Box set: Columbo: The Complete Series
Columbo: Season 4
Universal Studios (1974)
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Plot
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
| Peter Falk | Lt. Columbo | |
| Patrick McGoohan | Col. Lyle C. Rumford | |
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Burr DeBenning | Capt. Loomis |
| Madeleine Sherwood | Miss Brady | |
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Tom Simcox | William Haynes |
Crew
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| Producer | Dean Hargrove | ||
| Writer | Richard Levinson | ||
| Cinematography | Dick DeBenedictis |
Episodes
Disc 01
A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accidentDirector: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: Larry Cohen / Peter S. Fischer
Guest starring: Philip Bruns, Robert Conrad, Gretchen Corbett, Pat Harrington Jr., Collin Wilcox Paxton, Jude Farese, Darrell Zwerling, Dennis Robertson, Raymond O'Keefe, Victor Izay, Eric Mason, J.R. Clark, Mel Stevens, Manuel DePina
Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict named Alvin Deschler. His plan is to make it look as if Alvin kidnapped his wife and killed her before picking up the ransom money.Director: Alf Kjellin
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
Guest starring: Dick Van Dyke, Don Gordon, Larry Storch, Antoinette Bower, Joyce Van Patten, David Sheiner, Michael Strong, JoAnna Cameron, Vito Scotti, Alice Backes, Harvey Gold, Bill Zuckert, Adrian Ricard, Thom Carney
Disc 02
The head of a military school kills one of the governors by sabotaging the gun which is used on founders day.Director: Harvey Hart
Writer: Howard Berk
Guest starring: Patrick McGoohan, Burr DeBenning, Madeleine Sherwood, Tom Simcox, Mark Wheeler, Bruce Kirby, Sidney Armus, Robert Clotworthy, Karen Lamm, Bruno Kirby
While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship's band.Director: Ben Gazzara
Writer: Jackson Gillis / William Driskill
Guest starring: Robert Vaughn, Jane Greer, Dean Stockwell, Bernard Fox, Robert Douglas, Patrick Macnee, Poupée Bocar, Susan Damante, Peter Maloney, Curtis Credel
Disc 03
An inventor video tapes his mother-in-law's death, and then replays it back to the security guard, to give himself an alibi.Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: David Lewis / Booker Bradshaw
Guest starring: Oskar Werner, Gena Rowlands, Robert Brown, Patricia Barry, Martha Scott, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Trisha Noble, Bart Burns, Steven Marlo, Joe Ohar
A doctor kills the husband of the woman,he is having an affair with. but is seen leaving the house by a witness who is happens to be blind.Director: Harvey Hart
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
Guest starring: George Hamilton, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen Elliott, Karen Machon, Bruce Kirby, William Wintersole, Ryan MacDonald, Jack Manning, Fred Draper, Glorie Kaufman, Redmond Gleeson, Vance Davis, Danny Wells, Morris Buchanan
Edition Details
| Series | Columbo |
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| Release Date | 2009 |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 3 |
Personal Details
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Features
| Disc 03 | A Riddle For Puppets - From the TV spin-off 'Mrs Columbo' |
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