
A killer launches an elaborate scheme to make Columbo first suspect him, then reject him as the murderer. Crime drama, directed by and starring Peter Falk. With Patrick O'Neal
The sleuth receives help from a gangland enforcer while investigating the deaths of a horse trainer's brother and a Mob bookie. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk and Rod Steiger
The crumpled cop investigates a wily CIA operative who has murdered one of his fellow spies to disguise his own treachery
A terrorist who killed an arms dealer for swindling him thinks he has got away with murder - until Columbo turns up to investigate. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and Clive Revill
An unlikely romance develops between the slovenly sleuth and a wealthy socialite he suspects of murdering her unfaithful lover. Detective drama, with Peter Falk and Faye Dunaway
A health-club owner murders his business partner and makes it look like an accident, but has reckoned without Columbo's intervention. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and Robert Conrad
A novelist is killed shortly after calling off her wedding, and the rumpled detective is convinced her jilted fiance is responsible
An army colonel kills a blackmailer who has found out about his misdeeds, only to receive a visit from the crumpled cop
A TV presenter kills a rival with poisoned cigarettes for digging up his murky past, but reckons without the shabby sleuth. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk and George Hamilton
The sleuth questions a smooth-talking funeral director about the murder of a Hollywood gossip writer. Detective drama, directed by and starring Patrick McGoohan, with Peter Falk
The shabby sleuth investigates the murder of a businessman, and thinks the most obvious suspect has been set up by his own wife