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Columbo Season 1 |
| Episode 1 - [Murder By The Book] |
| Details : One member of a mystery-writing-team decides to kill his more talented partner when the better writer decides to go solo. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jack Cassidy as Ken Franklin | Barbara Colby as Lilly La Sanka | Bernie Kuby as Mike Tucker | Haven Earle Haley as Second Reporter | Martin Milner as Jim Ferris | Hoke Howell as Sergeant | Rosemary Forsyth as Joanna Ferris | Lynette Mettey as Gloria Jr. | Director : Steven Spielberg | Writer : Steven Bochco | |
| Air Date : Sep. 15, 1971 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Death Lends A Hand] |
| Details : A private investigator kills his client's wife after she threatens to expose his blackmail scheme. The client then hires the detective to assist Columbo in the search for the killer. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Culp as Investigator Brimmer | Ray Milland as Arthur Kennicutt | Eric James as R.J. Denning | Len Wayland as Captain of Detectives | Lieux Dressler as Ceil Gentry | Barbara Baldavin as Brimmer's Secretary | Brett Halsey as Ken Archer | Don Keefer as Medical Examiner | Pat Crowley as Lenore Kennicutt | Director : Bernard L. Kowalski | Writer : Richard Levinson | Writer : William Link | |
| Air Date : Oct. 06, 1971 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Dead Weight] |
| Details : A famous general kills a business associate then woos a neurotic female witness to thwart Columbo's investigation. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ron Castro as Officer Sanchez | Timothy Carey as Bert | John Kerr as Roger Dutton | Val Avery as Harry Barnes | Clete Roberts as TV Newsman | Suzanne Pleshette as Helen Stewart | Kate Reid as Mrs. Walters | Eddie Albert as Martin Hollister | Glen Vernon as First Officer | Jim Halferty as First Marine Cadet | Jim Pelham as Second Officer | Director : Jack Smight | Writer : John T. Dugan | |
| Air Date : Oct. 27, 1971 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Suitable For Framing] |
| Details : An art critic Dale Kingston kills his uncle for his valuable collection of paintings. All the clues lead to the dead man's first wife. Can Columbo correct the Lieutenant's error before it is too late? |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Sandra Gould as Matron | Ross Martin as Dale Kingston | Rosanna Huffman as Tracy O'Connor | Joan Shawlee as Mitilda | Barney Phillips as Captain Wyler | Curt Conway as Evans | Vic Tayback as Sam Franklin | Kim Hunter as Edna Matthews | Don Ameche as Frank Simpson | Mary Wickes as Landlady | Claude Johnson as Policeman | Dennis Rucker as Parking Boy (Joe) | Director : Hy Averback | Writer : Jackson Gillis | |
| Air Date : Nov. 17, 1971 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Lady In Waiting] |
| Details : A woman shoots her overbearing brother claiming she thought he was a burglar. Columbo doesn't buy the self-defense claim - he know's it's murder. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Bull as Second Detective | Jon Lormer as Hearing Officer | Frank Baxter as Fred | Richard Anderson as Bryce Chadwick | Susan Clark as Beth Chadwick | Jessie Royce Landis as Mrs. Chadwick | Leslie Nielsen as Peter Hamilton | Joel Fluellen as Charles | Garry Walberg as First Detective | Barbara Rhoades as Hostess | Susan Barrister as Waitress | Director : Norman Lloyd | |
| Air Date : Dec. 15, 1971 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Short Fuse] |
| Details : A chemist rigs a bomb in his uncle's car to gain control of his uncle's company then plants clues to make Columbo suspicious of the company's Vice-President. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Roddy McDowall as Roger Stanford | Anne Francis as Valerie Bishop | Steve Gravers as Sergeant | Rosalind Miles as Nancy | Stuart Nisbet as Pinstripe | Ida Lupino as Doris Buckner | William Windom as Everett Logan | Lew Brown as Farrell | Jason Wingreen as Policeman | Eddie Quillan as Ferguson | Annette Molen as Girl | Jim Neumarker as Plainclothesman | Lawrence Cook as Quincy | James Gregory as David Buckner | Director : Edward M. Abroms | |
| Air Date : Jan. 19, 1972 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [Blueprint For Murder] |
| Details : An architect kills his business partner and deliberately lets Columbo suspect him leading Columbo to think that he's hidden the body in the foundation of a building under construction. He plans to let Columbo dig up the site and find nothing knowing that its the perfect place to hide the body since Columbo would never look in the same place twice. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Janis Paige as Goldie Williamson | Forrest Tucker as Bo Williamson | Patrick O'Neal as Elliot Markham | Pamela Austin as Jennifer Williamson | John Fiedler as Doctor | Bettye Ackerman as Miss Sherman | John P. Finnegan as Carl | Nick Dennis as Guard | Robert Gibbons as Clerk | Jimmy Joyce as Workman | Cliff Carnell as Officer Wilson | Director : Peter Falk | |
| Air Date : Feb. 09, 1972 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |