COLUMBO SEASON 4(1971) PAGE
COLUMBO SEASON 4(1971)
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!
EPISODES 1: AN EXCERCISE IN FATALITY(Sept. 15, 1974):
A man who sells gym franchises to the wealthy kills off
one of his franchise owners!
Guest starring: Robert Conrad(WWW), Pat Harrington Jr.(One
Day At A Time)! A
EPISODES 2: NEGATIVE REACTION(Oct. 15, 1974):
A man kills his wife and tries to make it look like
kidnapping and blackmail!
Guest Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Larry Storch(F-Troup), Don Gordon
(Papillon, The Blue Angels), Joyce Van Patton(The Good Guys, The
Trouble With Girls), Michael Strong(Patton, Star Trek: TOS episode
"What Are Little Girls Made Of")! B
EPISODE 3: BY DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT(Oct. 27, 1974):
A colonel at an academy kills an officer who is in the
process of making the academy co-ed!
Guest starring: Patrick McGoohan(Secret Agent, Danger Man,
The Prisoner), Robert Clotworthy(Ancient Aliens, Final Fantasy
XV[game], The Green Hornet[2011], Kingdom Hearts I & II[games])!! B-
EPISODE 4: TROUBLED WATERS(Feb. 09, 1975):
The leiutenant and Mrs. Columbo(never seen) go on a
cruise she won and a dude kills his lover!
Guest starring: Robert Vaughn(The Man From U.N.C.L.E., The
A-Team, Perry Mason: The Case Of The Defiant Daughter, The
Protectors), Dean Stockwell(Quantum Leap), Patrick MacNee(The
Avangers, A View To A Kill) & Bernard Fox(Bewitched, Titanic,
A Night To Remember)! A
EPISODE 5: PLAYBACK(Mar. 02, 1975):
A man kills his mother-in-law when she tells him she's
demoting him from his position at their buciness!
Guest starring: Herbert Jefferson Jr.(Battlestar: Galactica)! B
EPISODE 6: A DEADLY STATE OF MIND(Apr. 27, 1975):
A psychiatrist who uses hypnotism in his process of
theropy kills a woman's husband who is beating her!
This should have been self defense!!
Guest starring: George Hamilton(Love At First Bite,
Hart To Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart, Where The Boys
Are), Leslie Ann Warren(Clue, The Color Of Night, Mission:
Impossible, The One And Only, Genuine, Original Family
Band, The Happiest Millionaire! A
SPECIALS:
EPISODE OF MRS. COLUMBO:
A RIDDLE FOR PUPPETS(S.1 E.3: Mar. 15, 1979)
A very disturbing episode about a puppeteer who is
nuts and kills his mentor! B
Cast:
Kate Mulgrew ... Kate Columbo
Henry Jones ... Josh Alden
Lili Haydn ... Jenny Columbo
Jay Johnson ... Noel Abbott
Michael Durrell ... Sergeant Caplan
Al Ruscio ... Victor March
Erica Yohn ... Aunt Lucy
Helena Carroll ... Nora Phelps
Nancy Jeris ... Nurse
David Himes ... Knapp
Tom Scott ... Officer Morrison
Barbara Mallory ... Nun
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