Re: Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Yes, there was a similar scene in "Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo" (which was filmed just the year before), where Columbo enters the hotel looking for Carlton Chamber's bookie contact and a gentleman wearing an identical raincoat is walking out. I always enjoy Columbo's double-takes in these two scenes. Peter Falk was quite good at non-verbal reactions - a few which stand out are from "Murder Under Glass" (when Albert the Chef says he wishes it was Paul Gerard who was dead instead of Vittorio) and from "Sex and the Married Detective", when he is asked by several people in the office if he can help them out.
Re: Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
I was once asked to leave a public place for loitering (I was actually waiting for my car ride, who was a little late), and I think the beat-up jacket I was wearing contributed to that. No, it wasn't for the same reason as Ted mentions, but it's still kind of a comical story.
Re: Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
That raincoat could be a whole subject in itself. I get a kick out of the episode with Santini when Columbo is once again paired with Sergeant Wilson and he's wearing a different new raincoat but then as the plot continuous he goes back to his old one.
Re: Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Funny! and another reason I find the scene in the porn shop amusing, besides the joke at Columbo's expense, is that over the years, more than one person has remarked that "raincoat guy" looks more than a little bit like me. And it's true.