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All 69 Columbo episodes

Thirty-five years, two networks and one raincoat. Every film is standalone, so the order below is the order they aired — see the viewing order page if you would rather not start at the beginning.

69films, each a feature in itself

10 + 2seasons and pilot films

35years · 1968—2003

95hours in total

#	Episode	Aired	Run	Killer
	Pilots2 films
01	Prescription: Murderпилот 1	February 20, 1968	94 min	Gene Barry
02	Ransom for a Dead Manпилот 2	March 1, 1971	92 min	Lee Grant
	Season 17 films
03	Murder by the Book1×01	September 15, 1971	72 min	Jack Cassidy
04	Death Lends a Hand1×02	October 6, 1971	72 min	Robert Culp
05	Dead Weight1×03	October 27, 1971	72 min	Eddie Albert
06	Suitable for Framing1×04	November 17, 1971	72 min	Ross Martin
07	Lady in Waiting1×05	December 15, 1971	72 min	Susan Clark
08	Short Fuse1×06	January 19, 1972	72 min	Roddy McDowall
09	Blueprint for Murder1×07	February 9, 1972	71 min	Patrick O'Neal
	Season 28 films
10	Etude in Black2×01	September 17, 1972	91 min	John Cassavetes
11	The Greenhouse Jungle2×02	October 15, 1972	70 min	Ray Milland
12	The Most Crucial Game2×03	November 5, 1972	70 min	Robert Culp
13	Dagger of the Mind2×04	November 26, 1972	92 min	Richard Basehart
14	Requiem for a Falling Star2×05	January 21, 1973	70 min	Anne Baxter
15	A Stitch in Crime2×06	February 11, 1973	70 min	Leonard Nimoy
16	The Most Dangerous Match2×07	March 4, 1973	70 min	Laurence Harvey
17	Double Shock2×08	March 25, 1973	70 min	Martin Landau in a dual role
	Season 38 films
18	Lovely But Lethal3×01	September 23, 1973	70 min	Vera Miles
19	Any Old Port in a Storm3×02	October 7, 1973	91 min	Donald Pleasence
20	Candidate for Crime3×03	November 4, 1973	94 min	Jackie Cooper
21	Double Exposure3×04	December 16, 1973	70 min	Robert Culp
22	Publish or Perish3×05	January 18, 1974	71 min	Jack Cassidy
23	Mind Over Mayhem3×06	February 10, 1974	70 min	José Ferrer
24	Swan Song3×07	March 3, 1974	94 min	Johnny Cash
25	A Friend in Deed3×08	May 5, 1974	94 min	Richard Kiley
	Season 46 films
26	An Exercise in Fatality4×01	September 15, 1974	94 min	Robert Conrad
27	Negative Reaction4×02	October 6, 1974	91 min	Dick Van Dyke
28	By Dawn’s Early Light4×03	October 27, 1974	94 min	Patrick McGoohan
29	Troubled Waters4×04	February 9, 1975	93 min	Robert Vaughn
30	Playback4×05	March 2, 1975	70 min	Oskar Werner
31	A Deadly State of Mind4×06	April 27, 1975	70 min	George Hamilton
	Season 56 films
32	Forgotten Lady5×01	September 14, 1975	93 min	Janet Leigh
33	A Case of Immunity5×02	October 12, 1975	70 min	Héctor Elizondo
34	Identity Crisis5×03	November 2, 1975	93 min	Patrick McGoohan
35	A Matter of Honor5×04	February 1, 1976	70 min	Ricardo Montalbán
36	Now You See Him5×05	February 29, 1976	85 min	Jack Cassidy
37	Last Salute to the Commodore5×06	May 2, 1976	91 min	Fred Draper
	Season 63 films
38	Fade in to Murder6×01	October 10, 1976	70 min	William Shatner
39	Old Fashioned Murder6×02	November 28, 1976	72 min	Joyce Van Patten
40	The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case6×03	May 22, 1977	70 min	Theodore Bikel
	Season 75 films
41	Try and Catch Me7×01	November 21, 1977	70 min	Ruth Gordon
42	Murder Under Glass7×02	January 30, 1978	73 min	Louis Jourdan
43	Make Me a Perfect Murder7×03	February 28, 1978	97 min	Trish Van Devere
44	How to Dial a Murder7×04	April 15, 1978	73 min	Nicol Williamson
45	The Conspirators7×05	May 13, 1978	93 min	Clive Revill
	Season 84 films
46	Columbo Goes to the Guillotine8×01	February 6, 1989	88 min	Anthony Andrews
47	Murder, Smoke and Shadows8×02	February 27, 1989	90 min	Fisher Stevens
48	Sex and the Married Detective8×03	April 3, 1989	90 min	Lindsay Crouse
49	Grand Deceptions8×04	May 1, 1989	90 min	Robert Foxworth
	Season 96 films
50	Murder, A Self Portrait9×01	November 25, 1989	88 min	Patrick Bauchau
51	Columbo Cries Wolf9×02	January 20, 1990	92 min	Ian Buchanan
52	Agenda for Murder9×03	February 10, 1990	92 min	Patrick McGoohan
53	Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo9×04	March 31, 1990	93 min	Helen Shaver
54	Uneasy Lies the Crown9×05	April 28, 1990	92 min	James Read
55	Murder in Malibu9×06	May 14, 1990	90 min	Andrew Stevens
	Season 1014 films
56	Columbo Goes to College10×01	December 9, 1990	89 min	Stephen Caffrey
57	Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health10×02	February 20, 1991	86 min	George Hamilton
58	Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star10×03	April 29, 1991	91 min	Dabney Coleman
59	Death Hits the Jackpot10×04	December 15, 1991	92 min	Rip Torn
60	No Time to Die10×05	March 15, 1992	87 min	(No murderer. Daniel McDonald plays the kidnapper Rudy Strassa.)
61	A Bird in the Hand…10×06	November 22, 1992	89 min	Tyne Daly
62	It's All in the Game10×07	October 31, 1993	91 min	Faye Dunaway
63	Butterfly in Shades of Grey10×08	January 10, 1994	88 min	William Shatner
64	Undercover10×09	May 2, 1994	89 min	Ed Begley Jr.
65	Strange Bedfellows10×10	May 8, 1995	89 min	George Wendt
66	A Trace of Murder10×11	May 15, 1997	88 min	David Rasche
67	Ashes to Ashes10×12	October 8, 1998	86 min	Patrick McGoohan
68	Murder With Too Many Notes10×13	March 12, 2001	85 min	Billy Connolly
69	Columbo Likes the Nightlife10×14	January 30, 2003	84 min	Matthew Rhys

69 films · 69 with a full write-upWho the killer is in each →

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Our picks, and the reason each one is on the list.

3×02 · 1973

Any Old Port in a Storm

Donald Pleasence as Adrian Carsini

1×01 · 1971

Murder by the Book

Jack Cassidy as Ken Franklin

3×08 · 1974

A Friend in Deed

Richard Kiley as Mark Halperin and Michael McGuire as Hugh Caldwell