thanks for the title. love sidney greenstreet.

O.K. Steve, I posted a memo on colsy's Columbo Forum eight or nine months ago about les Diaboliques being a forerunner of the Columbo character; cigar and rumpled coat and all. Is there anyone here willing to rent or buy this film (1955) and post about the similarities? Come on - - - it's a great film for images and dialogue and intrigue.

I'll do my best. Hope there are subtitles.

I just saw Double Indemnity yet again just yesterday. I love that movie so much. It is in my top 5 favs of all time.
There are definitely similarities between Keyes and Columbo. How he pecks away at the evidence and really works the case out in his head, and also with his "little man" inside him.
I believe at first Keyes did not suspect Neff....and in part, I think it was because the two of them shared such a close and, at times, sweet relationship. But as he rumbled the facts of the case over in his mind it began to make it clearer that Neff was involved. And if you check out Edward G's face and the looks he gives Neff, it becomes apparent that he knows he was involved....way before he overhears Neff confessing on the dictaphone.
Why does Neff decide to record his confession instead of trying to get awsy? The only reason I can see for that is he is paying an hommage to his friend and explaining to him how it all went down. He knows how much Keyes would want him to go through the trouble of explaining every detail just to satisfy Keyes' "little man".