Episodes
1. An Exercise in Fatality
7.2
September 15, 1974
98 min
A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accident
Guest Stars:
Robert Conrad, Pat Harrington, Jr., Gretchen Corbett, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Philip Bruns
2. Negative Reaction
7.8
October 15, 1974
91 min
Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict named Alvin Deschler. His plan is to make it look as if Alvin kidnapped his wife and killed her before picking up the ransom money.
Guest Stars:
Larry Storch, Dick Van Dyke, Antoinette Bower, Don Gordon, JoAnna Cameron
3. By Dawn's Early Light
7.8
October 27, 1974
98 min
The head of a military school kills one of the governors by sabotaging the gun which is used on founders day.
Guest Stars:
Patrick McGoohan, Bruce Kirby, Burr DeBenning, Madeleine Sherwood, Tom Simcox
4. Troubled Waters
7.7
February 9, 1975
98 min
While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship's band.
Guest Stars:
Patrick Macnee, Robert Vaughn, Bernard Fox, Dean Stockwell, Jane Greer
5. Playback
7.6
March 2, 1975
74 min
An inventor video tapes his mother-in-law's death, and then replays it back to the security guard, to give himself an alibi.
Guest Stars:
Gena Rowlands, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Robert Brown, Oskar Werner, Martha Scott
