Columbo

The formula for a miracle wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder and Columbo is on this case.

Stars: Peter Falk, Vera Miles, Martin Sheen
Director(s): Jeannot Szwarc
Writer(s): Jackson Gillis, Myrna Bercovici, Richard Levinson

A wine connisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.

Stars: Peter Falk, Donald Pleasence, Joyce Jillson
Director(s): Leo Penn
Writer(s): Stanley Ralph Ross, Larry Cohen, Richard Levinson

Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.

Stars: Peter Falk, Jackie Cooper, Joanne Linville
Director(s): Boris Sagal
Writer(s): Irv Pearlberg, Alvin R. Friedman, Roland Kibbee

A self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

Stars: Peter Falk, Robert Culp, Robert Middleton
Director(s): Richard Quine
Writer(s): Stephen J. Cannell, Richard Levinson, William Link

A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of sex novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

Stars: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Mickey Spillane
Director(s): Robert Butler
Writer(s): Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link

The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.

Stars: Peter Falk, José Ferrer, Lew Ayres
Director(s): Alf Kjellin
Writer(s): Steven Bochco, Dean Hargrove, Roland Kibbee

A gospel singer wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.

Stars: Peter Falk, Johnny Cash, Ida Lupino
Director(s): Nicholas Colasanto
Writer(s): David Rayfiel, Stanley Ralph Ross, Richard Levinson

A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.

Stars: Peter Falk, Richard Kiley, Rosemary Murphy
Director(s): Ben Gazzara
Writer(s): Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link