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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
A fading actress kills her husband when he refuses to back her comeback show.
Directed by Harvey HartWritten by William DriskillGuest stars Janet Leigh, Sam Jaffe, John Payne, Maurice Evans, Harvey Gold, Linda Gaye Scott, Robert F. Simon, Francine York
Episode 2
An ambassador from Suari and his code clerk kill the chief of security in an attempt to make it look like the chief was a traitor, who blew up the legation safe and stole £600.000 on behalf of a dissident group. But Columbo gets suspicious. He just has one problem crushing the ambassador's alibi and then, when the code clerk turns up dead, the ambassador has an alibi again. But even if Colombo could rock the two alibis, there is always the immunity problem.
Directed by Ted PostWritten by Lou Shaw, James MenziesGuest stars Sal Mineo, Barry Robins, Héctor Elizondo, Brioni Farrell, Kenneth Tobey, Dick Dinman, George Skaff, Nate Esformes
Episode 3
A spy is killed on a lonely beach by his contact, but the killer has been photographed beforehand walking with the victim.
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by William DriskillGuest stars Paul Gleason, Patrick McGoohan, Val Avery, Carmen Argenziano, David White, Bruce Kirby, Leslie Nielsen, Otis Young
Episode 4
The owner of a bull ranch in Mexico gives his workers the day off, and then talks his number one man into fighting the bull who nearly killed his son. But instead he shoots him with a tranquilizer gun, and lets the bull kill him. Colombo, who is on vacation in Mexico, gets dragged into this case by an admiring colleague, but he has trouble convincing the Mexicans that the accident is really homicide. And how do you prove that the bull is a murder weapon?
Directed by Ted PostWritten by Brad RadnitzGuest stars Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Ricardo Montalban, A Martinez, Jorge Rivero, Emilio Fernández, Enrique Lucero, Evita Muñoz 'Chachita', Robert Carricart
Episode 5
Master magician the great Santini is amazing audiences at the Cabaret of Magic. What they don’t know is that Santini hopes to pull of the grandest illusion of his career - making club owner Jesse T. Jerome disappear. The crude Jerome is the only person who knows that Santini was a Nazi death camp guard named Stefan Mueller, He has been blackmailing the magician since learning his dark secret.
Directed by Harvey HartWritten by Michael SloanGuest stars Cynthia Sikes, Robert Loggia, Bob Dishy, Nehemiah Persoff, Jack Cassidy, George Sperdakos, Thayer David, Redmond Gleeson
Episode 6
The family and friends of brilliant naval architect Commodore Otis Swanson have gathered for the company’s annual party. The commodore, however, has become increasingly discontented with the way his son-in-law, Charles Clay, has developed the shipbuilding firm into a vast, impersonal corporation. He is tired of being surrounded by freeloaders like his alcoholic daughter, Joanna, his irresponsible nephew, Swanny, and of course, Charles. The only man he respects is Wayne Taylor, the head of the boatyard. In fact, the Commodore intends to sell the company. That night, Charles is wiping clean the belaying pin used to bash the Commodore’s skull.
Directed by Patrick McGoohanWritten by Jackson GillisGuest stars Dennis Dugan, Diane Baker, Bruce Kirby, Robert Vaughn, Wilfrid Hyde-White, John Dehner, Joshua Bryant, Fred Draper
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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