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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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- E1 Columbo Goes to CollegeDec 9, 1990 · 98 min · ★ 7.2
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Lt. Columbo is invited as guest speaker in a Criminology course and squares off against two cunning students, who are confident they have duped the lieutenant with various leads, when their professor is found murdered.
Guest stars: Guy Stockwell (Club Owner), Stephen Caffrey (Justin Rowe), Katherine Cannon (June Clark), William Lucking (Dominic Doyle), James Sutorius (Professor D.E. Rusk), Les Lannom (Malloy), Robert Culp (Jordan Rowe), Gary Hershberger (Cooper Redman)
- E2 Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your HealthFeb 20, 1991 · 98 min · ★ 7.2
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Wade Anders, a former security expert, hosts the show Crime Alert. A rival host, news reader Bud, discovers Wade was in a porno movie and plans to tell the world then take over his show.
Guest stars: Peter Haskell (Budd Clarke), George Hamilton (Wade Anders), Penny Johnson Jerald (Maxine Jarrett), Louis Herthum (Technician), Robert Donner (Arnie), Rick Najera (Henry Santos), Marie Chambers (Lisa), Dennis Bailey (Sergeant Lewis)
- E3 Columbo and the Murder of a Rock StarApr 29, 1991 · 98 min · ★ 7.4
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Lt. Columbo is pitted against an equally brilliant, nationally recognized criminal defence lawyer who murders his rock star girlfriend when he discovers she is seeing another man.
Guest stars: Dabney Coleman (Hugh Creighton), Little Richard (Little Richard), Tad Horino (Ando Miaki), John Martin (Sam Marlowe), Julian Stone (Neddy Malcolm), Shera Danese (Trish Fairbanks), Cheryl Paris (Marcy Edwards), Sondra Currie (Sergeant Hubach)
- E4 Death Hits the JackpotDec 15, 1991 · 98 min · ★ 7.5
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After winning a $30 million lottery, photographer Freddy Brower, who wishes to keep the money a secret from the wife who is divorcing him, arranges with his uncle, wealthy jeweler Leon Lamarr, to pretend the lottery ticket is Lamarr's, until the divorce is final. Little does Brower know his uncle is having an affair with Brower's wife. Lamarr kills Brower in order to keep the lottery winnings for himself.
Guest stars: Rip Torn (Leon Lamarr), Jamie Rose (Nancy Brower), Gary Kroeger (Freddy Brower), Betsy Palmer (Martha Lamarr), Warren Berlinger (Jack Stroller), Antony Ponzini (Gregory Lopiccolo), Penny Santon (Momma), Marilyn Tokuda (Judy)
- E5 No Time to DieMar 15, 1992 · 93 min · ★ 6.5
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Columbo attends the wedding of his police officer nephew. While her husband takes a shower, the bride disappears from the bridal suite. The groom enlists Uncle Columbo's help in unraveling the case. Seems she has been kidnapped by a psychopath who intends to kill her once he consummates "their" marriage.
Guest stars: Joanna Going (Melissa Hayes), Thomas Calabro (Andy Parma), Dan Butler (Sergeant Goodman), Doug Savant (Dennis Mulrooney), Daniel McDonald (Strassa), Don Swayze (Albert Wagner), Donald Moffat (Sheldon Hays), Daniel Davis (Alex Varrick)
- E6 A Bird in the Hand...Nov 22, 1992 · 94 min · ★ 7.3
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Given a deadline to pay his debts or else, chronic gambler Harold plants a bomb under the Rolls Royce of his uncle, sports magnate Big Fred. However, Big Fred is killed by a hit-and-run driver while jogging that very morning, and the Rolls Royce explodes when Fred's gardener tries to move it out of the way of the TV camera crews. Just when Columbo thinks he has the goods on Harold, it is Harold who turns up dead.
Guest stars: Tyne Daly (Dolores McCain), Greg Evigan (Harold McCain), Frank McRae (Lt. John Robertson), Don S. Davis (Bertie Sopkowitz), Steve Forrest (Big Fred McCain), León Singer (Fernando), Michael Gregory (Mr. Hacker), Stephen Liska (Casino Manager)
- E7 It's All in the GameOct 31, 1993 · 96 min · ★ 7.8
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Nick Franco is a violent, two-timing gigolo and his current paramour, Laura Stanton, has had enough. With the help of a young woman named Lisa, she murders her lover and sets herself up with an airtight alibi. When Columbo starts sniffing on her trail, Laura quickly works to seduce the married detective, hoping that her sex appeal will throw the usually stubborn Lieutenant off the scent.
Guest stars: Faye Dunaway (Lauren Staton), Claudia Christian (Lisa Martin), Armando Pucci (Nick Franco), Bill Macy (Ruddick), Doug Sheehan (Riley), Shelley Morrison (Nick's Maid), John Finnegan (Barney), Tom Henschel (Fingerprint Man)
- E8 Butterfly in Shades of GreyJan 10, 1994 · 98 min · ★ 7.4
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Ego-maniac Fielding Chase, is a radio talk show host who in order to prevent his daughter from moving to New York, murders a member of his staff.
