered the phone later, when her husband called. 945 01:10:03,466 --> 01:10:04,500 You see the contradiction. 946 01:10:04,700 --> 01:10:07,336 If she didn't want to speak to her boyfriend at 9:30, 947 01:10:07,737 --> 01:10:10,306 why did she pick up the phone at 10:30? 948 01:10:12,608 --> 01:10:15,378 But did she pick up the phone at 10:30? 949 01:10:15,778 --> 01:10:18,781 Because her fingerprints were not on the telephone. 950 01:10:19,682 --> 01:10:22,118 You see how confusing it gets. 951 01:10:22,785 --> 01:10:25,288 That's why I keep going back to this. 952 01:10:26,122 --> 01:10:28,224 "Maybe she was dead already." 953 01:10:28,658 --> 01:10:32,128 'Cause if she's dead already, that explains everything. 954 01:10:33,463 --> 01:10:35,865 That explains why she doesn't pick up her boyfriend. 955 01:10:36,099 --> 01:10:38,367 That explains why she doesn't answer the phone. 956 01:10:38,835 --> 01:10:42,305 And it explains why her fingerprints aren't on the phone. 957 01:10:42,638 --> 01:10:47,009 Because if she was dead, her husband never spoke to her. 958 01:10:47,210 --> 01:10:48,845 It was a fake call. 959 01:10:50,079 --> 01:10:51,814 I specifically asked you this afternoon... 960 01:10:51,914 --> 01:10:54,383 if you thought Caldwell had killed his wife. 961 01:10:54,617 --> 01:10:57,386 And you said no, for what I thought was a very good reason. 962 01:10:57,587 --> 01:10:59,856 Because he knew about the folded nightgown under the pillow. 963 01:11:00,289 --> 01:11:01,457 I did say that, sir. 964 01:11:01,557 --> 01:11:05,128 But in the light of these new developments, it occurred to me... 965 01:11:06,095 --> 01:11:08,064 maybe he had an accomplice. 966 01:11:08,898 --> 01:11:12,668 Listen, why couldn't he go out and hire somebody to run out... 967 01:11:12,768 --> 01:11:15,438 of the house at 11:00, pretend to be a burglar. 968 01:11:15,872 --> 01:11:17,840 Provide him with an alibi. 969 01:11:18,808 --> 01:11:20,877 I see. I get it. 970 01:11:20,977 --> 01:11:23,379 The next thing, I suppose, that you're gonna ask me to believe... 971 01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:25,648 is this phantom accomplice, 972 01:11:25,748 --> 01:11:28,384 who never killed anybody in the first place, of course, 973 01:11:28,484 --> 01:11:30,253 comes back the next night to kill my wife. 974 01:11:30,353 --> 01:11:32,522 Is that right? Is that the next step? 975 01:11:33,055 --> 01:11:35,858 You know, Columbo, I really... 976 01:11:35,958 --> 01:11:39,929 I really do admire your enthusiasm. The force could use a 100 like you. 977 01:11:40,062 --> 01:11:42,398 But this theory is a crock. 978 01:11:43,699 --> 01:11:45,067 You think so, sir? 979 01:11:45,168 --> 01:11:47,537 We are looking for a murderer... 980 01:11:48,004 --> 01:11:50,973 who was a burglar, who panicked and killed two women. 981 01:11:51,174 --> 01:11:52,875 Now, that's the theory we're gonna go on. 982 01:11:53,075 --> 01:11:55,011 Is that clear? That's an order. 983 01:11:56,179 --> 01:11:57,280 Yes, sir. 984 01:11:57,380 --> 01:11:58,481 All right. 985 01:11:58,614 --> 01:12:02,351 Tomorrow morning, I want you to report to Lt. Duffy in the Robbery Division. 986 01:12:02,451 --> 01:12:04,253 I want you to concentrate on his leads. 987 01:12:04,520 --> 01:12:06,622 A little legwork and we'll have this man in a week, 988 01:12:06,722 --> 01:12:07,957 I promise you. 989 01:12:08,791 --> 01:12:09,926 The burglar? 990 01:12:10,927 --> 01:12:15,765 Sir, in that connection, I, uh, I spoke to a Mr. Wexler today... 