- Avaliação: 8,20
- Ano de emissão: 1971
- Géneros: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
- Países: United States
- Duração: 100 minutos
With his rumpled raincoat, ever-present cigar, bumbling demeanour and Sherlock Holmesian powers of deduction, disarmingly polite homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo took on some of the most cunning murderers in Los Angeles, most of whom made one fatal, irrevocable mistake: underestimating his investigative genius.
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1. Prescription: Murder
DescriçãoDr. Ray Fleming (Gene Barry), a psychiatrist, murders his wife (Nina Foch) and persuades his mistress Joan Hudson (Katherine Justice), who is an actress and one of his patients, to support his alibi by impersonating her. -
2. Ransom for a Dead Man
DescriçãoLeslie Williams (Lee Grant), a brilliant lawyer and pilot, murders her husband Paul (Harlan Warde) to get his money, arranging the act to look as if he had been kidnapped and killed by his captors. Columbo and Leslie's step-daughter (Patricia Mattick), who hates her, successfully work together to get Leslie to implicate herself by revealing where she is keeping the money. -
3. Murder by the Book
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4. Death Lends a Hand
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5. Dead Weight
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6. Suitable for Framing
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7. Lady in Waiting
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8. Short Fuse
DescriçãoA chemist rigs a bomb in his uncle's car to gain control of his uncle's company, then plants clues to make Columbo suspicious of the company's Vice-President. -
9. Blueprint for Murder
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1. Étude in Black
DescriçãoAn amoral conductor murders the gifted pianist with whom he is having an affair. Lt. Columbo is on the case. -
2. The Greenhouse Jungle
DescriçãoColumbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns into a murder. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids. -
3. The Most Crucial Game
DescriçãoThe manager of a football team murders its callow owner, making it look as if the young man had had an accident in his swimming pool. Lt. Columbo is on the case. -
4. Dagger of the Mind
DescriçãoIn London, a respected Shakespearean acting duo cover up the unintended killing of their producer. -
5. Requiem for a Falling Star
DescriçãoA faded movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case. -
6. A Stitch in Crime
DescriçãoA surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a nurse catches onto the scheme. -
7. The Most Dangerous Match
DescriçãoA chess player murders his opponent before a big match. Lt. Columbo must out-maneuver this crafty, but craven, killer. -
8. Double Shock
DescriçãoA smarmy TV chef and his identical twin brother, a rigidly proper banker, are suspects in the electrocution of their rich uncle.
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1. Lovely But Lethal
DescriçãoThe formula for a miracle wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case. -
2. Any Old Port in a Storm
DescriçãoA connoisseur running a California winery murders his younger half-brother to prevent him from selling the family business. Lt. Columbo is on the case. -
3. Candidate for Crime
DescriçãoSenatorial 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. Columbo hits the campaign trail to catch the killer. -
4. Double Exposure
DescriçãoA self-styled “motivation research specialist” uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case. -
5. Publish or Perish
DescriçãoA publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of sex novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case. -
6. Mind Over Mayhem
DescriçãoThe director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo. -
7. Swan Song
DescriçãoA gospel singer wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo. -
8. A Friend in Deed
DescriçãoA police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.
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1. An Exercise in Fatality
DescriçãoA health club owner murders one of his franchisees; Lt. Columbo is on the case. -
2. Negative Reaction
DescriçãoA 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. -
3. By Dawn's Early Light
DescriçãoThe commandant of a military academy murders the chairman of the board, who wants to oust him. Lt. Columbo takes up residence in the barracks to expose the killer. -
4. Troubled Waters
DescriçãoLt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco, but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship. -
5. Playback
DescriçãoA gadget-happy inventor murders his mother-in-law; Lt. Columbo is on the case. -
6. A Deadly State of Mind
DescriçãoA psychiatrist, who specializes in hypnosis, murders the husband of his mistress and convinces her to lie to the police; it's up to Lt. Columbo to discover the truth.
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1. Forgotten Lady
DescriçãoA faded dance star of film and stage murders her husband and makes it look like a suicide; Lt. Columbo doubts her seemingly perfect alibi. -
2. A Case of Immunity
DescriçãoThe first secretary to the Suarian king may have immunity from the consequences of committing murder, but Lt. Columbo is wilier than any foreign diplomat. -
3. Identity Crisis
DescriçãoA top CIA operative commits murder the way only a brilliant spy can, never guessing he'll have to contend with a man like Lt. Columbo. -
4. A Matter of Honor
DescriçãoWhen a famous bullfighter's trusted bookkeeper turns up dead in a bullring, Lt. Columbo suspects murder–with a bull as the murder weapon. -
5. Now You See Him
DescriçãoA stage illusionist kills his employer and makes it look like a contract killing; it's up to Lt. Columbo to trick the master trickster. -
6. Last Salute to the Commodore
DescriçãoCharlie Clay runs the ship building business of his father-in-law, Commodore Swanson, who turns up murdered; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
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1. Fade in to Murder
DescriçãoAn egotistical but successful star off a TV detective show murders his blackmailing producer and makes it look like a robbery. -
2. Old Fashioned Murder
DescriçãoThe spinster head of a family run museum murders her brother when he threatens to dissolve the financially strapped institution. -
3. The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case
DescriçãoSigma Society member Oliver Brandt murders his business partner when he threatens to expose him as an embezzler and constructs a seemingly foolproof alibi.
