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- Here's a list of all the Columbo episodes from the old series. Beside
- the title is the date of first airing. Below that are the three main
- stars (besides Peter Falk, of course), and below that are comments or
- key words about the episodes, if I can think of any. Don't worry -- there
- are no spoilers.
-
- Pilots:
-
- 1. PRESCRIPTION: MURDER (Feb. 20, 1968)
- Gene Barry, Katherine Justice, Nina Foch
- This was a made-for-TV movie which was not originally supposed
- to be a pilot for a series. It aired three years before the first
- season of the show.
- Mistress pretends to be wife; stages fight on airplane.
-
- 2. RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN (Mar. 1, 1971)
- Lee Grant, Harold Gould, Patricia Mattick
- The real pilot for the series, which began the following fall.
- Lawyer shoots husband; makes it look like kidnapping.
-
- First Season (1971-72):
-
- 3. MURDER BY THE BOOK (Sept. 15, 1971)
- Jack Cassidy, Martin Milner, Rosemary Forsyth
- One partner of a mystery writing team kills the other.
-
- 4. DEATH LENDS A HAND (Oct. 6, 1971)
- Robert Culp, Ray Milland, Patricia Crowley
- P.I. tries to blackmail wife of client; fails, so kills her.
-
- 5. DEAD WEIGHT (Oct. 27, 1971)
- Eddie Albert, Suzanne Pleshette, Kate Reid
- Women in boat think they see a murder.
-
- 6. SUITABLE FOR FRAMING (Nov. 17, 1971)
- Ross Martin, Kim Hunter, Don Ameche
- Art collector killed by art critic.
-
- 7. LADY IN WAITING (Dec. 15, 1971)
- Susan Clark, Richard Anderson, Leslie Nielsen
- Sister waits for brother to come home through her bedroom
- window. She plans to shoot him, then explain that she thought
- it was a burglar. Her plans go awry when the brother has an
- extra key.
-
- 8. SHORT FUSE (Jan. 19, 1972)
- Roddy McDowall, Ida Lupino, James Gregory
- Bomb in cigar box.
-
- 9. BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER (Feb 9, 1972)
- Patrick O'Neal, Forrest Tucker, Janis Paige
- Architect kills Texas tycoon.
-
- Second Season (1972-73):
-
- 10. ETUDE IN BLACK (Sept. 17, 1972)
- John Cassavetes, Blythe Danner, Myrna Loy
- Conductor kills pianist/mistress.
-
- 11. THE GREENHOUSE JUNGLE (Oct. 15, 1972)
- Ray Milland, Bradford Dillman, Bob Dishy
- Uncle and nephew fake kidnapping, then uncle kills nephew.
-
- 12. THE MOST CRUCIAL GAME (Nov. 5, 1972)
- Robert Culp, Dean Stockwell, Valerie Harper
- Football team manager.
-
- 13. DAGGER OF THE MIND (Nov. 26, 1972)
- Richard Basehart, Honor Blackman, John Williams
- Columbo in London.
-
- 14. REQUIEM FOR A FALLING STAR (Jan. 21, 1973)
- Anne Baxter, Mel Ferrer, Kevin McCarthy
- Former movie queen; automobile fire.
-
- 15. A STITCH IN CRIME (Feb. 11, 1973)
- Leonard Nimoy, Will Geer, Anne Francis
- Heart surgery.
-
- 16. THE MOST DANGEROUS MATCH (Mar. 4, 1973)
- Laurence Harvey, Jack Kruschen, Lloyd Bochner
- Chess players.
-
- 17. DOUBLE SHOCK (Mar. 25, 1973)
- Martin Landau, Paul Stewart, Julie Newmar
- Mixer in bathtub.
-
- Third Season (1973-74):
-
- 18. LOVELY BUT LETHAL (Sept. 23, 1973)
- Vera Miles, Martin Sheen, Vincent Price
- Cosmetics queen; microscope as murder weapon.
-
- 19. ANY OLD PORT IN A STORM (Oct. 7, 1973)
- Donald Pleasance, Gary Conway, Julie Harris
- Winemaker; apparent scuba accident.
-
- 20. CANDIDATE FOR CRIME (Nov. 4, 1973)
- Jackie Cooper, Ken Swofford, Joanne Linville
- Senate candidate kills campaign manager.
