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"Columbo" Negative Reaction (1974)
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Original Air Date:
15 October 1974
(Season 4, Episode 2)
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A photographer murders his wife and blames her death on a bungled kidnapping. But Lt. Columbo has an even sharper eye than the Pulitzer Prize winner. full summary | add synopsis
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Certainly not a negative reaction to this episode!
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Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter Falk | ... | Columbo |
 | Dick Van Dyke | ... | Paul Galesko |
 | Don Gordon | ... | Alvin Deschler |
 | Larry Storch | ... | Mr. Weekly |
| Antoinette Bower | ... | Frances Galesko |
| Joyce Van Patten | ... | Sister of Mercy |
 | David Sheiner | ... | Ray |
| Michael Strong | ... | Sergeant Hoffman |
| JoAnna Cameron | ... | Lorna McGrath (as Joanna Cameron) |
| Vito Scotti | ... | Thomas Dolan |
| Alice Backes | ... | Mrs. Moyland |
| Harvey Gold | ... | Harry Lewis |
| Bill Zuckert | ... | Capt. Sampson |
| Adrian Ricard | ... | DMV clerk |
| Thom Carney | ... | Manager |
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USA:91 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Finland:K-18 (2006) (DVD) (self applied) |
USA:Unrated
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Paul Hanlon's distinctive fireplace fan in "Negative Reaction", which was also in Nelson Heyward's house in "Columbo: Candidate for Crime (#3.3)" (1973).
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[Paul Galesko enjoys a successful showing of his work with his assistant and his publisher]
Ray: That funny little man came by my office again yesterday.
Paul Galesko: What man?
Ray: Oh, you know, the uh, policeman.
Paul Galesko: Bombarded you with questions, I suppose, huh?
Ray: Oh, yes. Yeah, but he bought one of your volumes, so it wasn't a complete waste of time.
Lorna McGrath: You know, he did take quite an interest in your work the other day.
Paul Galesko: [spots Columbo at a distance] And today as well.
Lt. Columbo: Mr. Galesko, sir! I've been looking all over for you.
Paul Galesko: [exasperated] You have.
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Ray: That funny little man came by my office again yesterday.
Paul Galesko: What man?
Ray: Oh, you know, the uh, policeman.
Paul Galesko: Bombarded you with questions, I suppose, huh?
Ray: Oh, yes. Yeah, but he bought one of your volumes, so it wasn't a complete waste of time.
Lorna McGrath: You know, he did take quite an interest in your work the other day.
Paul Galesko: [spots Columbo at a distance] And today as well.
Lt. Columbo: Mr. Galesko, sir! I've been looking all over for you.
Paul Galesko: [exasperated] You have.
[...]
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Featured in Brilliant But Cancelled (2002) (TV)
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If Jack Cassidy had starred in this 1974 Columbo story I might have regarded it as the best episode in the entire series; however, Dick Van Dyke does a very good job at portraying a hen-pecked photographer who develops a nastily effective plot to dispose of his wife and implicate a recently-released prisoner.
Virtually flawless in plot and script, Columbo is at his most irritatingly mischievous here as the clues start accumulating in a crisp, well thought-out and well-timed manner (the newspaper clippings which are presented later in the episode is priceless).
As with all vintage Columbo episodes there is wonderful comedy too: Columbo goes to quiz a driving instructor whose car has broken down and he has to give him a lift; the ensuing moments see the driving instructor condemning Columbo's wayward driving to the point of complete and utter intolerance...
The ending is very neat and unpredictable, and is underpinned with significant irony as Columbo's newly-discovered knowledge of photography comes in extremely handy!