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16 December 1973 (USA) morePlot:
A self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Primetime Emmy. moreUser Comments:
Can subliminal advertising help you commit a murder? Find out on today's episode of "Columbo"! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Peter Falk | ... | Lt. Columbo | |
| Robert Culp | ... | Dr. Bart Keppel | |
| Robert Middleton | ... | Vic Norris | |
| Chuck McCann | ... | Roger White | |
| Louise Latham | ... | Mrs. Norris | |
| Arlene Martel | ... | Tanya (as Arlene Martell) | |
| Danny Goldman | ... | Press photographer | |
| John Milford | ... | 1st Detective | |
| George Wyner | ... | Film Editor | |
| Richard Stahl | ... | Ballistics man | |
| Francis De Sales | ... | Patterson (as Francis DeSales) | |
| Alma Beltran | ... | Housekeeper | |
| Dennis Robertson | ... | Detective Marley | |
| Harry Hickox | ... | 2nd Detective | |
| Ann Driscoll | ... | Mrs. Halstead |
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Colombo: Alibi calibro 22 (Italy) [it]Columbo - Ein gründlich motivierter Mord (West Germany) [de]
Columbo - Ein gründlich motivierter Tod (West Germany) [de]
Columbo - Subconscient (France) [fr]
Columbo: Salattu viesti (Finland) [fi]
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Finland:K-18 (2005) (DVD) (self applied)Fun Stuff
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The stage and theatre where Dr. Kepple shows his movie with subliminal cuts in "Double Exposure", with its gold curtain and distinctive stairs at stage right, is the same place where Dr. Mason delivers his motivational speech in Columbo: How to Dial a Murder (1978) (TV). moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Columbo arrives at a back office with monitors, he's being tracked by a videocamera. He arrives and sees himself live on the monitor, filmed from behind. What he sees doesn't match with his actual position, judging by a hand resting against a wall. moreQuotes:
Dr. Bart Keppel: [voiceover narration for motivational film] Nothing can happen in this country until someone sells something. We are traditionally a nation of salesmen. But most importantly, we have turned salesmanship into a creative art. Salesmanship, a profession that has become a way of life, our most powerful weapon in the war of ideas and economies, a tribute to American creativity. moreFAQ
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Dr. Bart Keppel (Robert Culp) styles himself as a "motivation research specialist," and it's true he has written several books on marketing and made a name for himself on the subject of "subliminal advertising"which involves inserting frames of an advertised product into the reels of a film. The frames go by too fast for the conscious mind to note them; but subconsciously the mind picks them up and makes the viewer crave what is pictured. But this advertising expert's more lucrative sideline is blackmail. He takes secret pictures of his married clients with a girl hired to tempt them. His latest victim, Vic Norris (Robert Middleton), balks and wants to turn in Dr. Keppel (don't call him Mr. Keppel) to the D.A. The blackmailer prevents this by murdering Norris during a screening of a promotional film. He finds a clever alibi and an even cleverer way of tempting his victim into the wrong place at the wrong time. But his projectionist (Chuck McCann) finds out and blackmails the blackmailer. It's up to our rumpled Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) to use subliminal tricks of his own to unmask the killer.
This enjoyable "Columbo" episode, directed by Richard Quine from a script by Stephen J. Cannell, bears resemblance to "Columbo: Death Lends a Hand," which also featured Robert Culp as a killer who blackmails one victim too many. The subject of subliminal advertising is amusing, though I think the idea was discredited at some point. The last I heard of it was when some Japanese animators innocently inserted frames of American flags into episodes of the TV cartoon, "Alf." There was an uproar, but the idea of hypnotizing people with frames of film came to look silly. Still, give this episode your willing suspension of disbelief, and you'll enjoy it.