Columbo
1971 · Crime, Drama, Mystery · 10 Seasons · 67 Episodes ·
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Episodes
1. Lovely But LethalViveca Scott, the founder of Beauty Mark Cosmetics, is being threatened by her rival David Lang. When he finds out that her revolutionary cream formula actually removes wrinkles, he has the formula pirated.
2. Any Old Port in a StormA wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
3. Candidate for CrimeA Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer's bullet.
4. Double ExposureA motivational researcher blackmails to further his career, kills a man, then frames the victim's wife.
5. Publish or PerishA publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.
6. Mind Over MayhemThe 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 SongA Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.
8. A Friend in DeedA police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.
