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- DirectorHy AverbackStarsPeter FalkLeonard NimoyAnne FrancisA surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a nurse catches onto the scheme.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPeter FalkRobert CulpPat CrowleyColumbo matches his skills against Brimmer, a former cop turned private investigator with a quick temper who tries to blackmail a client's wife. When she refuses, he accidentally kills her and it's up to Columbo to nail him.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsPeter FalkJanet LeighMaurice EvansA faded dance star of film and stage murders her husband and makes it look like a suicide; Lt. Columbo doubts her seemingly perfect alibi.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsPeter FalkJack CassidyBob DishyA stage illusionist kills his employer and makes it look like a contract killing; it's up to Lt. Columbo to trick the master trickster.
- DirectorLeo PennStarsPeter FalkDonald PleasenceJoyce JillsonA wine connisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.
- DirectorHy AverbackStarsPeter FalkRoss MartinDon AmecheA wealthy art collector is murdered, and all signs point to a robbery gone wrong. But the nephew's alibi is a little too convenient, and Columbo pulls a fast one to ferret out the killer.
- DirectorBen GazzaraStarsPeter FalkRichard KileyRosemary MurphyA police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsPeter FalkRuth GordonMariette HartleyA mystery writer suspects her niece's husband of murdering her, and she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsPeter FalkJack CassidyRosemary ForsythWhen one member of a mystery writing team wants to break from his less talented partner, he becomes the victim in a real-life murder mystery.
- 1971–20031h 10mTV-PG7.6 (2.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorSam WanamakerStarsPeter FalkTheodore BikelKenneth MarsSigma Society member Oliver Brandt murders his business partner when he threatens to expose him as an embezzler and constructs a seemingly foolproof alibi.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsPeter FalkDick Van DykeDon GordonA 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.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsPeter FalkTrish Van DevereLaurence LuckinbillAn Emmy-winning TV executive kills her lover who's also her boss; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorPatrick McGoohanStarsPeter FalkPatrick McGoohanDenis ArndtColumbo is assigned to the case of a murder that was made to look like a suicide. After noticing some loose ends, he asks a lawyer and a Congressman to clear up problems with the investigation.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPeter FalkWilliam ShatnerBert RemsenAn egotistical but successful star of a TV detective show murders his blackmailing producer and makes it look like a robbery.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsPeter FalkRobert CulpRobert MiddletonA self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorHarvey HartStarsPeter FalkPatrick McGoohanBurr DeBenningThe 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.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsPeter FalkLee GrantJohn FinkAfter killing her boring husband and disposing of the body, a supposedly brilliant tort attorney fakes his kidnapping and keeps the ransom money. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsPeter FalkJack CassidyMickey SpillaneA publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsPeter FalkOskar WernerGena RowlandsA gadget-happy inventor murders his mother-in-law; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- DirectorJeremy KaganStarsPeter FalkRobert CulpDean JaggerThe 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.
- DirectorRichard IrvingStarsPeter FalkGene BarryKatherine JusticeA psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.
- DirectorEdward M. AbromsStarsPeter FalkLaurence HarveyLloyd BochnerA chess player murders his opponent before a big match. Lt. Columbo must out-maneuver this crafty, but craven, killer.
- DirectorPatrick McGoohanStarsPeter FalkPatrick McGoohanOtis YoungA top CIA operative commits murder, as only a brilliant agent can, never guessing he'll have to contend with a man like Lt. Columbo.
- DirectorE.W. SwackhamerStarsPeter FalkStephen CaffreyGary HershbergerTwo college students decide to murder their professor during a class that Columbo is teaching.
- DirectorBen GazzaraStarsPeter FalkRobert VaughnJane GreerLt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco, but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship.