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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 Try and Catch MeNov 21, 1977 · 73 min · ★ 7.9
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A writer of murder mysteries wreaks revenge on her nephew-in-law by blaming him for her niece's murder.
Guest stars: Mariette Hartley (Veronica), Ruth Gordon (Abigail Mitchell), Charles Frank (Edmund Gavin), G.D. Spradlin (Martin Hammond), Mary Jackson (Annie), Marie Silva-Alexander (Dance Instructor), Jerome Guardino (Sergeant Burke)
- E2 Murder Under GlassJan 30, 1978 · 75 min · ★ 7.3
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A famous food critic is threatened by a restaurant owner, and so the critic leaves. Soon after, the cook dies. Columbo's involvement is welcomed by all the other chefs in the area, but Columbo wonders why the dead restaurant owner slammed the drawers before he died. And how could the poison that killed him enter an unopened bottle without the killer even being in the room? Could it have been suicide? But then there's the cheques to a mysterious society, and the victim's calender. Can Columbo's cooking skills really match the food critic's taste?
Guest stars: Richard Dysart (Max Duval), Louis Jourdan (Paul Gerard), Mako (Kanji Ousu), France Nuyen (Miss Choy), Larry D. Mann (Albert), Michael V. Gazzo (Vittorio Rossi), Shera Danese (Eve Plummer), Antony Alda (Mario DeLuca)
- E3 Make Me a Perfect MurderFeb 25, 1978 · 98 min · ★ 7.5
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Mark McAndrews a top network programmer is promoted to a New York position. His assistant, who is very ambitious and his lover, expects to get his old job. But of course he feels she is out of her league and needs more experience. Kay, feeling betrayed, decides to seek revenge.
Guest stars: Laurence Luckinbill (Mark McAndrews), Trish Van Devere (Kay Freestone), Lainie Kazan (Valerie Kirk), Patrick O'Neal (Frank Flanagan), Ron Rifkin (Luther), Jerome Guardino (Sergeant Burke), James McEachin (Walter Mearhead), Bruce Kirby (TV Repairman)
- E4 How to Dial a MurderApr 15, 1978 · 73 min · ★ 7.6
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A famous psychiatrist uses an appointment with his doctor as his alibi while he calls his house, where his dead wife's lover is. The call serves as the first step in a conditioning reflex on the psychiatrist's dogs. The other part is the word Rosebud as uttered by the victim. When Columbo arrives on the scene, the psychiatrist is very understanding when police say they may have to put his dogs to death. But Columbo notices how friendly the dogs seem, and then there's the telephone that's hanging from it's hook.
Guest stars: Tricia O'Neil (Miss Cochran), Nicol Williamson (Eric Mason), Kim Cattrall (Joanne Nicholls), Joel Fabiani (Charles Hunter), Frank Aletter (Ernie Garrison), Ed Begley Jr. (Officer Stein), Fred Jay Gordon (Technician)
- E5 The ConspiratorsMay 13, 1978 · 100 min · ★ 7.1
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An Irish poet, who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns, kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle him.
Guest stars: Clive Revill (Joe Devlin), Jeanette Nolan (Kate O'Connell), Albert Paulsen (Vincent Pauley), Kedric Wolfe (Customs Officer), Bernard Behrens (George O'Connell), Michael Horton (Kerry Malone), L.Q. Jones (Gun Dealer), Deborah White (Angela)
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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
