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Columbo is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. [2] [3] After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978 as one of the rotating programs of The NBC Mystery Movie.
The following is an episode list for the crime fiction television series Columbo. After two pilot episodes, the show originally aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978 as one of the rotating programs of The NBC Mystery Movie. Columbo then aired on ABC as part of The ABC Mystery Movie from 1989 to 1990 and less frequently starting in late 1990. The last ...
Columbo has the police dust the paintings for fingerprints, and find Columbo's own fingerprints from when he touched the paintings during a visit to Kingston's home. Kingston says Columbo must have touched the paintings moments ago, but Columbo shows that he has been wearing gloves. Don Ameche portrays the family lawyer, Frank Simpson.
Columbo solves the case after connecting it to the mysterious disappearance of Chandler's husband a decade earlier. Kevin McCarthy appears as a physician and friend of Chandler. Final clue/twist: Columbo remembers that the fountain in Nora's garden does not work, and learns it was purchased the day after her husband disappeared. He tricks Nora ...
Columbo gets suspicious when he sees all her remaining fur coats in plastic storage bags, deducing that Brantley put the body in the missing bag. Knowing he will not be supported in a second full search, he phones the pager Dian wears as a wristlet: it is on her body, behind a finished section of the replacement wall being installed; which ...
Information about Columbo's life outside of his police work is scarce and revealed through his rambling anecdotes. Columbo often refers to his wife, who is an unseen character in the show. She later received a spin-off show called Mrs. Columbo, although the canonicity of this show is disputed. [12]
Columbo "Lady in Waiting" December 15, 1971 McCloud "The Disposal Man" December 29, 1971 McMillan and Wife "The Face of Murder" January 5, 1972 McCloud "A Little Plot at Tranquil Valley" January 12, 1972 Columbo "Short Fuse" January 19, 1972 McCloud "The Fifth Man in a String Quartet" February 2, 1972 Columbo "Blueprint for Murder" February 9, 1972
The Mrs. Columbo episode "A Riddle for Puppets" was included as a bonus feature in the Region 1 DVD release of the fourth season of Columbo, released in August 2005. The episode "Murder Is a Parlor Game" was included in the third season of Columbo. The episode "Caviar with Everything" was included in the fifth season of Columbo.