COLUMBO MOVIES 1994-2003 PAGE
COLUMBO MOVIES 1994-2003
One of the best detective shows ever on TV, this started
out with the movie Prescription Murder and the fallow-up
movie Ransom For A Dead Man, which are both on this set!!
One of TVs greatest stars, Peter Falk, leads the series
and does a bang up job!
Just one more thing: This is backwards from almost all other
detective show in that you get to see what happened just as
the episodes start and then watch as Columbo figures it all
out!
Just one more, more thing: Very strange formatting on the
DVDs, when you play an episode, there's no way to go back
to the menu!!!!!!
1: BUTTERFLY IN SHADES OF GREY(Feb. 20, 1991):
Shatner plays a radio talk show host who is kind
of like the shock radio shows of today, and he
kills a man who is trying to help his daughter
get a book published!
Guest starring: William Shatner returns!! A
2: UNDERCOVER(Apr. 29, 1991):
This is all about a bank robbery in the past and a
set of puzzle pieces that is supposed to lead to the
loot!
Guest Starring: Burt Young(Rocky movies, Chinatown), a
returning Tyne Daley & Ed Beagley Jr.! A
EPISODE 3: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS(Dec. 15, 1991):
A man who has race horses kills his brother because he
is a gamblerholic and owes a bunch of money to a takes
bets(a bookie)! !
Guest starring: Rod Steiger(On The Waterfront, Mars Attacks),
George Wendt(NORM!)! A
4: A TRACE OF MURDER(Mar. 19, 1992):
Really twisted tale of a man and woman wanting to get
rid of a business rival of her husband's and frame him
for it!
Guest starring: Barry Corbin(The Thorn Birds, Northern
Exposure, The Closer), Franklin Cover(The Jeffersons)!! A
5: ASHES TO ASHES(Nov. 22, 1992):
A funeral home director kills his ex-wife!
Guest starring: Rue McClanahan(The Golden Girls),Ron Masak
(Happy Days), Sally Kellerman(Star Trek: TOS episode "Where
No Man Has Gone Before", M*A*S*H[movie]), a returning Patrick
MacGoohan!! A
6: MURDER WITH TOO MANY NOTES(Oct. 31, 1993):
A well-known music director/writer kills his up-and-coming
protoge!
Guest starring: Rue McClanahan(The Golden Girls),Ron Masak
(Happy Days), Sally Kellerman(Star Trek: TOS episode "Where
No Man Has Gone Before", M*A*S*H[movie]), a returning Patrick MacGoohan!! A
7: COLUMBO LIKES THE NIGHTLIFE(Oct. 31, 1993):
What a sad way to end this wonderful series! It's incredibly
boring with really bad music!! Still it is Columbo!
Sadly, this final episode has no known guest stars in it! B
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
I can't believe there are so few reviews on this, Columbo
is one of the defining detectives on television. He's so
low key, so unimposing, and it's a pleasure watching him
take down all those criminals that think they are are smarter
than him, better than him because of, well how little and,
well how wrinkled and cheap he appears.
He's the opposite of so many detectives on television these
days, the everyman solving crimes.
It's just a brilliant approach to a character, and one that
is fantastically fun to watch. - generationofswine
Cast:
Peter Falk ... Columbo/Lt. Columbo
Mike Lally ... Police Photographer/Bartender/...
Dianne Travis ... Club Member/Blonde At Birthday Of Mrs Hayward/...
Bruce Kirby ... Sergeant George Kramer/Lab Attendant Doug/...
John Finnegan ... Lt. Dreyer/Carl/...
Fred Draper ... David Morris/Joseph/...
Vito Scotti ... Maitre d'/Chadwick/...
Val Avery ... Artie Jessup/Harry Barnes/...
Jerome Guardino ... Sergeant Burke/Harris/...
Jack Cassidy ... Ken Franklin/The Great Santini/...
Robert Culp ... Investigator Brimmer/Dr. Bart Kepple/...
Patrick McGoohan ... Col. Lyle C. Rumford/Nelson Brenner/...
Arlene Martel ... Salesgirl/Tanya Baker/...
Richard Stahl ... Ballistics Man/Burton/...
Victor Izay ... Medical Examiner/Conroy/...
Cliff Carnell ... Officer Wilson/Photo Shop Man/...
