My 25 Favorite Columbo Episodes
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- DirectorNicholas ColasantoJohn CassavetesPeter FalkStarsPeter FalkJohn CassavetesJames OlsonA ruthless conductor murders the gifted pianist with whom he is having an affair. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorBen GazzaraStarsPeter FalkRobert VaughnJane GreerLt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco, but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPeter FalkRobert CulpPat CrowleyColumbo matches his skills against Brimmer, a former cop turned private investigator with a quick temper who tries to blackmail a client's wife. When she refuses, he accidentally kills her and it's up to Columbo to nail him.
- DirectorLeo PennStarsPeter FalkDonald PleasenceJoyce JillsonA wine connisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsPeter FalkLouis JourdanShera DaneseFood critic Paul Gerard, who has been extorting money from restaurant owners in exchange for good reviews, murders one when threatened with exposure.
- DirectorHy AverbackStarsPeter FalkLeonard NimoyAnne FrancisA surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a nurse catches onto the scheme.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsPeter FalkRichard BasehartWilfrid Hyde-WhiteIn London, a respected Shakespearean acting duo cover up the unintended killing of their producer.
- DirectorTed PostStarsPeter FalkRicardo MontalbanPedro Armendáriz Jr.When a famous bullfighter's trusted bookkeeper turns up dead in a bullring, Lt. Columbo suspects murder--with a bull as the murder weapon.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPeter FalkWilliam ShatnerBert RemsenAn egotistical but successful star of a TV detective show murders his blackmailing producer and makes it look like a robbery.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsPeter FalkJack CassidyRosemary ForsythWhen one member of a mystery writing team wants to break from his less talented partner, he becomes the victim in a real-life murder mystery.
- DirectorTed PostStarsPeter FalkHector ElizondoSal MineoThe first secretary to the Suarian king may have immunity from the consequences of committing murder, but Lt. Columbo is wilier than any foreign diplomat.
- DirectorEdward M. AbromsStarsPeter FalkLaurence HarveyLloyd BochnerA chess player murders his opponent before a big match. Lt. Columbo must out-maneuver this crafty, but craven, killer.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsPeter FalkMartin LandauJeanette NolanA smarmy TV chef and his identical twin brother, a rigidly proper banker, are suspects in the electrocution of their rich uncle.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsPeter FalkVera MilesMartin SheenThe formula for a miraculous wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder; Columbo is soon on the case.
- DirectorNicholas ColasantoStarsPeter FalkJohnny CashIda LupinoA gospel singer wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.
- DirectorJeremy KaganStarsPeter FalkRobert CulpDean JaggerThe manager of a football team murders its callow owner, making it look as if the young man had had an accident in his swimming pool. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsPeter FalkPatrick McGoohanBurr DeBenningThe commandant of a military academy murders the chairman of the board, who wants to oust him. Lt. Columbo takes up residence in the barracks to expose the killer.
- DirectorPatrick McGoohanStarsPeter FalkRobert VaughnWilfrid Hyde-WhiteCharlie Clay runs the ship building business of his father-in-law, Commodore Swanson, who turns up murdered; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorHy AverbackStarsPeter FalkRoss MartinDon AmecheA wealthy art collector is murdered, and all signs point to a robbery gone wrong. But the nephew's alibi is a little too convenient, and Columbo pulls a fast one to ferret out the killer.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsPeter FalkNicol WilliamsonKim CattrallA behavioral psychologist whose wife died under suspicious circumstances trains his dogs to kill on command using a telephone.
- DirectorBen GazzaraStarsPeter FalkRichard KileyRosemary MurphyA police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsPeter FalkJack CassidyBob DishyA stage illusionist kills his employer and makes it look like a contract killing; it's up to Lt. Columbo to trick the master trickster.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsPeter FalkJackie CooperJoanne LinvilleSenatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsPeter FalkDick Van DykeDon GordonA photographer murders his wife and blames her death on a bungled kidnapping. But Lt. Columbo has an even sharper eye than the Pulitzer Prize winner.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsPeter FalkGene BarryKatherine JusticeA psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.