| Columbo: Season 1 | |||||
| Universal Studios (1968) | |||||
| TV Series / Crime, Mystery | |||||
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| Peter Falk | Columbo | |
| Leoda Richards | Theatre Patron | |
| Marcia Wallace | Woman | |
| Ray Milland | Arthur Kennicutt | |
| Timothy Carey | Bert | |
| Mike Lally | Man in Line | |
| Jeffrey Sayre | Theatre Patron | |
| Bob Harks | Man at Dedication | |
| Bobby Gilbert | Exhibit Patron | |
| Mark Russell | Police Sgt. | |
| Clark Ross | Man at Dedication | |
| Roddy McDowall | Roger Stanford | |
| Leslie Nielsen | Peter Hamilton | |
| Harold Gould | Agent Carlson | |
| John Fiedler | Doctor | |
| Richard O'Brien | Priest | |
| Frank Baker | Theatre Patron | |
| Mary Wickes | Landlady | |
| Kim Hunter | Edna Matthews | |
| Richard Anderson | Bryce Chadwick |
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| Producer |
Richard Irving
Richard Levinson William Link Dean Hargrove |
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| Writer | William Kelley
Steven Bochco Barney Slater Richard Levinson |
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| Cinematography | Lionel Lindon
Russell Metty Harry L. Wolf Lloyd Ahern Sr. |
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| Musician |
Billy Goldenberg
Gil Mellé |
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Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler. But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security. And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder. |
| Seen it: Yes 120 mins 2/20/1968 1. Prescription: Murder | |||
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Columbo's first mystery pits him against a cheating doctor out to get rid of his wife in favor of his young, pretty actress girlfriend.
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| Seen it: Yes 120 mins 3/1/1971 2. Ransom for a Dead Man | |||
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A high-flying lady lawyer kills her husband for the insurance money, and tries to makes It look like a kidnapping gone wrong.
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| Seen it: Yes 120 mins 9/15/1971 3. Murder by the Book | |||
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One member of a mystery-writing-team decides to kill his more talented partner when the better writer decides to go solo.
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| Seen it: Yes 120 mins 10/6/1971 4. Death Lends a Hand | |||
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A private investigator kills his client's wife after she threatens to expose his blackmail scheme. The client then hires the detective to assist Columbo in the search for the killer.
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| Seen it: Yes 120 mins 10/27/1971 5. Dead Weight | |||
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A famous general kills a business associate, then woos a neurotic female witness to thwart Columbo's investigation.
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| Seen it: Yes 120 mins 11/17/1971 6. Suitable for Framing | |||
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An art critic, Dale Kingston, kills his uncle for his valuable collection of paintings. All the clues lead to the dead man's first wife. Can Columbo correct the Lieutenant's error before it is too late?
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| Seen it: Yes 120 mins 12/15/1971 7. Lady in Waiting | |||
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A woman shoots her overbearing brother, claiming she thought he was a burglar. Columbo doesn't buy the self-defense claim - he know's it's murder
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| Seen it: Yes 120 mins 1/19/1972 8. Short Fuse | |||
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A chemist rigs a bomb in his uncle's car to gain control of his uncle's company, then plants clues to make Columbo suspicious of the company's Vice-President.
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| Seen it: Yes 120 mins 2/9/1972 9. Blueprint for Murder | |||
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An architect kills his business partner and deliberately lets Columbo suspect him, leading Columbo to think that he's hidden the body in the foundation of a building under construction. He plans to let Columbo dig up the site and find nothing, knowing that its the perfect place to hide the body since Columbo would never look in the same place twice.
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