Columbo

Columbo: Season 2

Universal Studios (Sep 17, 1972)

TV Series | Crime | Mystery | Special Interest

USA | English | Color | 06:13

8.3

43,380

NR (Not Rated)

025192677823

| 4 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
	Bart Greene	Man in Booth
	Bob Harks	Guard
	Mike Lally	Frank
	Len Felber	Party Guest
	Mickey Golden	Spectator
	George Holmes	Party Guest
	Kathryn Janssen	Woman at Airport
	Dick Sondergaard	Crew Member
	Benjie Bancroft	Party Guest
	Murray Pollack	Party Guest
	Cosmo Sardo	Detective
	Robert Buckingham	Doctor
	Michael Fox	Dr. Benson
	Tony Regan	Doctor
	Frieda Rentie	Woman at Airport
	Gary Wright	Detective
	Joseph La Cava	Medical Examiner
	Aneta Corseaut	Nurse Morgan
	Don Knight	Stagehand outside dressing room
	Jack Clinton	Crew Member
	Larry Carr	Casino Gambler
	Dianne Travis	Board Member
	Jay Loft-Lyn	Man in Bank
	Michael J. Grayson	Mourner

Crew View all

Director	Richard Quine
Director	Nicholas Colasanto
John Cassavetes
Peter Falk
Boris Sagal
Jeremy Paul Kagan
Hy Averback
Robert Butler
Edward M. Abroms
Writer	Richard Levinson, William Link, Jackson Gillis, Steven Bochco, Dean Hargrove, Jonathan Latimer, John T. Dugan, Shirl Hendryx
Producer	Edward K. Dodds, Dean Hargrove, Richard Levinson, William Link
Musician	Dick DeBenedictis, Oliver Nelson, Billy Goldenberg
Photography	Harry L. Wolf, Geoffrey Unsworth

Episodes View details

1 Étude in Black 98 min | Sep 17, 1972

A ruthless conductor murders the gifted pianist with whom he is having an affair. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

2 The Greenhouse Jungle 74 min | Oct 15, 1972

Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns to worse. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids.

3 The Most Crucial Game 74 min | Nov 05, 1972

The 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.

4 Dagger of the Mind 98 min | Nov 26, 1972

In London, a respected Shakespearean acting duo cover up the unintended killing of their producer.

5 Requiem for a Falling Star 74 min | Jan 21, 1973

A faded movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case.

6 A Stitch in Crime 74 min | Feb 11, 1973

A surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a nurse catches onto the scheme.

7 The Most Dangerous Match 74 min | Mar 04, 1973

A chess player murders his opponent before a big match. Lt. Columbo must out-maneuver this crafty, but craven, killer.

8 Double Shock 74 min | Mar 25, 1973

A smarmy TV chef and his identical twin brother, a rigidly proper banker, are suspects in the electrocution of their rich uncle.