Guest stars: Molly Hagan (Victoria Chase), Jack Laufer (Gerry Winters), Richard Kline (Lou Cates), Yorgo Constantine (Station Manager), Mark Lonow (Ted Malloy), Beverly Leech (Deirdre Ross), Brian Markinson (Deirdre's Agent), Robin Clarke (Gordon Madison)
- E9 UndercoverMay 2, 1994 · 98 min · ★ 6.8
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A photograph is the only clue for Columbo when two dead men and a seven year old mystery with $4 million dollars involved as well as an obnoxious insurance investigator come into play.
Guest stars: Ed Begley Jr. (Irving Krutch), Burt Young (Mo Weinberg), Harrison Page (Arthur Brown), Shera Danese (Geraldine Ferguson), Edward Hibbert (Bramley Kahn), Kristin Bauer (Suzie Endicott), John Dunbar (Photographer), Albie Selznick (Detective McKittrick)
- E10 Strange BedfellowsMay 8, 1995 · 89 min · ★ 6.8
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Graham McVeigh, a thoroughbred ranch owner, kills his brother, and frames a local mob bookie. Then, under the guise of making good on his brother's debt, he kills the bookie as well, claiming self-defense. Mob boss Vincenzo Fortelli starts to exert pressure on McVeigh. To solve the crime Columbo must work with the gangster.
Guest stars: George Wendt (Graham McVeigh), Rod Steiger (Vincenzo Fortelli), Jeff Yagher (Teddy McVeigh), Jay Acovone (Bruno Romano), John Finnegan (Barney), Don Calfa (Rudy), Linda Gehringer (Lorraine Buchinsky), Bruce Kirby (Phil Brindle)
- E11 A Trace of MurderMay 15, 1997 · 98 min · ★ 6.9
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Cathleen Calvert and her lover, crime scene investigator Patrick Kinsley, plot to get rid of Calvert's husband, Clifford, a powerful businessman, by killing an investment broker with whom he is currently feuding, and pinning the murder on Clifford. As long as he is alive and in prison, Cathleen has access to all his money. Columbo must uncover a criminal who is part of the team handling the investigation.
Guest stars: Barry Corbin (Clifford Calvert), David Rasche (Patrick Kinsley), Shera Danese (Cathleen Calvert), John Finnegan (Barney), James Almanzar (Bartender), Raye Birk (Howard Seltzer), Will Nye (Officer Will), Franklin Cover (Harry Jenkins)
- E12 Ashes to AshesAug 10, 1998 · 91 min · ★ 6.9
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Mortician to the stars Eric Prince, kills gossip reporter Verity Chandler, who had knowledge of skeletons in Prince's closet. Columbo must figure out what happened to her and why.
Guest stars: Patrick McGoohan (Eric Prince), Rue McClanahan (Verity Chandler), Richard Riehle (Sergeant Degarmo), Spencer Garrett (Roger Gambles), Aubrey Morris (Fred), Edie McClurg (Mrs. Lerby), Richard Libertini (Sheik Yarami), Ron Masak (Eddie Fenelle)
- E13 Murder With Too Many NotesMar 12, 2001 · 98 min · ★ 7.0
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Hollywood film composer and conductor Findlay Crawford has been mentor to a talented young composer who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work for the last few years, and penned Crawford's entire last movie score, which won an Oscar. When the protege wants to venture out on his own, Crawford, whose own talent seems to have run dry, concocts the perfect murder, made to look like a suicide.
Guest stars: Billy Connolly (Findlay Crawford), Richard Riehle (Sergeant Degarmo), Charles Cioffi (Sidney Ritter), Hillary Danner (Rebecca), Chad Willett (Gabriel McEnery), Scott Atkinson (Tony), Obi Ndefo (Nathaniel Murphy), Randy Oglesby (Joshua Vinten)
- E14 Columbo Likes the NightlifeJan 30, 2003 · 88 min · ★ 7.3
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The final Columbo story starring Peter Falk, Los Angeles rave promoter Justin Price helps his girlfriend Vanessa get rid of the corpse of her ex-husband, who was backing Price's new club, after he drops dead in Vanessa's apartment. When an investigative reporter pieces the crime together and threatens to blackmail Justin, Justin kills him.
Guest stars: Karen Maruyama (Maid), Matthew Rhys (Justin Price), Jennifer Sky (Vanessa), Douglas Roberts (Linwood Coben), Carmine Giovinazzo (Tony Galper), Julius Carry (Policeman), Steve Schirripa (Freddie), John Finnegan (Sean Jarvis)
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Created by William Link, Richard Levinson
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GenerationofSwineJan 12, 2023
I can't believe there are so few reviews on this, Columbo is one of the defining detectives on television. He's so low key, so unimposing, and it's a pleasure watching him take down all those criminals that think they are are smarter than him, better than him because of, well how little and, well how wrinkled and cheap he appears. He's the opposite of so many detectives on television these days, the everyman solving crimes. It's just a brilliant approach to a character,… Read more
and one that is fantastically fun to watch. 13 out of 15 found th