991 01:12:16,933 --> 01:12:18,401 Well, you're tired... 992 01:12:18,568 --> 01:12:21,003 Not important. Good night, sir. 993 01:12:22,271 --> 01:12:23,306 Good night. 994 01:12:31,714 --> 01:12:35,051 194. 194. 995 01:12:35,818 --> 01:12:37,553 Come in, 194. 996 01:12:38,754 --> 01:12:40,289 194. 997 01:12:45,061 --> 01:12:46,662 This is 194. 998 01:12:47,063 --> 01:12:51,100 Lieutenant, we have a message for you from the Medical Examiner's office. 999 01:12:51,234 --> 01:12:52,802 Can you patch me through? 1000 01:12:52,902 --> 01:12:55,371 Stand by. Go ahead. 1001 01:12:55,905 --> 01:12:57,707 Doc, you wanted to talk to me? 1002 01:12:58,074 --> 01:13:00,843 Columbo, I've got some bad news for you. 1003 01:13:00,977 --> 01:13:03,846 / checked Mrs. Halperin 's lungs for traces of chlorine. 1004 01:13:03,946 --> 01:13:04,880 Uh-huh. 1005 01:13:04,981 --> 01:13:07,216 Just as I thought, no trace at all. 1006 01:13:10,219 --> 01:13:11,187 Yeah? 1007 01:13:11,287 --> 01:13:13,022 But I did find something that might interest you. 1008 01:13:13,122 --> 01:13:16,692 Trihydric alcohol glycerol and palmitic acid. 1009 01:13:19,795 --> 01:13:21,163 Say that again, Doc. 1010 01:13:21,664 --> 01:13:24,467 Soap, Lieutenant. Soap. 1011 01:13:34,510 --> 01:13:36,646 - Find out what happened to Frankie Vale. - Yes, sir. 1012 01:13:36,746 --> 01:13:38,948 Tell that probation guy I want to see him by this afternoon. 1013 01:13:39,048 --> 01:13:39,715 Yes, sir. 1014 01:13:39,815 --> 01:13:41,083 Lieutenant Duffy. 1015 01:13:42,118 --> 01:13:43,419 Oh, Columbo. 1016 01:13:47,556 --> 01:13:50,526 - I'm having some problems. - Thought you would. 1017 01:13:50,693 --> 01:13:52,828 I spoke to the Commissioner last night. 1018 01:13:52,928 --> 01:13:56,732 He suggested that I report to you and maybe we could work together. 1019 01:13:57,566 --> 01:14:00,102 Well, it's nice to hear you have a little faith in us. 1020 01:14:00,503 --> 01:14:01,938 Come on inside, Columbo. 1021 01:14:07,443 --> 01:14:10,780 I thought maybe you could give me a line on some of the guys that you spoke to. 1022 01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:12,982 You know, the most likely suspects. 1023 01:14:14,550 --> 01:14:15,685 Take your pick. 1024 01:14:17,119 --> 01:14:19,588 But I'll tell you something, you won't find him in there. 1025 01:14:20,389 --> 01:14:21,524 You sure? 1026 01:14:22,258 --> 01:14:25,027 Columbo, these guys are like old friends. 1027 01:14:25,194 --> 01:14:27,763 Very placid and predictable types. 1028 01:14:28,264 --> 01:14:29,265 Now, 1029 01:14:29,632 --> 01:14:34,136 what we're looking for is a younger guy, a guy with a violent temper. 1030 01:14:35,771 --> 01:14:37,106 Let me ask you something. 1031 01:14:37,673 --> 01:14:39,675 Leave out the last two murders. 1032 01:14:39,842 --> 01:14:42,178 Just concentrate on the first three robberies. 1033 01:14:42,278 --> 01:14:45,047 If you had your choice, which of these guys would you pick? 1034 01:14:46,215 --> 01:14:49,952 That's easy. The guy on top. Artie Jessup. 1035 01:14:50,986 --> 01:14:54,256 Artie's always my first choice when he's out on the streets, 1036 01:14:54,457 --> 01:14:56,058 which isn't too often. 1037 01:14:56,959 --> 01:14:57,960 Take a look for yourself. 1038 01:14:58,494 --> 01:15:01,263 In and out of the joint since he was 20 years old. 1039 01:15:01,364 --> 01:15:04,100 That's almost 30 years of state hospitality, 1040 01:15:04,266 --> 01:15:07,002 give or take a few vacations on the outside. 