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| '''Final clue/twist:''' Columbo can prove that the surveillance tape was fabricated, because the trees and bushes visible in front of the office appeared to have been trimmed in the morning, but had supposedly grown again by the evening. The fact that Clarke's dog scratched Anders' car, making distinctive marks because of its missing claw on one of its paws, provides further evidence that Anders had indeed visited Clarke's house before. | '''Final clue/twist:''' Columbo can prove that the surveillance tape was fabricated, because the trees and bushes visible in front of the office appeared to have been trimmed in the morning, but had supposedly grown again by the evening. The fact that Clarke's dog scratched Anders' car, making distinctive marks because of its missing claw on one of its paws, provides further evidence that Anders had indeed visited Clarke's house before. | ||
| '''NOTE:''' It is doubtful an arrest warrant would have been issued for the suspect. If it were, the District Attorney would not have prosecuted. Columbo's evidence proved the suspect's vehicle, not the suspect, had been in the vicinity of the victim's home because the dog was not leashed or confined and ran loose in the nighborhood (a possible pet invisible fence is not mentioned in the episode). The evidence didn't prove the date the vehicle was there. The suspect could have been charged with tampering with evidence by altering the tape. But since no evidence implicating the suspect existed (other than motive and lack of alibi), he could not have been charged with the murder. So therefore the tape wasn't evidence. The only crime Anders could have been charged with was giving a false statement to police. | |||
| No explanation is given why Anders substituted his unsmoked cigarette butts with those of the victim's smoked butts. Only two cigarettes played a role in the crime; the cigarette containing the poison and the cigarette placed in the victim's hand after the deed had been accomplished. | No explanation is given why Anders substituted his unsmoked cigarette butts with those of the victim's smoked butts. Only two cigarettes played a role in the crime; the cigarette containing the poison and the cigarette placed in the victim's hand after the deed had been accomplished. | ||
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Season of television series (all episodes of 1990 to 2003) Season of television series
| Columbo | |
|---|---|
| Season 10 | |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | December 9, 1990 (1990-12-09) – January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30) |
| Season chronology | |
| ← Previous Season 9 | |
| List of episodes | |
The final 14 episodes of Columbo were produced sporadically as a series of specials, spanning 13 years from 1990 to 2003. These episodes have since been released on DVD in several regions as "season 10". Two of the episodes, "No Time to Die" and "Undercover", were based on 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain and thus do not follow the usual Columbo format.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Murderer(s) played by | Victim(s) played by | Original air date | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 1 | "Columbo Goes to College" | E.W. Swackhamer | Story by : Jeffrey Bloom and Frederick King Keller Teleplay by : Jeffrey Bloom | Stephen Caffrey as Justin Rowe and Gary Hershberger as Cooper Redman | James Sutorius as D.E. Rusk | December 9, 1990 (1990-12-09) | 89 min |
| 57 | 2 | "Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" | Daryl Duke | Sonia Wolf & Patricia Ford & April Raynell | George Hamilton as Wade Anders | Peter Haskell as Budd Clarke | February 20, 1991 (1991-02-20) | 86 min |
| 58 | 3 | "Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star" | Alan J. Levi | William Read Woodfield | Dabney Coleman as Hugh Creighton | Cheryl Paris as Marcy Edwards | April 29, 1991 (1991-04-29) | 91 min |
| 59 | 4 | "Death Hits the Jackpot" | Vincent McEveety | Jeffrey Bloom | Rip Torn as Leon Lamarr and Jamie Rose as Nancy Brower | Gary Kroeger as Freddy Brower | December 15, 1991 (1991-12-15) | 92 min |
| 60 | 5 | "No Time to Die" | Alan J. Levi | Story by : Ed McBain Teleplay by : Robert Van Scoyk | (No murderer. Daniel McDonald plays the kidnapper Rudy Strassa.) | (No murder. Joanna Going plays the kidnapping victim, and intended murder victim, Melissa Hayes | February 15, 1992 (1992-02-15) | 87 min |
| 61 | 6 | "A Bird in the Hand..." | Vincent McEveety | Jackson Gillis | Tyne Daly as Dolores McCain and Greg Evigan as Harold McCain | Steve Forrest as Fred McCain, León Singer as Fernando and Greg Evigan as Harold McCain | November 22, 1992 (1992-11-22) | 89 min |
| 62 | 7 | "It's All in the Game" | Vincent McEveety | Peter Falk | Faye Dunaway as Lauren Staton and Claudia Christian as Lisa Martin | Armando Pucci as Nick Franco | October 31, 1993 (1993-10-31) | 91 min |
| 63 | 8 | "Butterfly in Shades of Grey" | Dennis Dugan | Peter S. Fischer | William Shatner as Fielding Chase | Jack Laufer as Gerry Winters | January 10, 1994 (1994-01-10) | 88 min |
| 64 | 9 | "Undercover" | Vincent McEveety | Story by : Ed McBain Teleplay by : Gerry Day | Ed Begley Jr. as Irving Krutch (Jon Beshara and an uncredited actor also portray two characters who kill each other) | Burt Young as Mo Weinberg and Shera Danese as Geraldine Ferguson | May 2, 1994 (1994-05-02) | 89 min |
| 65 | 10 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Vincent McEveety | Lawrence Vail | George Wendt as Graham McVeigh | Jeff Yagher as Teddy McVeigh and Jay Acovone as Bruno Romano | May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08) | 89 min |
| 66 | 11 | "A Trace of Murder" | Vincent McEveety | Charles Kipps | David Rasche as Patrick Kinsley and Shera Danese as Cathleen Calvert | Raye Birk as Howard Seltzer | May 15, 1997 (1997-05-15) | 88 min |
| 67 | 12 | "Ashes to Ashes" | Patrick McGoohan | Jeffrey Hatcher | Patrick McGoohan as Eric Prince | Rue McClanahan as Verity Chandler | October 8, 1998 (1998-10-08) | 86 min |
| 68 | 13 | "Murder with Too Many Notes" | Patrick McGoohan | Story by : Jeffrey Cava Teleplay by : Jeffrey Cava and Patrick McGoohan | Billy Connolly as Findlay Crawford | Chad Willett as Gabriel McEnery | March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12) | 85 min |
| 69 | 14 | "Columbo Likes the Nightlife" | Jeffrey Reiner | Michael Alaimo | Matthew Rhys as Justin Price and Jennifer Sky as Vanessa Farrow | Carmine Giovinazzo as Tony Galper and Douglas Roberts as Linwood Coben | January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30) | 84 min |
References
- "Columbo – Complete Series DVD UK". Amazon UK. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- UK DVD Cover shows the complete collection, images-amazon.com; accessed June 28, 2017.
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| Legacy | |
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