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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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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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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Episode 1
The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.
Directed by Nicholas ColasantoWritten by Steven Bochco, Richard Levinson, William LinkGuest stars Anjanette Comer, Myrna Loy, George Gaynes, John Cassavetes, Charles Macaulay, Blythe Danner, Pat Morita, James Olson
Episode 2
Jarvis Goodland, along with his nephew, plan a kidnap scam to break the nephews trust fund, but after the money has been collected, Jarvis kills his partner.
Directed by Boris SagalWritten by Jonathan LatimerGuest stars Ray Milland, Bob Dishy, Bradford Dillman, William Smith, Arlene Martel, Robert Karnes, Milton Frome, Peggy Mondo
Episode 3
The manager of a football team kills the team's owner, disguising himself as an ice cream vendor as a cover. He then uses a recording of a faked phone call as an alibi to prove he was elsewhere at the time of the murder.
Directed by Jeremy KaganWritten by John T. DuganGuest stars Dean Jagger, Val Avery, Dean Stockwell, James Gregory, Robert Culp, Susan Howard, Kathryn Kelly Wiget, Richard Stahl
Episode 4
While on a work trip to London, to learn the techniques of the British police, Columbo gets involved with the murder of Roger Haversham, a rich old businessman who is financing the careers of two rundown theater stars. When Sir Roger threatens to end their careers, because he felt betrayed, he's killed. A short while after, his butler figures out the motives for his master's murder, and blackmails the actors, who have no other choice than to kill him and make it look like he commited suicide due to remorse, because he murdered his employer. Columbo stills manages to catch both the murderers, with the help of a pearl and a new umbrella.
Directed by Richard QuineWritten by Richard Levinson, William LinkGuest stars Richard Basehart, Honor Blackman, John Williams, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bernard Fox, Veronica Anderson, Arthur Malet, Harvey Jason
Episode 5
A fading movie star tries to murder a writer who is attempting to blackmail her, but accidentally kills her P.A.
Directed by Richard QuineWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Kevin McCarthy, Anne Baxter, Pippa Scott, Mel Ferrer, Frank Converse, Edith Head, William Bryant, John Archer
Episode 6
Leonard Nimoy plays a heart surgeon whose talents turn to murder. Stung by jealousy, he's planning a surgical death for his brilliant but ailing associate. Will Geer plays the intended victim.
Directed by Hy AverbackGuest stars Aneta Corsaut, Leonard Nimoy, Anne Francis, Nita Talbot, Will Geer, Jared Martin, Victor Millan, Ken Sansom
Episode 7
A chess grandmaster disposes of the champion, who keeps coming back on him.
Directed by Edward M. AbromsWritten by Richard Levinson, William LinkGuest stars Lloyd Bochner, Michael Fox, Laurence Harvey, Heidi Brühl, Jack Kruschen, Paul Jenkins, Oscar Beregi Jr., Mathias Reitz
Episode 8
A wealthy man is murdered; his twin nephews stand to inherit, but which one committed the crime?
Directed by Robert ButlerWritten by Steven Bochco, Peter Allan Fields, Richard Levinson, William LinkGuest stars Martin Landau, Tim O'Connor, Jeanette Nolan, Julie Newmar, Paul Stewart, Dabney Coleman, Kate Hawley, Michael Richardson
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Peter FalkLt. Columbo
Jack CassidyRiley Greenleaf
Robert CulpJordan Rowe
Patrick McGoohanNelson Brenner
Val AveryRalph Dobbs
Arlene MartelSalesgirl
Bruce KirbySergeant Kramer
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