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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 Lovely But LethalSep 23, 1973 · 73 min · ★ 7.2
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Viveca Scott, the founder of Beauty Mark Cosmetics, is being threatened by her rival David Lang. When he finds out that her revolutionary cream formula actually removes wrinkles, he has the formula pirated.
Guest stars: Martin Sheen (Karl Lessing), Vincent Price (David Lang), Sian Barbara Allen (Shirley Blaine), Vera Miles (Viveca Scott), Bruce Kirby (Sergeant Kramer), Gino Conforti (Ferdy), Colby Chester (Jerry), Fred Draper (Murcheson)
- E2 Any Old Port in a StormOct 7, 1973 · 96 min · ★ 7.8
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A wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
Guest stars: Robert Walden (Billy Fine), Donald Pleasence (Adrian Carsini), Gary Conway (Enrico Carsini), Joyce Jillson (Joan Stacey), Robert Ellenstein (Stein), Julie Harris (Karen Fielding), Vito Scotti (Maitre D'), Dana Elcar (Falcon)
- E3 Candidate for CrimeNov 4, 1973 · 93 min · ★ 7.6
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A Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer's bullet.
Guest stars: Tisha Sterling (Linda Johnson), Jack Riley (Director), Jackie Cooper (Nelson Hayward), Katey Sagal (Secretary), Joanne Linville (Victoria Hayward), Ken Swofford (Harry Stone), Robert Karnes (Sergeant Vernon), Jay Varela (Sergeant Rojas)
- E4 Double ExposureDec 16, 1973 · 70 min · ★ 7.7
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A motivational researcher blackmails to further his career, kills a man, then frames the victim's wife.
Guest stars: Danny Goldman (Press Photographer), Robert Middleton (Victor Norris), George Wyner (Film Editor), Chuck McCann (Roger White), Robert Culp (Bart Kepple), Richard Stahl (Ballistics Man), Louise Latham (Mrs. Norris), Arlene Martel (Tanya)
- E5 Publish or PerishJan 18, 1974 · 73 min · ★ 7.3
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A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.
Guest stars: Gregory Sierra (Lou D'Allessandro), Jack Cassidy (Riley Greenleaf), Mickey Spillane (Alan Mallory), Mariette Hartley (Eileen McRae), Jacques Aubuchon (Jeffrey Neal), John Davis Chandler (Eddie Kane), Tony Perez (Reporter (uncredited)), George Brenlin (Locksmith)
- E6 Mind Over MayhemFeb 18, 1974 · 73 min · ★ 7.2
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The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.
Guest stars: Robert Walker Jr. (Neil Cahill), Lou Wagner (Ross), Lew Ayres (Howard Nicholson), Lee Montgomery (Steve Spelberg), William Christopher (Male Scientist), Jessica Walter (Margaret Nicholson), John Zaremba (Coroner), José Ferrer (Marshall Cahill)
- E7 Swan SongMar 3, 1974 · 99 min · ★ 7.8
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A Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.
Guest stars: Johnny Cash (Tommy Brown), John Dehner (Roland Pangborn), Ida Lupino (Edna Brown), Janit Baldwin (Tina), Sorrell Booke (J.J. Stringer), Bill McKinney (Luke Basket), Vito Scotti (Mr. Grindell), John Randolph (Colonel Mayehoff)
- E8 A Friend in DeedMay 5, 1974 · 98 min · ★ 8.1
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A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.
Guest stars: Rosemary Murphy (Margaret Halperin), Richard Kiley (Mark Halperin), Eric Christmas (Bruno Wexler), Michael McGuire (Hugh Caldwell), Val Avery (Artie Jessup), Eleanor Zee (Thelma), John Finnegan (Lieutenant Dreyer), Arlene Martel (Salesgirl)
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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