-
- 21. DOUBLE EXPOSURE (Dec. 16, 1973)
- Robert Culp, Robert Middleton, Louise Latham
- Subliminal messages.
-
- 22. PUBLISH OR PERISH (Jan. 18, 1974)
- Jack Cassidy, Mickey Spillane, Mariette Hartley
- Publisher kills author.
-
- 23. MIND OVER MAYHEM (Feb. 10, 1974)
- Jose Ferrer, Lew Ayres, Robert Walker
- One professor kills another to protect son's reputation. Robot.
-
- 24. SWAN SONG (Mar. 3, 1974)
- Johnny Cash, Ida Lupino, William McKinney
- Country singer makes plane crash with wife in it.
-
- 25. A FRIEND IN DEED (May 5, 1974)
- Richard Kiley, Michael McGuire, Rosemary Murphy
- Police Commisioner and neighbor give each other alibis for
- their respective murders.
-
- Fourth Season (1974-75):
-
- 26. AN EXERCISE IN FATALITY (Sept. 15, 1974)
- Robert Conrad, Philip Bruns, Pat Harrington
- Physical fitness expert.
-
- 27. NEGATIVE REACTION (Oct. 6, 1974)
- Dick Van Dyke, Antoinette Bower, Don Gordon
- Photographer makes wife appear to be victim of kidnapping.
-
- 28. BY DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT (Oct. 27, 1974)
- Patrick McGoohan, Tom Simcox, Mark Wheeler
- Commandant of military academy makes cannon explode when fired
- ceremoniously. McGoohan won Emmy for this performance.
-
- 29. TROUBLED WATERS (Feb. 9, 1975)
- Robert Vaughn, Patrick MacNee, Bernard Fox
- Murder on a cruise ship.
-
- 30. PLAYBACK (Mar. 2, 1975)
- Oskar Werner, Martha Scott, Gena Rowlands
- Electronics genius; closed-circuit TV.
-
- 31. A DEADLY STATE OF MIND (Apr. 27, 1975)
- George Hamilton, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen Elliott
- Hypnotist.
-
- Fifth Season (1975-76):
-
- 32. FORGOTTEN LADY (Sept. 14, 1975)
- Janet Leigh, Sam Jaffe, John Payne
- Onetime screen queen watches old movie in her house; film breaks.
-
- 33. A CASE OF IMMUNITY (Oct. 12, 1975)
- Hector Elizondo, Sal Mineo, Barry Robins
- Murder in an Arab diplomatic legation.
-
- 34. IDENTITY CRISIS (Nov. 2, 1975)
- Patrick McGoohan, Leslie Nielsen, Otis Young
- One CIA spy kills another one.
-
- 35. A MATTER OF HONOR (Feb. 1, 1976)
- Ricardo Montalban, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., A. Martinez
- Bullfighting in Mexico.
-
- 36. NOW YOU SEE HIM (Feb. 29, 1976)
- Jack Cassidy, Bob Dishy, Robert Loggia
- Magician; water tank trick.
-
- 37. LAST SALUTE TO THE COMMODORE (May 2, 1976)
- Robert Vaughn, Fred Draper, Diane Baker
- Son-in-law kills naval architect.
-
- Sixth Season (1976-77):
- (Due to various circumstances there were only three episodes this
- season.)
-
- 38. FADE IN TO MURDER (Oct. 10, 1976)
- William Shatner, Lola Albright, Alan Manson
- Television detective kills show's producer.
-
- 39. OLD-FASHIONED MURDER (Nov. 28, 1976)
- Joyce Van Patten, Celeste Holm, Jeannie Berlin
- Museum of medieval artifacts and art.
-
- 40. THE BYE-BYE SKY HIGH I.Q. MURDER CASE (May 22, 1977)
- Theodore Bikel, Samantha Eggar, Sorrell Booke
- Murder at a club for geniuses; phonograph.
-
- Seventh Season (1977-78):
-
-
- 41. TRY AND CATCH ME (Nov. 21, 1977)
- Ruth Gordon, Mariette Hartley, G.D. Spradlin
- Mystery writer locks victim in vault.