Harvey Gold ... Coroner/Harry Lewis
Dennis Robertson ... Jerry/Detective Marley/...
Jimmy Joyce ... Workman/Camera Operator/...
Manuel DePina ... Photographer/1st Detective/...
Bart Burns ... Thompson/Sgt. Fields/...
Frank Baxter ... Walter Gray/Fred/...
George Sawaya ... Legation Guard/Man/...
Robert Vaughn ... Charles 'Charlie' Clay/Hayden Danziger
William Shatner ... Ward Fowler/Fielding Chase
Ray Milland ... Arthur Kennicutt/Jarvis Goodland
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Tanner/Kittering, Esq.
Bob Dishy ... Sgt. John J. Wilson/Sergeant Frederic Wilson
Anne Francis ... Nurse Sharon Martin/Valerie Bishop
Jeanette Nolan ... Mrs. Peck/Kate O'Connell
Joyce Van Patten ... Sister of Mercy/Ruth Lytton
Patrick O'Neal ... Elliot Markham/Frank Flanagan
Mariette Hartley ... Eileen McRae/Veronica
Ida Lupino ... Doris Buckner/Edna Basket Brown
James Gregory ... David L. Buckner/Coach Rizzo
Tim O'Connor ... Michael Hatheway/Edward Lytton
John Dehner ... Commodore Otis Swanson/Roland Pangborn
Bernard Fox ... Det. Chief Supt. William Durk/Purser Watkins
Sorrell Booke ... J.J. Stringer/Bertie Hastings
Shera Danese ... Molly/Eve Plummer
Leslie Nielsen ... A.J. Henderson/Peter Hamilton
James McEachin ... Walter Mearhead/Billy Jones
Dean Stockwell ... Eric Wagner/Lloyd Harrington
Robert Karnes ... Sgt. Vernon/Grover
Timothy Carey ... Bert/Tony
George Sperdakos ... Thackery/Mr. Wagner
Darrell Zwerling ... Lewis Lacey/Motel Manager
Don Keefer ... Medical Examiner/Deputy Coroner
Michael Fox ... Dr. Benson
Barbara Rhoades ... Joyce/Hostess
Jude Farese ... Al Murphy/Highway Patrolman
Joshua Bryant ... Dr. MacMurray/Wayne Taylor
Jay Varela ... Capt. Ortega/Sgt. Rojas
Todd Martin ... Sgt. Burke/Sergeant Burke
Regis Cordic ... Lewis/Deputy Commissioner
Clete Roberts ... TV Anchor Man/TV Newsman
William Bryant ... Fields/Sgt. Jeffries
Redmond Gleeson ... Arnold/George Thomas
George Skaff ... Haj Kura/The Producer
Bernie Kuby ... Nathan Flowers/Mike Tucker
Robert Gibbons ... Clerk/Rogers
Charles Macaulay ... Farnsworth/Durkee
Bill Zuckert ... Capt. August/Capt. Sampson
Lew Brown ... 2nd Detective/Farrell
Danny Wells ... Gary Keppler/Bookstore Clerk
Stuart Nisbet ... Pinstripe/Dr. Sullivan
Lucille Meredith ... Lucy/Jean the seamstress
Alma Beltran ... Mrs. Fernandez/Housekeeper
John McCann ... Officer/Brandon
Jefferson Kibbee ... Jeff/Frank
Morris Buchanan ... Lab Man/2nd Detective
George Gaynes ... Frenchman/Everett
Walker Edmiston ... Auctioneer/Gardener
Don Knight ... Stagehand outside dressing room/Mike Alexander
Victor Millan ... Detective Flores/Dr. William Martinez
Alan Fudge ... David Chase/Mr. Harrow
Ken Sansom ... Paul/DMV Employee
Marcia Wallace ... Woman at Inquest/Woman
Larry Burrell ... Newsman/TV Reporter
Robert Walden ... Billy Fine/Plainclothesman
Jack Griffin ... Delivery Driver/Gate Guard
Ed Fury ... Charlie/Plainclothesman
J.S. Johnson ... Palmer/Tom
Don Diamond ... Larry/Portland Desk Clerk
Davis Roberts ... Policeman/Kramer
Susan Clark ... Beth Chadwick
Eddie Albert ... Maj. Gen. Martin J. Hollister
Ross Martin ... Dale Kingston