Columbo

Columbo: Season 5

NBC Universal Television (Sep 14, 1975)

TV Series | Crime | Mystery

USA | English | Color | 08:54

8.3

43,380

NR (Not Rated)

025192646829

| 3 discs

Region 1

Custom Case

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.

Cast View all

	Peter Falk	Columbo
	Mike Lally	Police Photographer
	Bob Harks	Chauffer
	Robert Cole	Party Guest
	Robert Hitchcock	Party Guest
	Benjie Bancroft	CIA Agent
	Kenneth Tobey	Police Commissioner
	Bruce Kirby	Sergeant George Kramer
	Monty O'Grady	Party Guest
	Leoda Richards	Party Guest
	Ben Frommer	Cook
	Ken DuMain	Party Guest
	Gary Wright	CIA Agent
	Donald Chaffin	Detective
	Henry	Columbo's Dog
	Sam Haggin	Party Guest
	Clyde McLeod	Conference Guest
	Harvey Gold	Coroner
	Jeff Goldblum	Protester
	Robert Loggia	Harry Blandford
	Carmen Argenziano	Coroner Anderson
	Hector Elizondo	Hassan Salah
	Leslie Nielsen	A.J. Henderson
	Paul Gleason	Parsons
	Vito Scotti	Salvatore De Fonte

Crew View all

Director	Ted Post
	Harvey Hart
Patrick McGoohan
Writer	Richard Levinson, William Link, William Driskill, Lou Shaw, James Menzies, Brad Radnitz, Jackson Gillis, Michael Sloan
Producer	Everett Chambers, Edward K. Dodds
Musician	Bernardo Segall, Jeff Alexander
Photography	Richard C. Glouner, Charlie Correll, Gabriel Torres, William Cronjager

Episodes View details

1 Forgotten Lady 100 min | Sep 14, 1975

A faded dance star of film and stage murders her husband and makes it look like a suicide; Lt. Columbo doubts her seemingly perfect alibi.

2 A Case of Immunity 70 min | Oct 12, 1975

The first secretary to the Suarian king may have immunity from the consequences of committing murder, but Lt. Columbo is wilier than any foreign diplomat.

3 Identity Crisis 95 min | Nov 02, 1975

A top CIA operative commits murder, as only a brilliant agent can, never guessing he'll have to contend with a man like Lt. Columbo.

4 A Matter of Honor 70 min | Feb 01, 1976

When a famous bullfighter's trusted bookkeeper turns up dead in a bullring, Lt. Columbo suspects murder--with a bull as the murder weapon.

5 Now You See Him 98 min | Feb 29, 1976

A stage illusionist kills his employer and makes it look like a contract killing; it's up to Lt. Columbo to trick the master trickster.

6 Last Salute to the Commodore 91 min | May 02, 1976

Charlie Clay runs the ship building business of his father-in-law, Commodore Swanson, who turns up murdered; Lt. Columbo is on the case.