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1. Try and Catch Me
DescriçãoA successful mystery writer suspects her niece's husband murdered her, and she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe. -
2. Murder Under Glass
DescriçãoFood critic Paul Gerard, who has been extorting money from restaurant owners in exchange for good reviews, murders one when threatened with exposure. -
3. Make Me a Perfect Murder
DescriçãoAn Emmy-winning TV executive kills her lover (who is also her boss); Lt. Columbo is on the case. -
4. How to Dial a Murder
DescriçãoA behavioral psychologist whose wife died under suspicious circumstances trains his dogs to kill on command using a telephone. -
5. The Conspirators
DescriçãoAn IRA terrorist executes an arms dealer he considers traitorous; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
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1. Columbo Goes To Guillotine
DescriçãoAn egocentric psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he's rehearsing his guillotine trick. -
2. Murder Smoke And Shadows
DescriçãoAn egocentric wunderkind director murders a childhood friend who threatens to expose his negligent complicity in the death of his sister years earlier. -
3. Sex And The Married Detective
DescriçãoWhen a successful sex therapist with a best selling book and a hit TV show is crushed to learn her business partner/lover is cheating on her, she plots appropriate revenge. -
4. Grand Deceptions
DescriçãoAfter the head of a private paramilitary think tank who is embezzling funds murders a blackmailer, he has to match wits with the persistent Lieutenant Columbo.
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1. Murder, A Self Portrait
DescriçãoColumbo investigates the apparent drowning of a famous painters first wife. -
2. Columbo Cries Wolf
DescriçãoWhen the business-savvy publisher of a “Playboy”-type men's magazine wants to sell her stock to a Rupert Murdoch-like media tycoon, she apparently disappears on a London-bound flight. -
3. Agenda For Murder
DescriçãoThis time Columbo is put on a murder that was made to look like a suicide. However, he notices some loose ends, and asks a lawyer and a governor to clear these problems up. -
4. Rest In Peace, Mrs. Columbo
DescriçãoA woman who blames Lt. Columbo for the loss of her husband sets out to get back at him. But before she goes after him, she first goes after the man who informed on her husband and by showing the Lt. how it feels to lose a love one; by going after his wife. -
5. Uneasy Lies The Crown
DescriçãoThe unsuccessful junior partner in a dental group, a bad husband and degenerate gambler, faces divorce and ostracism from his father-in-law's firm. -
6. Murder In Malibu
DescriçãoA successful writer of romance novels who is involved with a young, ambitious womanizer, is found shot to death in her Malibu home.
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1. Columbo Goes To College
DescriçãoTwo college students who believe that their wealth and status allow them to do what they want. But one of them has been placed on notice by his father that if he messes up he's on his own. And they cheat in one of their classes. The professor discovers what they did. And he tells them that he will either flunk them or have them expelled. They later follow him and see him with someone. That's when they decide to kill him. They decide to do it during their next class wherein Columbo is teaching. And they do it despite being in the class when it happened. Columbo … -
2. Caution:Murder Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
DescriçãoColumbo investigates a self-proclaimed security expert turned crime show host for the murder of a rival with incriminating evidence of pornography. -
3. Columbo And The Murder Of A Rock Star
DescriçãoLt. Columbo matches wits with a defense lawyer who has never lost a case in his career.
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1. Death HIts The Jackpot
DescriçãoFreddy, a down-on-his-luck photographer in the final stages of a divorce, wins $30 million in the lottery. In order to not share it with his wife before the divorce is finalized, he arranges for his uncle Leon to cash in the ticket and give Freddy the money after the divorce. But Uncle Leon has ideas of his own… -
2. No Time To Die
DescriçãoColumbo attends the wedding of his nephew, who is also with the LAPD. Suddenly it turns out that the bride is missing, possibly kidnapped. Columbo sets up the investigation to figure out what happened. -
3. A Bird in The Hand
DescriçãoHarold likes to gamble, but as a rule he loses and he is heavily in debt. His uncle is the famous Big Fred who is the owner of a football team and he is a millionaire. But Harold can't get a dime from him. So Harold decides to kill his uncle by a pipe bomb under his car. He is not surprised when he is told Big Fred is dead. He is surprised however that the death is due to a road accident. He rushes to his uncle's house and he finds Lt. Columbo getting excited about the car with the bomb…