Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
Cast:Peter Falk , Mike Lally , Dianne Travis , Bruce Kirby , John Finnegan , Fred Draper , Vito Scotti , Val Avery , Jack Cassidy , Robert Culp , Arlene Martel , Richard Stahl , Victor Izay , Jerome Guardino , Cliff Carnell , Harvey Gold , Jimmy Joyce , Dennis Robertson
A ruthless conductor murders the gifted pianist with whom he is having an affair. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns to worse. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids.
The 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.
In London, a respected Shakespearean acting duo cover up the unintended killing of their producer.
A faded movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case.
A surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a nurse catches onto the scheme.
A chess player murders his opponent before a big match. Lt. Columbo must out-maneuver this crafty, but craven, killer.
A smarmy TV chef and his identical twin brother, a rigidly proper banker, are suspects in the electrocution of their rich uncle.