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Columbo: Season 1
1968 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsPeter Falk stars as Columbo, a cigar-smoking, overcoat-wearing detective who happens to be one of television's most iconic characters. Often underestimated as a sleuth, Columbo is sneaky and subtle in his abilities to solve each and every case, usually by associating clues that others never think to connect. Get involved as the tricky sleuth dissects each case with painstaking thought and impressive follow-through.
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Columbo: Season 2
1972 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsCatch the adventures of the perpetually unkempt Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk, who won four Emmys for his singular portrayal of the character) in this collection of episodes from the NBC show's second season. Watch as Columbo applies his subtle approach to crime-solving as he cracks the murder of a famous conductor's mistress; learns the tricks of Scotland Yard when he visits London; outwits an aging movie star; and more.
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Columbo: Season 3
1973 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsPart of an NBC rotating anthology series, this crime drama stars Peter Falk as eternally rumpled gumshoe Lt. Columbo. By lulling murder suspects into thinking he couldn't catch a fly let alone a killer, the seemingly absentminded, deferential detective subtly maneuvers his quarry into making a critical mistake. Guest stars in the eight-episode third season include Martin Sheen, Johnny Cash, Vincent Price, Deidre Hall and Jackie Cooper.
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Columbo: Season 4
1974 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsLt. Columbo (Peter Falk) doesn't mind when his suspects underestimate him. After all, the extra latitude they afford him only makes his job easier. In the fourth season of this Emmy Award-winning mystery series, Columbo investigates a world-famous photographer (Dick Van Dyke) for the murder of his wife (Antoinette Bower), and questions a blind witness who swears she saw a doctor (George Hamilton) kill his lover's husband.
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Columbo: Season 5
1975 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsPlaying the part of an incompetent detective sure seems to work for Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk), who takes full advantage of witnesses who dare to underestimate him. In this collection of episodes from the show's fifth season, an aging Broadway star climbs over her husband's dead body in pursuit of a comeback; a Mexican rancher uses a bull as a lethal weapon; and World War II-era blackmail pushes a magician toward dirty tricks.
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Columbo
1968 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsCriminal minds tended to underestimate disheveled homicide detective Lt. Columbo ... until he fired back with a dead-on dissection of every case in this long-running crime series that earned lead actor Peter Falk a total of four Emmy Awards. Over the years, the show attracted celebrity guest stars such as Johnny Cash, Vincent Price, Martin Sheen, William Shatner, Faye Dunaway, Roddy McDowall and many more.
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Columbo: Season 6
1976 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThe disheveled detective takes on a trio of cases involving an actor caught up in a blackmail scheme, an accountant embezzling from his own firm and a very personal murder staged to look like a random robbery.
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Columbo: Season 7
1976 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsColombo's new crop of cases involve a food critic who poisons a restaurant owner, a psychologist who trains his dogs to kill, a mystery writer out for vengeance and an IRA terrorist who murders his arms supplier.
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The Brink's Job
1978 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA small-time criminal concocts a big-time heist -- and inadvertently the crime of the century -- in this spirited comedy based on the infamous Brink's robbery in Boston, which netted the crew of amateur crooks nearly $3 million.
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Pressure Point
1962 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn 1942, an African American psychiatrist engages in a powerful battle of wills while trying to treat a racist prisoner who is a Nazi sympathizer. After serving a three-year sentence, the man is released, much to the concern of his doctor.
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Money Kings
1998 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen the local mob starts muscling in on his action and sends a high-ranking boss's nephew to check out his operation, a small-time bookie mistakenly thinks he can handle the escalating situation.
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