2024-09-12
Mason defends a circus clown accused of murder. Felix: Doug Henderson. Lisa: Chana Eden. Franklin: Robert Clarke. Durant: Ken Curtis. Judd: Walter Sande. Joyce: Maggie Hayes. (Repeat).
Mason digs into a concert pianist's past to find out if a fatal plunge off a cliff was suicide or murder. Anita: Virginia Field. Donna: Kathie Browne. Carpenter: Gregory Morton. Drake: William Hopper. (Repeat).
Mason's search for a girl's benefactor leads to a wealthy family---and murder. Peggy: Laurie Perreau. Mason: Raymond Burr. Miss Lorimer: Eleanor Audley. Linda: Maggie Mahoney. Osborne: John Bryant. (Repeat).
Lester Martin's life takes a horrible turn for the worse when a man breaks into his apartment, forces him at gun-point to drink half a bottle of Scotch, and then drives him into the country. Lester's circumstances then go from awful to good grief when he's charged with the murder of his step-father who was trying to takeover the family boat company. (Repeat).
Ann Farwell is miserable over the separation of her parents. Things aren't made any better when her father starts seeing Rita Conover, a scheming woman half his age. When Rita turns up dead both Ann and her mother think the other committed the crime which causes Perry great difficulty in defending the ranch hand who's been charged. (Repeat).
In Quebec, Jessica testifies at the trial of a colleague accused of murdering his wife and torching the house to cover it. Oliver Quayle: Patrick McGoohan. Judith Harlan: Claire Trevor. Annette: Juliet Mills. (Repeat).
Jessica can't believe that a nun who was ill took her own life. Reverend Mother Claire: Jane Powell. Marion Simpson: Eileen Brennan. Mayor Simpson: Ed Nelson. Nancy Bates: Cindy Fisher. Mike Phelps: Mark Keyloun. Bishop Patrick Shea: Robert Prosky. (Repeat).
After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him. (Repeat).
Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring. (Repeat).
The murder of a sad and bitter housewife, made to look like a suicide, casts suspicion on her long-suffering husband, who has a pussycat demeanor and the heart of a tomcat. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Jonathan Martin: Rick Lenz. Loretta Spiegel: Ruth Roman. George Tibbits: Ray Girardin. (Repeat).
A TV producer proves adept at producing enemies, any one of whom has ample motive to produce a real bomb. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Bert Puzo: Vincent Baggetta. Gary Patterson: Doug McClure. Diane Crane: Gail Youngs. Stone: Bradford Dillman. (Repeat).
Jessica poses as her friend to investigate the rumored murder of the friend's sister. Dr. Lynch: Macdonald Carey. C.J. Dobbs: Stuart Whitman. Manchester: Thom Christopher. Sheriff: Roy Thinnes. Lila: Tricia O'Neil. (Repeat).
Steven Spielberg directed this episode about a writer whose latest story is his partner's murder. Columbo: Peter Falk. Ken Franklin: Jack Cassidy. Joanna Ferris: Rosemary Forsyth. Lilly La Sanka: Barbara Colby. (Repeat).
The head of a private-investigation firm (Robert Culp) murders the woman he was following after she refuses to be blackmailed. Columbo: Peter Falk. Kennicutt: Ray Milland. Archer: Brett Halsey. (Repeat).
Columbo is tailed by his suspect, an intelligence agent who murders a colleague and wants to prevent Columbo from proving it. Columbo: Peter Falk. Brenner: Patrick McGoohan. Henderson: Leslie Nielsen. Melville: Otis Young. (Repeat).
A wily magician murders a blackmailer, committing the crime while apparently on-stage performing his famous "water tank" illusion. Columbo: Peter Falk. Wilson: Bob Dishy. Harry Blanford: Robert Loggia. Jesse Jerome: Nehemiah Persoff. (Repeat).
Olivia, struggling with writer's block after a breakup, takes a tropical holiday in hope of some inspiration and meets Prince Alexander, who needs some distance from his duty to marry royalty. (Repeat).
An unsuccessful actress tries to impress her friends by lying about dating a movie star, but her fib goes public and forces the "couple" together to avoid bad press for the star. (Repeat).
Mason's defense of a murder suspect hinges on untangling a net of intrigue involving political rivalries and extortion. Mason: Raymond Burr. Mona: Patricia Huston. Henderson: Arthur Franz. Susan: Louise Fletcher. Stratton: Edward Platt. Frank: Robert Brown. (Repeat).