2024-06-24
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).
Confronting suspects in a posh waterfront setting, Columbo investigates the murder of a tycoon. Columbo: Peter Falk. Charles Clay: Robert Vaughn. Swanny: Fred Draper. (Repeat).
Columbo stalks a network executive suspected of killing her lover-boss after he failed to promote her. Frank: Patrick O'Neal. Mark: Laurence Luckinbill. Walter Muirhead: James McEachin. Valerie Kirk: Lainie Kazan. Luther: Ron Rifkin. Jonathan: Kenneth Gilman. (Repeat).
An Irish poet, who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns, kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle him. (Repeat).
Columbo becomes immersed in ESP and illusion when a psychic (Anthony Andrews) murders a magician on his own trick guillotine. Max Dyson: Anthony Zerbe. Paula: Karen Austin. Bert Spindler: James Greene. Harrow: Alan Fudge. Tommy: Michael Bacall. (Repeat).
A film director uses his mastery of special effects to murder a vengeful friend who discovered the director's role in the death of the friend's sister years before. Columbo: Peter Falk. Marosco: Steven Hill. Ruth Jernigan: Molly Hagan. Rose: Nan Martin. (Repeat).
A sex therapist prescribes murder for the lover she spies with her personal assistant in the clinic's therapy boudoir. Cindy: Julia Montgomery. Dr. Simon Ward: Peter Jurasik. Dr. Walter Neff: Ken Lerner. Columbo: Peter Falk. (Repeat).
A retired colonel who's now commanding a paramilitary foundation "retires" an old comrade who was on to his illegal use of funds. Col. Frank Brailie: Robert Foxworth. Gen. Jack Padget: Stephen Elliott. Jenny Padget: Janet Eilber. Tanzer: Michael McManus. (Repeat).
A renowned artist employs a masterly trompe l'oeil to cover the murder of his ex-wife on the beach---far from the studio where he was supposedly painting. Louise: Fionnula Flanagan. Vanessa: Shera Danese. Julie: Isabel Lorca. Columbo: Peter Falk. (Repeat).
Wealthy August Dalgran retains Mason when he's accused of killing the nephew who betrayed him. Martha: Jeanette Nolan. Blair: Burt Reynolds. Dalgran: Don Dubbins. Sandra: Connie Hines. (Repeat).
A repertory group already divided by jealousy and financial woes stages a real-life drama when an actor is murdered. Mason: Raymond Burr. Lachman: Jeff Morrow. Brock: Rex Reason. Margit: K.T. Stevens. Scharf: Harry Von Zell. Della: Barbara Hale. (Repeat).
An aspiring television writer summons Mason when he stumbles over a corpse---and into a murder rap. Simms: Linden Chiles. Corby: John Lasell. Ms. Waters: Geraldine Brooks. Nelly: Dianne Foster. Della: Barbara Hale. Crane: Ben Cooper. (Repeat).
An immature heiress is arrested for murder when her guardian is slain. Merle: Jana Taylor. Pierce: Jack Ging. Mason: Raymond Burr. Olivia: Jorja Curtright. Gina: Joan Staley. Della: Barbara Hale. Drake: William Hopper. Burger: William Talman. (Repeat).
Mason uncovers a thriving racket in bogus first editions after a bookstore proprietor is found murdered. Ellen: Phyllis Love. Norland: Adam West. Muntz: John Abbott. Pearl: Allison Hayes. Torg: H.M. Wynant. Pickson: Woodrow Parfrey. (Repeat).
A samurai figure and a missing corpse are key elements in Mason's case. Dr. Omstead: John Howard. Mason: Raymond Burr. Olive: Lori March. Gage: Jacques Aubuchon. (Repeat).