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- 1. Murder by the Book Sep 15, 1971
- A blackmailer interferes with a mystery writer's plan to kill his former partner in a perfect crime.
- 2. Death Lends a Hand Oct 6, 1971
- Blackmail turns to murder when a private investigator tries to profit from a wife's indiscretions.
- 3. Dead Weight Oct 27, 1971
- No body, no weapon and a witness courted by the war hero she thinks committed murder.
Columbo: Created by Richard Levinson, William Link. With Peter Falk, Mike Lally, Dianne Travis, 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.
- (43K)
- 1971-09-15
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 100
Columbo. Columbo ( / kəˈlʌmboʊ /) 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.
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.
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 Patricia Medina as Flemming's mistress.
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 therefore has no "whodunit" element.
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