This tv series was about Police Lieutenant Detective Columbo who seems rather dim-witted to his criminal adversaries but is really crazy like a fox! The criminals become so over confident that Lieutenant Columbo will never catch them. His trademark is to tell them that he's done with his investigation, he turns towards the door to leave, turns back and says, "Oh, just one last question". And you can bet that's the question they were sure he wouldn't be asking. In one moment, they go from being sure they'll get away with their crime to knowing they've been caught!
Columbo Cast:
Peter Falk .............. Lieutenant Columbo
Columbo Tv Show Trivia:
The first tv pilot movie "Prescription: Murder" was based upon a play first performed in 1962.
The first of the regular episodes, "Murder By The Book", was directed by Steven Spielberg.
There were only three Columbo episodes where you'll see Lieutenant Columbo in anything other than his raincoat. They were: "Forgotten Lady" #30, A Case of Immunity" #31, and "Murder Under Glass" #40. In those episodes, he had to wear a Tuxedo to attend formal functions.
Patrick McGoohan (Star of "The Prisoner" BBC Tv Series) holds two distinctions as a Columbo guest cast member. He is the only one to appear on the tv show more than three times as a murderor and he is the only one to ever ask Lieutenant Columbo what his first name was (In "By Dawn's Early Light"). By the way, his first name was never revealed.
Lieutenant Columbo didn't care much for guns. In fact, he managed to evade taking his mandatory police force firing range tests for ten years.
Starring Peter Falk in his 4-time Emmy-winning role as the cigar-chomping, trench coat-wearing police lieutenant, this 5-disc collection includes every 1st season episode plus the two original Columbo movies: "Prescription: Murder" and "Ransom for a Dead Man." Read More
Prescription: Murder (2/20/1968)
Ransom For A Dead Man (3/01/1971)
Episodes List With Original Airdates
Columbo Tv Show - The First Season
1. Murder By The Book (9/15/1971)
2. Death Lends A Hand (10/06/1971)
3. Dead Weight (10/27/1971)
4. Suitable For Framing (11/17/1971)
5. Lady In Waiting (12/15/1971)
6. Short Fuse (1/19/1972)
7. Blueprint For Murder (2/09/1972)
The Second Season
8. Etude In Black (9/17/1972)
9. The Greenhouse Jungle (10/15/1972)
10. The Most Crucial Game (11/05/1972)
11. Dagger Of The Mind (11/26/1972)
12. Requiem For A Falling Star (1/21/1973)
13. A Stitch In Crime (2/11/1973)
14. The Most Dangerous Match (3/04/1973)
15. Double Shock (3/25/1973)
The Third Season
16. Lovely But Lethal (9/23/1973)
17. Any Old Port In A Storm (10/07/1973)
18. Candidate For Crime (11/04/1973)
19. Double Exposure (12/16/1973)
20. Publish Or Perish (1/18/1974)
21. Mind Over Mayhem (2/10/1974)
22. Swan Song (3/03/1974)
23. A Friend In Deed (5/05/1974)
Columbo Tv Show - The Fourth Season
24. An Exercise In Fatality (9/15/1974)
25. Negative Reaction (10/06/1974)
26. By Dawn's Early Light (10/27/1974)
27. Troubled Waters (2/09/1975)
28. Playback (3/02/1975)
29. A Deadly State Of Mind (4/27/1975)
The Fifth Season
30. Forgotten Lady (9/14/1975)
31. A Case Of Immunity (10/12/1975)
32. Identity Crisis (11/02/1975)
33. A Matter Of Honor (2/01/1976)
34. Now You See Him (2/29/1976)
35. Last Salute To The Commodore (5/02/1976)
The Sixth Season
36. Fade In To Murder (10/10/1976)
37. Old Fashioned Murder (11/28/1976)
38. The Bye Bye Sky/High I.Q. Murder Case (5/22/1977)
The Seventh Season
39. Try And Catch Me (11/21/1977)
40. Murder Under Glass (1/30/1978)
41. Make Me A Perfect Murder (2/28/1978)
42. How To Dial A Murder (4/15/1978)
43. The Conspirators (5/13/1978)
Columbo Tv Show - The Eighth Season
44. Columbo Goes To The Guillotine (2/06/1989)
45. Murder, Smoke, And Shadows (2/27/1989)
46. Sex And The Married Detective (4/3/1989)
47. Grand Deceptions (5/01/1989)
The Ninth Season
48. Murder, A Self Portrait (11/25/1989)
49. Columbo Cries Wolf (1/20/1990)
50. Agenda For Murder (2/10/1990)
51. Rest In Peace, Mrs Columbo (3/31/1990)
52. Uneasy Lies The Crown (4/28/1990)
53. Murder In Malibu (5/14/1990)
The Tenth Season
54. Columbo Goes To College (12/09/1990)
55. Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous To Your Health (2/20/1991)
56. The Murder Of A Rock Star (4/29/1991)
The Eleventh Season
57. It's All In The Game (10/31/1993)
58. Butterfly In Shades Of Gray (1/10/1994)
59. Undercover (5/02/1994)
TV Specials
Death Hits The Jackpot (12/15/1991)
No Time To Die (3/15/1992)
A Bird In The Hand... (11/22/1992)
Strange Bedfellows (5/08/1995)
A Trace of Murder (5/15/1997)
Ashes to Ashes (10/08/1998)
Murder With Too Many Notes (2000)
The Man Who Murdered Himself (2002)
Murder By Suicide (2002)
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