Box set: Columbo: The Complete Series
Barcode 025192166365
Release Date 16/10/2012
Purchase Date 20/11/2015
Purchase Price $49.99
Store Amazon.ca
Condition Still Sealed
Legendary Peter Falk is a four-time Primetime Emmy® Award-winner for his iconic role as the beloved, trenchcoat-wearing Police Lieutenant Columbo. Columbo is the landmark series that inspired a genre. And now, for the first time ever, all 69 episodes from its seven seasons and all 24 television movies are together in this 34-disc anthology. Every criminal, every innocent victim (and some not-so-innocent ones), and every wily deduction are here in one definitive collection. Seemingly befuddled but always brilliant, the cigar-chomping detective will have you following the clues and asking “just one more thing” until the last case is cracked.

Columbo: Season 1
Universal Studios (1968)
TV Series  /  Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
In Collection
#3709
0*
Seen ItYes
025192160738
IMDB   8.2
725 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
Paul Carr Hammond
Peter Falk Lt. Columbo
Harold Gould Agent Carlson
Lee Grant Leslie Williams
John Fink Michael Clark
Patricia Mattick Margaret Williams
Jed Allan Phil
Charles Macaulay Richard
Jean Byron Pat
Richard Roat Perkins
Norma Connolly Celia
Harlan Warde Paul Williams
Bill Walker Crowell
Timothy Carey Bert
Celeste Yarnall Gloria
Director
Richard Irving
Producer Richard Irving
Dean Hargrove
Writer William Link
Richard Levinson


Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler. But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security. And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   120 mins    20/02/1968  1.  Prescription: Murder
Columbo's first mystery pits him against a cheating doctor out to get rid of his wife in favor of his young, pretty actress girlfriend.
Director:  Richard Irving  Writer:  Richard Levinson  / William Link 
Guest starring:  Gene Barry, William Windom, Katherine Justice,  Nina Foch, Virginia Gregg, Andrea King, Susanne Benton, Ena Hartman, Sherry Boucher, Anthony James, Tom Williams, Don Stewart, Clark Howat, Jim Creech
    Seen it: Yes   120 mins    01/03/1971  2.  Ransom for a Dead Man
A high-flying lady lawyer kills her husband for the insurance money, and tries to makes It look like a kidnapping gone wrong.
Director:  Richard Irving  Writer:  Richard Levinson  / William Link 
Guest starring:  Lee Grant, John Fink,  Harold GouldPatricia Mattick, Paul Carr,  Jed AllanCharles Macaulay, Hank Brandt,  Jean Byron, Richard Roat,  Norma ConnollyHarlan Warde, Bill Walker,  Timothy Carey, Judson Morgan
    Seen it: Yes   120 mins    15/09/1971  3.  Murder by the Book
One member of a mystery-writing-team decides to kill his more talented partner when the better writer decides to go solo.
Director:  Steven Spielberg  Writer:  Steve Bocho 
Guest starring:  Jack Cassidy,  Rosemary ForsythMartin Milner, Barbara Colby, Lynette Mettey, Bernie Kuby,  Hoke Howell, Marcia Wallace, Haven Earle Haley, Anitra Ford
    Seen it: Yes   120 mins    06/10/1971  4.  Death Lends a Hand
A private investigator kills his client's wife after she threatens to expose his blackmail scheme. The client then hires the detective to assist Columbo in the search for the killer.
Director:  Bernard L. Kowalski  Writer:  Richard Levinson  / William Link 
Guest starring:  Robert Culp, Pat Crowley,  Ray Milland, Brett Halsey, Eric James, Don Keefer, Len Wayland, Lieux Dressler, Barbara Baldavin, Bill Hickman
    Seen it: Yes   120 mins    27/10/1971  5.  Dead Weight
A famous general kills a business associate, then woos a neurotic female witness to thwart Columbo's investigation.
Director:  Jack Smight  Writer:  John T. Dugan 
Guest starring:  Eddie Albert, Kate Reid, Suzanne Pleshette, John Kerr,  Val AveryTimothy Carey, Clete Roberts, Ron Castro, Glen Vernon, Jim Pelham, James Halferty
    Seen it: Yes   120 mins    17/11/1971  6.  Suitable for Framing
An art critic, Dale Kingston, kills his uncle for his valuable collection of paintings. All the clues lead to the dead man's first wife. Can Columbo correct the Lieutenant's error before it is too late?
Director:  Hy Averback  Writer:  Jackson Gillis 
Guest starring:  Ross Martin,  Don AmecheKim Hunter, Rosanna Huffman, Joan Shawlee, Barney Phillips,  Mary WickesVic Tayback, Sandra Gould, Curt Conway, Claude Johnson, Dennis Rucker, Kenny Salvatt
    Seen it: Yes   120 mins    15/12/1971  7.  Lady in Waiting
A woman shoots her overbearing brother, claiming she thought he was a burglar. Columbo doesn't buy the self-defense claim - he know's it's murder
Director:  Norman Lloyd  Writer:  Steven Bochco  / Barney Slater 
Guest starring:  Susan Clark, Jessie Royce Landis,  Richard AndersonLeslie NielsenJoel Fluellen, Richard Bull, Garry Walberg, Barbara Rhoades, Jon Lormer, Frank Baxter, Susan Barrister,  Fred Draper, Frances E. Nealy, Marcia Wallace
    Seen it: Yes   120 mins    19/01/1972  8.  Short Fuse
A 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.
Director:  Edward M. Abroms  Writer:  Jackson Gillis  / Lester Pine 
Guest starring:  Roddy McDowallAnne Francis, James Gregory, Ida Lupino, William Windom, Steve Gravers, Lawrence Cook, Rosalind Miles, Lew Brown, Jason Wingreen, Eddie Quillan, Stuart Nisbet, Annette Molen, Jim Neumarker, George Sawaya
    Seen it: Yes   120 mins    09/02/1972  9.  Blueprint for Murder
An architect kills his business partner and deliberately lets Columbo suspect him, leading Columbo to think that he's hidden the body in the foundation of a building under construction. He plans to let Columbo dig up the site and find nothing, knowing that its the perfect place to hide the body since Columbo would never look in the same place twice.
Director:  Peter Falk  Writer:  William Kelley  / Steven Bochco 
Guest starring:  Patrick O'Neal, Janis Paige, Pamela Austin,  John Fiedler, Forrest Tucker,  Bettye Ackerman, John Finnegan, Nick Dennis, Robert Gibbons, Cliff Carnell, Jimmy Joyce
Edition Details
Series Columbo
Distributor Universal
Packaging Box Set
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles French; Spanish; English SDH
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
No. of Discs/Tapes 5
Personal Details
Purchase Date 20/11/2015
Location Columbo: The Complete Series
Owner Carl Taylor
Store Amazon.ca
Tags 701-4807964-8705060, Amazon.ca, Bedroom, Box Set (Part of), Original Disc
Links Columbo: Season 1 at Core for Movies
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