1041 01:15:07,703 --> 01:15:10,306 You know, I think old Artie prefers prison life. 1042 01:15:10,406 --> 01:15:12,675 He's very nervous out here with us civilians. 1043 01:15:12,775 --> 01:15:13,909 What about the M.O.? 1044 01:15:14,844 --> 01:15:17,713 Fits a lot of guys, including Artie. 1045 01:15:18,214 --> 01:15:20,583 We've already talked to him. We can't hold him. 1046 01:15:20,683 --> 01:15:21,350 Why not? 1047 01:15:21,984 --> 01:15:25,087 Columbo, you said forget about the murders, right? 1048 01:15:26,355 --> 01:15:28,591 Artie has an alibi for both nights. 1049 01:15:48,444 --> 01:15:49,645 Mr. Jessup? 1050 01:15:53,149 --> 01:15:54,383 Do I know you? 1051 01:15:54,884 --> 01:15:57,953 I stopped by your place. Your wife told me you were here. 1052 01:15:58,120 --> 01:15:59,288 My what? 1053 01:16:00,756 --> 01:16:01,657 My wife. 1054 01:16:01,757 --> 01:16:03,659 - You got Scotch? - Yes, sir. 1055 01:16:03,993 --> 01:16:05,161 You like Scotch? 1056 01:16:05,261 --> 01:16:06,595 She wishes. 1057 01:16:06,695 --> 01:16:08,030 Give him some Scotch. 1058 01:16:16,205 --> 01:16:17,973 Thought maybe you could help me. 1059 01:16:27,550 --> 01:16:29,618 Suppose I wanted a few dollars for that. 1060 01:16:44,533 --> 01:16:47,403 Where did you find it, in a box of Cracker Jacks? 1061 01:16:47,937 --> 01:16:49,071 It's not real. 1062 01:16:50,106 --> 01:16:52,575 Come on, pal, what is this, some kind of hustle? 1063 01:17:02,218 --> 01:17:03,319 A cop. 1064 01:17:05,321 --> 01:17:06,956 I must be getting old. 1065 01:17:10,192 --> 01:17:13,796 I'm not from Robbery. I'm from Homicide. 1066 01:17:14,263 --> 01:17:17,399 I'm investigating the killing of those two women in Bel Air. 1067 01:17:19,001 --> 01:17:20,102 Oh, no. 1068 01:17:21,370 --> 01:17:22,638 Oh, no. 1069 01:17:23,272 --> 01:17:25,441 You're not going to hang that one on me. 1070 01:17:25,541 --> 01:17:27,309 No way! No way! 1071 01:17:29,778 --> 01:17:31,046 Where's my jacket? 1072 01:17:31,814 --> 01:17:34,884 You wanna book me, go ahead, book me! Where's my jacket? 1073 01:17:35,651 --> 01:17:36,952 You had nothirT to do with it. 1074 01:17:37,052 --> 01:17:38,554 Then what are you here for? 1075 01:17:40,089 --> 01:17:41,991 - I had nothing to do with it. - You wanna know what I am here for? 1076 01:17:42,091 --> 01:17:44,093 - Yeah. - Gimme this. 1077 01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:45,961 - Sit down. - I don't wanna sit down. 1078 01:17:46,061 --> 01:17:46,996 May I sit down? 1079 01:17:47,096 --> 01:17:48,197 Go ahead. 1080 01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:53,035 You had nothing to do with it. 1081 01:17:58,307 --> 01:18:00,976 Now, the guys down at the Robbery detail... 1082 01:18:01,210 --> 01:18:04,914 they can't identify the burglar that committed those two murders. 1083 01:18:05,014 --> 01:18:06,715 That's what I'm here for. 1084 01:18:11,387 --> 01:18:12,821 I can't help you. 1085 01:18:13,956 --> 01:18:15,491 You haven't heard anything? 1086 01:18:17,259 --> 01:18:18,294 Nothing. 1087 01:18:19,695 --> 01:18:20,963 You're sure? 1088 01:18:24,533 --> 01:18:27,202 Do you know I'm afraid of Siamese cats? 1089 01:18:28,404 --> 01:18:31,607 One meow and I'm out of the door with my pockets empty. 1090 01:18:31,840 --> 01:18:33,409 Oh, look, Lieutenant, 1091 01:18:33,509 --> 01:18:35,811 that guy who killed those women, he scares me. 1092 01:18:35,911 --> 01:18:37,613 I mean, he really scares me. 1093 01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:43,686 Look, I'm a professional, we both know that, right? 