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Columbo Season 7 |
| Episode 1 - [Try And Catch Me] |
| Details : A writer of murder mysteries wreaks revenge on her nephew-in-law by blaiming him for her niece's murder. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mariette Hartley as Veronica | Ruth Gordon as Abigail Mitchell | Charles Frank as Edmund Gavin | G. D. Spradlin as Martin Hammond | Mary Jackson as Annie | Marie Silva-Alexander as Dance Instructor | Jerome Guardino as Sergeant Burke | Director : James Frawley | Writer : Paul Tuckahoe | Writer : Gene Thompson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 21, 1977 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Murder Under Glass] |
| Details : A famous food critic is threatened by a restaurant owner and so the critic leaves. Soon after the cook dies. Columbo's involvement is welcomed by all the other chefs in the area but Columbo wonders why the dead restaurant owner slammed the drawers before he died. And how could the poison that killed him enter an unopened bottle without the killer even being in the room? Could it have been suicide? But then there's the cheques to a mysterious society and the victim's calender. Can Columbo's cooking skills really match the food critic's taste? |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Dysart as Max Duval | Louis Jourdan as Paul Gerard | Mako as Kanji Ousu | France Nuyen as Miss Choy | Larry D. Mann as Albert | Michael V. Gazzo as Vittorio Rossi | Shera Danese as Eve Plummer | Antony Alda as Mario DeLuca | Todd Martin as Sgt. Burke | Fred Holliday as Crawford | Alberto Morin as Chef Louis | Jimmy Murphy as Charlie (as Jim Murphy) | Carolyn Martin as Clair - Lady Cashier | Writer : Robert Van Scoyk | Director : Jonathan Demme | |
| Air Date : Jan. 30, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Make Me A Perfect Murder] |
| Details : Mark McAndrews a top network programmer is promoted to a New York position. His assistant who is very ambitious and his lover expects to get his old job. But of course he feels she is out of her league and needs more experience. Kay feeling betrayed decides to seek revenge. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Laurence Luckinbill | Trish Van Devere | Lainie Kazan | Patrick O'Neal | Bruce Kirby as Sergeant Kramer | Ron Rifkin | Writer : Robert Van Scoyk | Director : James Frawley | |
| Air Date : Feb. 28, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [How To Dial A Murder] |
| Details : A famous psychiatrist uses an appointment with his doctor as his alibi while he calls his house where his dead wife's lover is. The call serves as the first step in a conditioning reflex on the psychiatrist's dogs. The other part is the word Rosebud as uttered by the victim. When Columbo arrives on the scene the psychiatrist is very understanding when police say they may have to put his dogs to death. But Columbo notices how friendly the dogs seem and then there's the telephone that's hanging from it's hook. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tricia O'Neil | Nicol Williamson | Kim Cattrall | Joel Fabiani | Writer : Anthony Lawrence | Director : James Frawley | |
| Air Date : Apr. 15, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [The Conspirators] |
| Details : An Irish poet who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle him. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Clive Revill | Jeanette Nolan | Albert Paulsen | Director : Leo Penn | Writer : Howard Berk | Writer : Pat Robison | |
| Air Date : May. 13, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |