COLUMBO SEASON 5(1971) PAGE
COLUMBO SEASON 5(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: FORGOTTEN LADY(Sept. 14, 1975):
A former actress wants to make a comeback but her husband
doesn't want to finance it, so she kills him!!
This is pretty boring!! But it does show that Columbo
has a heart!
Guest starring: Army Archerd(film critic), Sam Jaffe(The Day The
Earth Stood Still, Ben Casey), Janet Leigh(Walking My Baby
Back Home, Psycho, Bye Bye Birdie)! B
EPISODES 2: A CASE OF IMMUNITY(Oct. 12, 1975):
Quite the twisted tale of a foreign dignitary who kills
one of his security guards which we're not sure why!
Guest Starring: Sal Mineo(Rebel Without A Cause, Exodus,
The Gene Krupa Story), Bart Braverman(Vega$)! B
EPISODE 3: IDENTITY CRISIS(Nov. 02, 1975):
A spy kills another spy!
Sadly Leslie is not in this very long!
Guest starring: Lesllie Neilson & Patrick McGoohan return,
David White(Bewitched)!! A
EPISODE 4: A MATTER OF HONOR(Feb. 01, 1976):
A retired bullfighter(the absolute worst form of "entertainment"
there is in the world) sets up his worker to be killed by a
bull!!
Even Maltalban can't save this very boring episode!!
Guest starring: Ricardo Maltalban(Fantasy Island, KHAN!!)! B
EPISODE 5: NOW YOU SEE HIM(Feb. 29, 1976):
A magician kills his financial backer because he knows
his secret of being a Nazi!
Guest starring: Jack Cassidy, Nehamiah Persoff & Robert
Loggia return! A
EPISODE 6: LAST SALUTE TO THE COMMODORE(May 02, 1976):
Someone kills a wealthy ship designer!
Completely different in that in this episode, and
this episode only, no one knows the murderer until
the end of the episode!!!!
Guest starring: Robert Vaughn, Wilfred Hyde-White
& John Dehner return! A
SPECIALS:
EPISODE OF MRS. COLUMBO:
CAVIAR WITH EVERYTHING(S.1 E.4: Mar. 22, 1979)
A woman kills her husband's lover! B
Cast:
Kate Mulgrew ... Kate Columbo
Henry Jones ... Josh Alden
Lili Haydn ... Jenny Columbo
Claudette Nevins ... Sybil
Trisha Noble ... Patty
Sam Groom ... Richard
Jack Knight ... CHP Sergeant Grady
Phyllis Flax ... Mrs. Fischetti
Jo McDonnell ... Eileen
Carolyn Calcote ... Woman
Raven Grey Eagle ... Kitchen Helper(uncredited)
Jerry Lacy ... Lawyer(uncredited)
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