1094 01:18:43,886 --> 01:18:45,988 Otherwise you wouldn't be down here. 1095 01:18:46,889 --> 01:18:50,759 That guy what killed those women, he gives guys like me a bad name. 1096 01:18:50,859 --> 01:18:51,894 Right. 1097 01:18:52,461 --> 01:18:55,130 Look, Lieutenant, if I knew who that guy was, 1098 01:18:55,230 --> 01:18:57,700 you think I wouldn't have called you guys a long time ago? 1099 01:18:57,800 --> 01:18:58,867 Right. 1100 01:19:01,236 --> 01:19:05,074 Would you rob a thing like this? 1101 01:19:06,642 --> 01:19:09,278 Are you kidding? They'd laugh me off the cellblock. 1102 01:19:09,378 --> 01:19:11,113 All right, listen to me, Artie. 1103 01:19:11,747 --> 01:19:15,084 - I got a problem. You can help me. - Me? 1104 01:19:16,685 --> 01:19:20,823 I think I know who killed those two women. But I can't prove it. 1105 01:19:21,090 --> 01:19:22,758 Hey, Artie, it's your old lady. 1106 01:19:22,925 --> 01:19:25,461 She says, get your tail home, you're taking her shoppin'. 1107 01:19:25,561 --> 01:19:27,262 Tell that bag to go... 1108 01:19:31,867 --> 01:19:34,036 Tell her I'll be home in a little while. 1109 01:19:35,638 --> 01:19:37,072 You know who killed those women? 1110 01:19:40,276 --> 01:19:42,678 Come on, Hugh, make sense. Who wants money? 1111 01:19:42,778 --> 01:19:44,747 The man. The burglar. 1112 01:19:44,947 --> 01:19:46,915 The one who's been robbing all the houses around here. 1113 01:19:47,016 --> 01:19:48,050 That's ridiculous. 1114 01:19:48,317 --> 01:19:49,385 Mark, he's dead serious. 1115 01:19:49,485 --> 01:19:51,887 He's ready to go to the police if I don't pay him. 1116 01:19:52,087 --> 01:19:53,555 But how does he know you killed Janice? 1117 01:19:53,656 --> 01:19:55,924 I don't know. I don't know. 1118 01:19:56,625 --> 01:19:58,227 The point is that he knows. 1119 01:20:00,562 --> 01:20:02,431 I should've called the police the moment it happened. 1120 01:20:02,698 --> 01:20:04,366 You did call the police, my friend. 1121 01:20:06,702 --> 01:20:08,003 How much does he want? 1122 01:20:08,170 --> 01:20:09,938 I don't know. I don't know. 1123 01:20:11,607 --> 01:20:13,208 Said he'd tell me later today. 1124 01:20:15,477 --> 01:20:19,548 - When are you supposed to meet him? - Uh, 4:30. 1125 01:20:20,649 --> 01:20:21,950 A bar at Fifth and Wall. 1126 01:20:35,197 --> 01:20:37,733 All right, meet him. 1127 01:20:38,367 --> 01:20:40,035 I'll be waiting nearby. 1128 01:20:40,903 --> 01:20:42,638 Find out what he wants, 1129 01:20:44,940 --> 01:20:46,775 and we'll decide how to... 1130 01:20:48,510 --> 01:20:49,745 how to deal with him. 1131 01:20:57,319 --> 01:20:59,822 All right, no violence. 1132 01:21:02,725 --> 01:21:04,126 Why, Hugh, 1133 01:21:05,260 --> 01:21:07,496 I'm no more violent than you are. 1134 01:21:57,813 --> 01:22:00,582 The cops are trying to pin those robberies on me. 1135 01:22:01,383 --> 01:22:03,418 But, you see, I didn't pull that job in your joint. 1136 01:22:03,819 --> 01:22:05,954 But I figure you know that already, don't you? 1137 01:22:06,422 --> 01:22:08,891 - I don't know what you're talking about. - Don't hand me that. 1138 01:22:09,258 --> 01:22:12,060 I figure you killed your old lady and tried to pin it on me. 1139 01:22:12,227 --> 01:22:13,662 Well, I got news for you, pal, 1140 01:22:13,996 --> 01:22:16,398 nobody makes Artie Jessup a patsy, you got it? 1141 01:22:16,598 --> 01:22:17,533 It's gonna cost you. 1142 01:22:17,900 --> 01:22:20,202 - You still haven't given me proof. - I don't need any proof. 1143 01:22:20,536 --> 01:22:24,072 All I gotta do is go to cops and confess to those first three robberies... 1144 01:22:24,173 --> 01:22:26,842 and, you know what, all of a sudden, they look into the other two... 1145 01:22:27,376 --> 01:22:29,011 where the women were killed. 1146 01:22:29,778 --> 01:22:31,346 Now, what do you think? 1147 01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:33,315 I think they got you. 1148 01:22:34,817 --> 01:22:37,753 Hey, I don't mind one way or the other. 1149 01:22:37,853 --> 01:22:40,189 Bein' on the outside isn't all that great. 1150 01:22:40,989 --> 01:22:44,293 All my buddies are back there, so going back on a burglary rap, 1151 01:22:44,393 --> 01:22:47,196 I won't mind that a bit. Now, come on. 1152 01:22:48,030 --> 01:22:49,398 What's it going to be, pal? 1153 01:22:49,631 --> 01:22:51,900 Do I go to the cops, or do we work something out? 1154 01:22:56,772 --> 01:22:57,739 All right. 1155 01:22:59,374 --> 01:23:00,542 How much? 1156 01:23:00,843 --> 01:23:01,844 Good. 1157 01:23:26,635 --> 01:23:27,469 Well? 1158 01:23:27,569 --> 01:23:31,073 He wants $5,000 in small bills. Old money. 1159 01:23:31,540 --> 01:23:32,941 Nothing larger than a $50. 1160 01:23:34,409 --> 01:23:38,347 $5,000, is that all? The man has no imagination. 1161 01:23:39,214 --> 01:23:40,082 When do you meet him? 1162 01:23:40,549 --> 01:23:41,817 Tomorrow afternoon, here. 1163 01:23:42,117 --> 01:23:43,151 Same time? 1164 01:23:43,252 --> 01:23:46,288 Right. Now, Mark, he's dead serious. 1165 01:23:46,522 --> 01:23:49,658 He says he knows your department has him under suspicion for those other robberies, 1166 01:23:49,758 --> 01:23:51,426 but that they can't prove anything. 1167 01:23:51,727 --> 01:23:53,528 He's not a stupid man. 1168 01:23:53,695 --> 01:23:56,331 All right, now, I want you to get the money from the bank. 1169 01:23:57,266 --> 01:23:59,201 I want you to be here tomorrow at the same time. 1170 01:24:00,135 --> 01:24:02,938 Mark, we can't start paying him. He's just gonna want more. 1171 01:24:03,171 --> 01:24:04,806 Just leave him to me. 1172 01:24:05,374 --> 01:24:07,309 You keep your mouth shut and don't admit to anything. 1173 01:24:07,409 --> 01:24:09,011 We're gonna be just fine. 1174 01:24:10,212 --> 01:24:11,346 Both of us. 1175 01:24:47,349 --> 01:24:51,219 - Oh, Columbo. What are you doing here? - Oh, good morning, sir. 1176 01:24:51,620 --> 01:24:52,487 Good morning. 1177 01:24:52,688 --> 01:24:55,791 Lt. Duffy is out on call. I'm using his office. 1178 01:24:56,558 --> 01:24:57,726 What's the matter with your office? 1179 01:24:58,660 --> 01:25:00,963 Well, I was going through these file folders. 1180 01:25:01,063 --> 01:25:02,864 These are the prime suspects in the robberies... 1181 01:25:02,965 --> 01:25:05,500 and Duffy didn't want the folders out of his office. 1182 01:25:05,600 --> 01:25:07,069 I wanna tell you something. 1183 01:25:07,169 --> 01:25:09,271 I'm doing it just exactly the way you suggested. 1184 01:25:09,371 --> 01:25:11,640 I'm concentrating my efforts on the robbery aspects... 1185 01:25:11,740 --> 01:25:13,709 of this crime, and you're right. 1186 01:25:14,543 --> 01:25:17,112 I think the answer lies right in here somewhere. 1187 01:25:17,212 --> 01:25:18,146 Good. 1188 01:25:19,514 --> 01:25:21,817 Good. Okay, well, maybe Til... 1189 01:25:22,584 --> 01:25:25,153 take a glance at these myself again. 1190 01:25:26,188 --> 01:25:29,858 I didn't get a very good look at that man the night he ran from the Caldwell house. 1191 01:25:29,958 --> 01:25:31,126 Still you never know, do you? 1192 01:25:31,426 --> 01:25:34,563 That's a good thought. Sometimes something just clicks into place. 1193 01:25:50,445 --> 01:25:53,281 Well, on the other hand, I've been through these a dozen times. 1194 01:25:53,382 --> 01:25:54,916 I don't think they can help me any. 1195 01:25:55,150 --> 01:25:58,186 That's a good thought, too, sir. No sense wasting your time on a dead end. 1196 01:25:58,286 --> 01:25:59,988 You keep at it, though, huh? 1197 01:26:00,155 --> 01:26:01,990 If you come up with anything, let me know. 1198 01:29:21,556 --> 01:29:22,691 Do you, uh... 1199 01:29:23,525 --> 01:29:24,392 Do you mind? 1200 01:29:24,492 --> 01:29:25,694 Be my guest. 1201 01:29:29,898 --> 01:29:31,866 Easy. Easy. Under the table. 1202 01:29:40,041 --> 01:29:40,775 Gonna count it? 1203 01:29:43,411 --> 01:29:44,646 I trust you. 1204 01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:48,516 If it's short, you can always make it up in the next payment. 1205 01:29:49,150 --> 01:29:50,452 The next payment? 1206 01:29:51,720 --> 01:29:54,289 - You said... - I said a lot of things, Mr. Caldwell. 1207 01:29:55,090 --> 01:29:57,792 One thing I forgot to tell you was that... 1208 01:29:58,693 --> 01:29:59,794 I'm a chronic liar. 1209 01:30:08,503 --> 01:30:09,971 - Sure they're in there, sir? - Positive. 1210 01:30:10,071 --> 01:30:12,040 Caldwell is meeting him on my instructions. 1211 01:30:12,140 --> 01:30:14,609 Catch this man Jessup with the money, we'll have our killer. 1212 01:30:16,411 --> 01:30:18,179 - Okay? - Okay. 1213 01:30:25,453 --> 01:30:27,922 - All right. Move. - Take it easy. 1214 01:30:28,023 --> 01:30:29,257 You want it the hard way? 1215 01:30:29,357 --> 01:30:30,525 Take it easy! 1216 01:30:30,692 --> 01:30:33,395 What are you trying to do, break my head? What is this? 1217 01:30:33,495 --> 01:30:35,263 It's called blackmail, Jessup. 1218 01:30:35,363 --> 01:30:37,699 First you rob this man's house, you kill two women, 1219 01:30:38,266 --> 01:30:40,001 then you've got the gall to try blackmail. 1220 01:30:40,101 --> 01:30:41,603 Get out! You don't have any proof. 1221 01:30:41,703 --> 01:30:43,905 We'll have it. As soon as we search your apartment. 1222 01:30:44,005 --> 01:30:45,640 Which we'll do right now. 1223 01:30:45,740 --> 01:30:48,043 Columbo, Duffy, come with me. We'll need one squad car. 1224 01:30:48,143 --> 01:30:50,946 Commissioner, we need a warrant before we can search that apartment. 1225 01:30:51,046 --> 01:30:53,114 We already got one. You want to check it? 1226 01:30:58,320 --> 01:31:01,723 Yes, sir, that's fine. I think you're making a mistake. 1227 01:31:01,823 --> 01:31:02,924 I'll prove to you, I'm not. 1228 01:31:03,024 --> 01:31:04,926 All right, take this man down and book him. 1229 01:31:05,026 --> 01:31:07,295 Mr. Caldwell will give you his statement. 1230 01:31:08,229 --> 01:31:09,297 Let's go. 1231 01:31:21,609 --> 01:31:26,181 Commissioner, I believe you are making a mistake here, sir. Sir. 1232 01:31:26,481 --> 01:31:29,484 I don't believe Jessup killed either of these women, particularly your wife. 1233 01:31:29,584 --> 01:31:32,354 Don't be ridiculous. I saw it, he threw her in the pool. 1234 01:31:32,454 --> 01:31:33,988 There were other witnesses. 1235 01:31:34,622 --> 01:31:36,257 Could you bring the keys up, please? 1236 01:31:36,491 --> 01:31:37,726 Right away, huh? 1237 01:31:38,893 --> 01:31:40,729 - Sir. - He's on his way up, Commissioner. 1238 01:31:40,829 --> 01:31:41,796 Thank you. 1239 01:31:42,230 --> 01:31:45,100 Sir, I realize that your wife appeared to die in the pool. 1240 01:31:45,300 --> 01:31:47,435 Actually she died in the bathtub. 1241 01:31:48,937 --> 01:31:50,105 What are you talking about? 1242 01:31:50,205 --> 01:31:52,073 Right this way, please. Right this way. 1243 01:31:52,173 --> 01:31:53,375 Room 13. 1244 01:32:00,348 --> 01:32:02,217 It was the water in her lungs. 1245 01:32:06,955 --> 01:32:07,989 Commissioner. 1246 01:32:13,194 --> 01:32:16,698 The water in her lungs. There were traces of soap. 1247 01:32:17,966 --> 01:32:19,934 Duffy, check that bathroom. You, get the kitchen. 1248 01:32:20,034 --> 01:32:23,671 You see, sir, as soon as I saw the body, I knew right away something was wrong. 1249 01:32:24,272 --> 01:32:25,006 You did, huh? 1250 01:32:25,106 --> 01:32:26,941 Check behind that stove, get under the sink there. 1251 01:32:27,042 --> 01:32:29,477 I knew something was wrong because of her outfit. 1252 01:32:29,711 --> 01:32:32,480 What she was wearing, the tear in her dress. 1253 01:32:32,580 --> 01:32:34,115 You see, I had asked myself the question. 1254 01:32:34,749 --> 01:32:37,118 Why does a woman go to an important testimonial dinner... 1255 01:32:37,218 --> 01:32:40,922 knowing that her sleeve is torn? Got a whole closet full of nice clothes. 1256 01:32:41,156 --> 01:32:42,290 The one thing that I knew, 1257 01:32:42,824 --> 01:32:46,561 she was not on her way to the dinner when she was drowned. 1258 01:32:47,028 --> 01:32:49,330 So, now it follows, she must have been drowned earlier. 1259 01:32:49,864 --> 01:32:54,035 Now I find out about the soap. That places it in the bathtub. 1260 01:32:55,270 --> 01:32:59,340 You see, a couple of hours before her body was dropped into the pool, 1261 01:32:59,674 --> 01:33:03,511 somebody drowned her and somebody dressed her. 1262 01:33:03,611 --> 01:33:06,815 The Medical Examiner's report set the time of death at 7:30, Columbo. 1263 01:33:07,015 --> 01:33:08,049 Yes, sir. 1264 01:33:08,149 --> 01:33:10,852 But that was based on your eyewitness testimony. 1265 01:33:10,952 --> 01:33:12,454 Now, I spoke to him. 1266 01:33:12,987 --> 01:33:16,024 He said it could just as easily have happened a couple of hours earlier. 1267 01:33:16,257 --> 01:33:18,893 All right. Suppose she did die in the bathtub. 1268 01:33:19,027 --> 01:33:20,395 Jessup surprised and killed her. 1269 01:33:20,495 --> 01:33:23,064 He dressed the body and threw it in the pool to make it look accidental. 1270 01:33:23,164 --> 01:33:26,634 No, sir, that's not possible. You know why? 1271 01:33:29,337 --> 01:33:34,075 You see, the bathroom, the bathtub, the faucet itself, everything was bone dry. 1272 01:33:34,309 --> 01:33:37,745 Including the towels, not even slightly moist. 1273 01:33:37,912 --> 01:33:39,848 That was the first thing I checked, sir. 1274 01:33:40,582 --> 01:33:44,586 Now, she had to have drowned before 6:00, maybe even before 5:00, 1275 01:33:44,686 --> 01:33:46,588 otherwise it wouldn't have been that dry. 1276 01:33:47,155 --> 01:33:49,123 Long before Jessup got there. 1277 01:33:49,958 --> 01:33:51,459 As a matter of fact, 1278 01:33:51,626 --> 01:33:54,362 just about the time that you came home for supper. 1279 01:34:02,937 --> 01:34:04,005 Commissioner. 