-
- 42. MURDER UNDER GLASS (Jan. 30, 1978)
- Louis Jourdan, Shera Danese, Richard Dysart
- Food critic kills restaurant owner.
-
- 43. MAKE ME A PERFECT MURDER (Feb. 28, 1978)
- Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, Patrick O'Neal
- Assistant network programmer murders her boss.
-
- 44. HOW TO DIAL A MURDER (Apr. 15, 1978)
- Nicol Williamson, Tricia O'Neil, Kim Cattrall
- Dogs kill victim.
-
- 45. THE CONSPIRATORS (May 13, 1978)
- Clive Revill, Jeanette Nolan, Bernard Behrens
- Irish terrorists; gun smuggling.
- COLUMBO EPISODE LIST
-
- 1. 2/20/68* Prescription: Murder Gene Barry
- 2. 3/01/71* Ransom For A Dead Man Lee Grant
- 3. 9/15/71 Murder By The Book Jack Cassidy
- 4. 10/06/71 Death Lends A Hand Robert Culp
- 5. 10/27/71 Dead Weight Eddie Albert
- 6. 11/17/71 Suitable For Framing Ross Martin
- 7. 12/15/71 Lady In Waiting Susan Clark
- 8. 1/19/72 Short Fuse Roddy McDowell
- 9. 2/09/72 Blueprint For Murder Patrick O'Neal
- 10. 9/17/72* Etude In Black John Cassavetes
- 11. 10/15/72 The Greenhouse Jungle Ray Milland
- 12. 11/05/72 The Most Crucial Game Robert Culp
- 13. 11/26/72* Dagger Of The Mind Richard Basehart
- 14. 1/21/73 Requiem For A Falling Star Anne Baxter
- 15. 2/11/73 A Stitch In Crime Leonard Nimoy
- 16. 3/04/73 The Most Dangerous Match Laurence Harvey
- 17. 3/25/73 Double Shock Martin Landau
- 18. 9/23/73 Lovely But Lethal Vera Miles
- 19. 10/07/73* Any Old Port In A Storm Donald Pleasance
- 20. 11/04/73* Candidate For Crime Jackie Cooper
- 21. 12/16/73 Double Exposure Robert Culp
- 22. 1/18/74 Publish Or Perish Jack Cassidy
- 23. 2/10/74 Mind Over Mayhem Jose Ferrer
- 24. 3/03/74* Swan Song Johnny Cash
- 25. 5/05/74* A Friend In Deed Richard Kiley
- 26. 9/15/74* An Exercise In Fatality Robert Conrad
- 27. 10/06/74* Negative Reaction Dick Van Dyke
- 28. 10/27/74* By Dawn's Early Light Patrick McGoohan
- 29. 2/09/75* Troubled Waters Robert Vaughn
- 30. 3/02/75 Playback Oskar Werner
- 31. 4/27/75 A Deadly State Of Mind George Hamilton
- 32. 9/14/75* Forgotten Lady Janet Leigh
- 33. 10/12/75 A Case Of Immunity Hector Elizondo
- 34. 11/02/75 Identity Crisis Patrick McGoohan
- 35. 2/01/76 A Matter Of Honor Ricardo Montalban
- 36. 2/29/76* Now You See Him Jack Cassidy
- 37. 5/02/76* Last Salute To The Commodore Robert Vaughn
- 38. 10/10/76 Fade In To Murder William Shatner
- 39. 12/28/76 Old Fashioned Murder Joyce Van Patten
- 40. 5/22/77 The Bye Bye Sky-High I.Q. Theodore Bikel
- Murder Case
- 41. 12/21/77 Try And Catch Me Ruth Gordon
- 42. 1/30/78 Murder Under Glass Louis Jordan
- 43. 2/28/78* Make Me A Perfect Murder Trish Van Devere
- 44. 4/15/78 How To Dial Murder Nicol Williamson
- 45. 5/13/78* The Conspirators Clive Revill
- 46. 2/06/89* Columbo Goes To The Guillotine Anthony Andrews
- 47. 2/27/89* Murder, Smoke, And Shadows Fisher Stevens
- 48. 4/03/89* Sex And The Married Detective Lindsay Crouse
- 49. 5/01/89* Grand Deceptions Robert Foxworth