Columbo

Columbo: Season 3

Universal Studios (Sep 23, 1973)

TV Series | Crime | Mystery

USA | English | Color | 11:24

8.3

43,380

Classic Television

NR (Not Rated)

025192817823

| 2 discs

Region 1

Snap 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	Bartender
	Regis Cordic	Lewis
	Dianne Travis	Blonde At Birthday Of Mrs Hayward
	Mickey Golden	Campaign Worker
	Vito Scotti	Maitre d'
	George Holmes	Plane Passenger
	Murray Pollack	Police Officer
	Davis Roberts	Policeman
	Don Diamond	Larry
	Lucille Meredith	Lucy
	Larry Burrell	Newsman
	Donald Pleasence	Adrian Carsini
	Katey Sagal	Secretary
	Jackie Cooper	Nelson Hayward
	John Finnegan	Sergeant
	Jack Riley	Director
	Richard Stahl	Ballistics Man
	Jack Berle	Reporter
	Cosmo Sardo	Executive
	J. Jay Saunders	Policeman
	Norman Stevans	Auction Guest
	Alma Beltran	Housekeeper
	Ken Swofford	Harry Stone
	Lew Brown	2nd Detective

Crew View all

Director	Boris Sagal
Director	Leo Penn
Richard Quine
Jeannot Szwarc
Ben Gazzara
Alf Kjellin
Robert Butler
Nicholas Colasanto
Writer	Richard Levinson, William Link, Larry Cohen, Roland Kibbee, Dean Hargrove, Stanley Ralph Ross, Irv Pearlberg, Alvin R. Friedman, Peter S. Fischer, Stephen J. Cannell, Jackson Gillis, Myrna Bercovici, Steven Bochco, Robert Specht, David Rayfiel
Producer	Edward K. Dodds, Dean Hargrove, Roland Kibbee, Robert F. O'Neill, Douglas Benton, Stanley Ralph Ross, Irv Pearlberg, Alvin R. Friedman, Peter S. Fischer, Stephen J. Cannell, Jackson Gillis, Myrna Bercovici, Steven Bochco, Robert Specht, David Rayfiel, Richard Levinson, William Link
Musician	Dick DeBenedictis, Billy Goldenberg
Photography	William Cronjager, Harry L. Wolf

Episodes View details

1 Lovely But Lethal 73 min | Sep 23, 1973

The formula for a miraculous wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder; Columbo is soon on the case.

2 Any Old Port in a Storm 96 min | Oct 07, 1973

A 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.

3 Candidate for Crime 98 min | Nov 04, 1973

Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.

4 Double Exposure 70 min | Dec 16, 1973

A self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

5 Publish or Perish 73 min | Jan 18, 1974

A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

6 Mind Over Mayhem 73 min | Feb 10, 1974

The 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 Song 98 min | Mar 03, 1974

A gospel singer wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.

8 A Friend in Deed 95 min | May 05, 1974

A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.