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Columbo: Created by Richard Levinson, William Link. With Peter Falk, Mike Lally, John Finnegan, Bruce Kirby. Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
- (42K)
- 1971-09-15
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 100
Columbo. Columbo ( / kəˈlʌmboʊ /) is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Inspector 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.
Wed, Oct 6, 1971. Columbo 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. 7.7/10 (3.8K)
- Richard Levinson, William Link
- January 1, 2003
- 16
- S01:E01 - Prescription: Murder. A highly successful psychiatrist and the beautiful patient he is in love with kill his wife and have it appear to be a robbery that resulted in murder...
- S01:E02 - Ransom for a Dead Man. A detective puts a kink in the plans of an attorney who murdered her husband. Second pilot for the "Columbo" series.
- S01:E03 - Murder by the Book. A mystery writer plans a "perfect crime" with his ex-partner as the target. Jack Cassidy, Martin Milner and Rosemary Forsyth guest star.
- S01:E04 - Death Lends a Hand. An unfaithful wife is murdered when she refuses to be blackmailed. Robert Culp, Ray Milland and Patricia Crowley guest star.
Columbo is the landmark series that inspired an entire genre. Columbo stars Peter Falk in his 4-time Emmy-winning role as the cigar-chomping, trench coat-wearing police lieutenant. 1,802 IMDb 8.3 1972 9 episodes
Columbo. Columbo is an American television series starring Peter Falk as Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The character and show, created by Richard Levinson and William Link, popularized the inverted detective story format, which begins by showing the commission of the crime and its perpetrator; the series ...
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Before Peter Falk was cast in the role of Columbo, Bert Freed played the character in "Enough Rope", a 1960 episode of The Chevy Mystery Show, a TV anthology series. In 1962, that episode became a stage play titled Prescription: Murder , which starred Thomas Mitchell as Columbo, Joseph Cotten and Agnes Moorehead as Roy and Claire Flemming, and ...
