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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
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.
Directed by Jeannot SzwarcWritten by Jackson Gillis, Myrna BercoviciGuest stars Martin Sheen, Vincent Price, Sian Barbara Allen, Vera Miles, Bruce Kirby, Gino Conforti, Colby Chester, Fred Draper
Episode 2
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.
Directed by Leo PennWritten by Stanley Ralph RossGuest stars Robert Walden, Donald Pleasence, Gary Conway, Joyce Jillson, Robert Ellenstein, Julie Harris, Vito Scotti, Dana Elcar
Episode 3
A Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer's bullet.
Directed by Boris SagalWritten by Dean HargroveGuest stars Tisha Sterling, Jack Riley, Jackie Cooper, Katey Sagal, Joanne Linville, Ken Swofford, Robert Karnes, Jay Varela
Episode 4
A filmmaker kills one of his clients. in a break, during the screening of a new ad campaign
Directed by Richard QuineWritten by Stephen J. CannellGuest stars Danny Goldman, Robert Middleton, George Wyner, Chuck McCann, Robert Culp, Richard Stahl, Louise Latham, Arlene Martel
Episode 5
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.
Directed by Robert ButlerWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars Gregory Sierra, Jack Cassidy, Mickey Spillane, Mariette Hartley, Jacques Aubuchon, John Davis Chandler, Tony Perez, George Brenlin
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Alf KjellinWritten by Robert Specht, Steven Bochco, Dean HargroveGuest stars Robert Walker Jr., Lou Wagner, Lew Ayres, Lee Montgomery, William Christopher, Jessica Walter, John Zaremba, José Ferrer
Episode 7
A Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.
Directed by Nicholas ColasantoWritten by Stanley Ralph Ross, David RayfielGuest stars Johnny Cash, John Dehner, Ida Lupino, Janit Baldwin, Sorrell Booke, Bill McKinney, Vito Scotti, John Randolph
Episode 8
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.
Directed by Ben GazzaraWritten by Peter S. FischerGuest stars Rosemary Murphy, Richard Kiley, Eric Christmas, Michael McGuire, Val Avery, Eleanor Zee, John Finnegan, Arlene Martel
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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