The Eyewitness is YOU! | Columbo

Only Columbo can make the suspect his own eyewitness to his crime.

Clip from Season 4, Episode 6 A Deadly State of Mind' - A psychiatrist, who specializes in hypnosis, murders the husband of his mistress and convinces her to lie to the police; it's up to Lt. Columbo to discover the truth.

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[MustangMike]

This ending was pure genius. George Hamilton played a great role. Of course Columbo used the line “you’ll be the first to know “.

[rnash]

And once again, simply refusing to speak to Columbo and allowing your lawyer to do his job would have saved the criminal.

[Ronin]

I never tire of seeing Columbo. What a great series.

[modelcitizen]

A great Columbo villain, played by George Hamilton. The character is so overwhelmingly arrogant and sure of himself that he overplays his hand - and straight into the Lieutenant's trap! 📺👍

[jamesfeldman]

In his day, George Hamilton used to be known as "famous for being famous, " rather than for any acting skills. But Hamilton is actually a highly underrated actor, who plays dramatic and comedic roles with equal facility. In this episode, he plays one of the best murderers in the series. And even though the hypnosis premise inherent in the story is a bit far-fetched, Hamilton does an outstanding job of making it seem believable.

[CluckN]

Crazy how Columbo casts a silencing spell this episode rendering the perp mute

[michaelmartinez]

This episode (A deadly state of mind) is one of the best 'Gotcha' scenes in the series. George Hamilton's face that has the smile that quickly runs away when the man who he THOUGHT is blind started reading the magazine he gave to him; And quickly proving that he saw a blind man walking his dog that he almost hit when racing from the crime scene... Absolutely brilliant detective work here...He inadvertantly incriminated himself in front of 7 witness's.... Time for the jail cell, then the courthouse....

[Coridimus]

I absolutely love the sound design and just general audio ambiance from this era. Something missing from modern shows.

[mikebasil]

Very clever way for Columbo to catch the culprit.

[WondrousEarth]

The writer of this episode, so imaginative and intelligent a script. A reason I love to watch Columbo, Peter Falk is always superb and clever (the doctor recognizes that right away) ... I love the part where Columbo goes to talk to the Dr.'s assistant, asking her if the doctor had prescribed the two medications to the woman who jumped to her death, she tries to divert him by saying he would need to ask the doctor that question and Columbo says 'I am asking you! ... about this murder'.

[cathystruska]

Columbo always gets proof and is tricky the way he gets both guys there and how he nails George Hamilton. I love all the Columbo episodes . They are all good but I have my favorites too.

[reemyfairy]

I just love it when the villain thinks so highly of themselves getting worked up thinking they can outsmart Columbo then he destroys them completely at the end with the evidence. So satisfying.

[joiedevie]

This episode may have been inspired or even based on a great short story, "Eyewitness, " by Robert Arthur, who was a writer and editor for Hitchcock. It is interesting that this trope had not been used more to trip up the perpetrator in these plots. The closing line in the short story has the investigator similarly admonishing the murderer that there is always an eyewitness to every crime: the one who commits it.

[frankieclayton]

Love how he presents evidence to you and keeps you guessing

[ianmangham]

George really knocked it outta the park with this performance 🎭 👏

[pzj]

This is one os the most elegantly done endings in the entire series in my opinion. It was something else indeed!

[gilliantracy]

One of the best Columbo episodes. Genius!

[jasonh]

I love the way Columbo pretends to look defeated at 6.05 to 6.11 !

[marcusmedlock]

George Hamilton was great here in portraying a very arrogant and heartless villain. Classic example of ensnaring someone with their own ego.

[rosiefay]

Thank you for including that first scene. It helped put the last scene into context. (I'd previously seen a video containing just that last scene.)