1280 01:34:05,473 --> 01:34:07,075 I believe you killed your wife. 1281 01:34:08,576 --> 01:34:12,280 And I believe you either killed Janice Caldwell or you're covering up for it. 1282 01:34:19,320 --> 01:34:21,256 You just lost your badge, my friend. 1283 01:34:24,459 --> 01:34:26,728 - Come on, come on, keep digging. - Yes, sir. 1284 01:34:27,862 --> 01:34:30,932 At first, I thought Mr. Caldwell was responsible, 1285 01:34:31,366 --> 01:34:33,935 but that didn't work out because of the nightgown business. 1286 01:34:35,737 --> 01:34:37,472 And then the next night when your wife was killed, 1287 01:34:37,572 --> 01:34:40,942 and you had that terrific alibi, it suddenly hit me. 1288 01:34:41,242 --> 01:34:43,778 You were in it together and you tried to blame Artie Jessup. 1289 01:34:49,584 --> 01:34:52,687 And the truth is that Jessup was nowhere near either house either night. 1290 01:34:53,154 --> 01:34:54,088 Commissioner. 1291 01:34:56,824 --> 01:34:57,692 He wasn't, huh? 1292 01:35:00,495 --> 01:35:02,530 All right, how do you explain these? 1293 01:35:02,730 --> 01:35:04,232 Janice Caldwell's jewels. 1294 01:35:04,332 --> 01:35:05,667 I can explain it. 1295 01:35:06,434 --> 01:35:08,603 You took them from the Caldwell house, you hid 'em, 1296 01:35:08,870 --> 01:35:11,639 and today you planted 'em here to incriminate Mr. Jessup. 1297 01:35:12,106 --> 01:35:14,475 You're crazy, you can't prove anything like that. 1298 01:35:15,743 --> 01:35:16,644 Sgt. Randall? 1299 01:35:16,978 --> 01:35:18,146 Here, sir. 1300 01:35:23,551 --> 01:35:24,452 You. 1301 01:35:31,826 --> 01:35:35,163 Commissioner Halperin says he found these jewels under your mattress. 1302 01:35:36,598 --> 01:35:37,298 That's crazy. 1303 01:35:37,532 --> 01:35:38,666 You're a liar. 1304 01:35:38,866 --> 01:35:40,401 Hey, I don't even live here. 1305 01:35:43,504 --> 01:35:44,439 What? 1306 01:35:44,772 --> 01:35:45,873 I can verify that, sir. 1307 01:35:57,151 --> 01:35:59,220 He doesn't live here. I live here. 1308 01:36:02,323 --> 01:36:05,727 These are my shirts. That's my underwear. 1309 01:36:07,862 --> 01:36:09,297 My brother-in-law. 1310 01:36:10,598 --> 01:36:12,367 That's my nephew, my niece. 1311 01:36:13,134 --> 01:36:15,603 I haven't lived here long. Just moved in. 1312 01:36:15,870 --> 01:36:18,106 You see, the apartment was vacant for three weeks. 1313 01:36:18,206 --> 01:36:21,276 I just signed the lease. You looked in the closet. 1314 01:36:21,643 --> 01:36:23,511 Those were my pajamas and my bathrobe. 1315 01:36:24,746 --> 01:36:27,115 The file folder, the... the report on the desk. 1316 01:36:27,215 --> 01:36:29,951 Yes, sir, I'll have to take responsibility for that. 1317 01:36:30,852 --> 01:36:33,755 You see, I persuaded Mr. Jessup to telephone Mr. Caldwell, 1318 01:36:33,855 --> 01:36:35,923 knowing that Caldwell would contact you. 1319 01:36:36,290 --> 01:36:39,594 I was sure that once you knew the true identity of the burglar, 1320 01:36:40,094 --> 01:36:41,829 you'd try and incriminate him. 1321 01:36:42,430 --> 01:36:46,434 So this morning, very early, just after I signed the lease, 1322 01:36:46,868 --> 01:36:49,704 I made up a new file folder on Mr. Jessup. 1323 01:36:50,304 --> 01:36:54,709 Everything was the same except this address. 1324 01:36:55,910 --> 01:36:59,614 Only one person, beside myself, knew this address. 1325 01:37:00,081 --> 01:37:01,082 That was you, sir. 1326 01:37:09,023 --> 01:37:09,891 That's all. 1327 01:37:18,166 --> 01:37:20,902 I think once your friend, Mr. Caldwell, understands the situation, 1328 01:37:21,002 --> 01:37:23,071 he'll fill in some missing pieces.