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.
Biên kịch: Steven Bochco
Ngày phát sóng: 1972-09-17
Thời lượng: 97 min
Tổng quan: The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.
Biên kịch: Jonathan Latimer
Ngày phát sóng: 1972-10-15
Thời lượng: 74 min
Tổng quan: Jarvis Goodland, along with his nephew, plan a kidnap scam to break the nephews trust fund, but after the money has been collected, Jarvis kills his partner.
Biên kịch: John T. Dugan
Ngày phát sóng: 1972-11-05
Thời lượng: 74 min
Tổng quan: The manager of a football team kills the team's owner, disguising himself as an ice cream vendor as a cover. He then uses a recording of a faked phone call as an alibi to prove he was elsewhere at the time of the murder.
Biên kịch: Richard Levinson
Ngày phát sóng: 1972-11-26
Thời lượng: 98 min
Tổng quan: While on a work trip to London, to learn the techniques of the British police, Columbo gets involved with the murder of Roger Haversham, a rich old businessman who is financing the careers of two rundown theater stars. When Sir Roger threatens to end their careers, because he felt betrayed, he's killed. A short while after, his butler figures out the motives for his master's murder, and blackmails the actors, who have no other choice than to kill him and make it look like he commited suicide due to remorse, because he murdered his employer. Columbo stills manages to catch both the murderers, with the help of a pearl and a new umbrella.
Biên kịch: Jackson Gillis
Ngày phát sóng: 1973-01-21
Thời lượng: 74 min
Tổng quan: A fading movie star tries to murder a writer who is attempting to blackmail her, but accidentally kills her P.A.
Ngày phát sóng: 1973-02-11
Thời lượng: 74 min
Tổng quan: Leonard Nimoy plays a heart surgeon whose talents turn to murder. Stung by jealousy, he's planning a surgical death for his brilliant but ailing associate. Will Geer plays the intended victim.
Biên kịch: Richard Levinson
Ngày phát sóng: 1973-03-04
Thời lượng: 74 min
Tổng quan: A chess grandmaster disposes of the champion, who keeps coming back on him.
Biên kịch: Steven Bochco
Ngày phát sóng: 1973-03-25
Thời lượng: 74 min
Tổng quan: A wealthy man is murdered; his twin nephews stand to inherit, but which one committed the crime?
