Top 25 70's Columbo episodes
Top 25 70's Columbo episodes
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- DirectorHarvey HartStarsPeter FalkGeorge HamiltonLesley Ann WarrenDuring a physical altercation, a psychiatrist who specializes in hypnosis kills the husband of a patient with whom he's been having an affair and convinces the wife to lie to the police; it's up to Lt. Columbo to discover the truth.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPeter FalkRobert ConradGretchen CorbettA health and fitness franchiser who sells supplies to his franchisees at exorbitant prices murders one of them after they discovered his criminal business practices. Lt. Columbo has to outsmart the crafty killer to solve this one.
- 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.
- DirectorBen GazzaraStarsPeter FalkRobert VaughnJane GreerLt. Columbo and his wife win a pleasure cruise to Acapulco, but the lieutenant finds himself investigating a murder aboard the cruise ship when a married car dealer kills an ex-lover who's been blackmailing him over their past fling.
- DirectorBen GazzaraStarsPeter FalkRichard KileyRosemary MurphyA police commissioner provides a false alibi for a neighbor who killed his wife in a fit of rage. He then kills his own wife in cold blood and blackmails the neighbor into faking an alibi for himself. Lt. Columbo has to untangle this mess.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsPeter FalkJack CassidyBob DishyA popular stage magician murders his employer, who's been blackmailing him about his past, and makes it look like a contract killing; it's up to Lt. Columbo to trick the master trickster.
- DirectorPeter FalkStarsPeter FalkPatrick O'NealJanis PaigeAn architect kills a Texas millionaire and hides his body, and makes it look like he left the country, in order to keep his visionary construction project financed. But the victim's ex-wife believes her ex-husband has been murdered.
- DirectorHy AverbackStarsPeter FalkLeonard NimoyAnne FrancisA surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a paranoid nurse quickly catches onto his scheme, so he kills her. Lt. Columbo has a tough time figuring this one out.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsPeter FalkTrish Van DevereLaurence LuckinbillAn executive secretary for a TV network kills her boss and lover after he broke up with her and passed her over for a promotion she believes she deserves. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorNicholas ColasantoStarsPeter FalkJohnny CashIda LupinoA popular country western singer wants to get rid of his religiously zealous wife who's been using blackmail to control every aspect of his life. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorTed PostStarsPeter FalkRicardo MontalbanPedro Armendáriz Jr.When a famous bullfighter's trusted bookkeeper turns up dead in a bullring, Lt. Columbo, who's spending vacation in Mexico, suspects murder with a bull as the murder weapon.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPeter FalkOskar WernerGena RowlandsAn inventor in love with gadgets murders his mother-in-law after she fires him as CEO of her electronics company, and uses his expertise of surveillance systems to craft the perfect alibi. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsPeter FalkJack CassidyMickey SpillaneA publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- 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.
- DirectorPatrick McGoohanStarsPeter FalkPatrick McGoohanOtis YoungA top CIA operative commits murder, as only a brilliant agent can, never guessing he'll have to contend with a man like Lt. Columbo.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsPeter FalkNicol WilliamsonKim CattrallA behavioral psychologist whose wife died under suspicious circumstances trains his two Doberman dogs to kill her lover using the command word 'rosebud' through a telephone. Lt. Columbo is investigating.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsPeter FalkPatrick McGoohanBurr DeBenningThe commandant of a military academy for boys kills the chairman of the board for planning on turning the academy into a coed junior college. Lt. Columbo takes up residence in the barracks to investigate what looks like an accident.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsPeter FalkRuth GordonMariette HartleyAn old mystery writer strongly suspects her niece's husband of murdering her, so she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe, while devising a solid alibi. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorRobert DouglasStarsPeter FalkJoyce Van PattenJeannie BerlinThe curator of a family-run museum murders her brother when he threatens to dissolve the financially strapped institution, and makes it look like the museum's guard, who she also kills, is the culprit. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorLeo PennStarsPeter FalkDonald PleasenceJoyce JillsonA winemaker and connoisseur kills his half-brother in a fit of rage to prevent him from selling the family winery to a merchant company, and Lt. Columbo has to be very creative to solve this one.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsPeter FalkAnne BaxterFrank ConverseAn aging movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case.