Columbo - Seasons 9 and 10

Season 9, Episode 1
November 25, 1989
Murder: A Self Portrait
A renowned artist employs a masterly trompe l'oeil to cover the murder of his ex-wife on the beach---far from the studio where he was supposedly painting. Louise: Fionnula Flanagan. Vanessa: Shera Danese. Julie: Isabel Lorca. Columbo: Peter Falk.

Season 9, Episode 2
January 20, 1990
Columbo Cries Wolf
Columbo digs up the corpus delicti---but not the corpse---when a magazine publisher (Deidre Hall) disappears after deciding to sell out her lover-partner of 12 years. Sean Brantley: Ian Buchanan. Tina: Rebecca Staab. Sir Harry Matthews: Alan Scarfe.

Season 9, Episode 3
February 10, 1990
Agenda for Murder
A Vice Presidential candidate's crony murders a racketeer who could derail his express to the Cabinet. Oscar Finch: Patrick McGoohan. Paul Mackey: Denis Arndt. Mrs. Finch: Penny Fuller. Mrs. Staplin: Rita Taggart. Gov. James Montgomery: Arthur Hill. Columbo: Peter Falk.

Season 9, Episode 4
March 31, 1990
Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo
Mrs. Columbo is the victim of a pathological killer who holds three persons responsible for her husband's death in prison. Her next target: Lt. Columbo. Leland St. John: Ian McShane. Sgt. Brady: Tom Isbell. Priest: Hugh Gillin. Dede Perkins: Teresa Ganzel. Dr. Steadman: Roscoe Lee Browne.

Season 9, Episode 5
April 28, 1990
Uneasy Lies the Crown
Deadly lies the crown on the tooth of an actor who's cuckolding his dentist. Nancy Walker, Ron Cey and Dick Sargent have cameos. Columbo: Peter Falk. Dr. Wesley Corman: James Read. Lydia Corman: Jo Anderson. Dr. Horace Sherwin: Paul Burke. Adam Evans: Marshall Teague. David Sherwin: Mark Arnott. Sgt. McCulley: James A. Watson Jr.

Season 9, Episode 6
May 14, 1990
Murder in Malibu
An ambitious womanizer shoots the romance novelist who rejected him, and makes the murder look like robbery gone awry. Wayne Jennings: Andrew Stevens. Jess McCurdy: Brenda Vaccaro. Lt. Schultz: Floyd Levine. Theresa Goren: Janet Margolin. Mrs. Rocca: Sondra Currie. Helen: Ashcroft: Laurie Walters.



Season 10 Episode Guide

SEASON 10




Season 10, Episode 14
January 30, 2003
Columbo Likes the Nightlife
The investigation of a tabloid reporter's death leads Columbo (Peter Falk) to a rave promoter (Matthew Rhys) and the ex-wife (Jennifer Sky) of a mobster's son. Freddy: Steven R. Schirripa. Linwood Coben: Douglas Roberts. Tony Galper: Carmine Giovinazzo. Sgt. Harkins: Julius Carry.

Season 10, Episode 13
March 12, 2001
Murder with Too Many Notes
The dogged detective (Peter Falk) builds a case against a tippling, arrogant film-score composer (Billy Connolly) who killed his ghostwriting apprentice (Chad Willett). Sidney: Charles Cioffi. Sgt. Degarmo: Richard Riehle. Rebecca: Hillary Danner. Tony: Scott Atkinson. Directed by Patrick McGoohan.

Season 10, Episode 12
October 8, 1998
Ashes to Ashes
Cat-and-mouse sparring between Columbo (Peter Falk) and his quarry (Patrick McGoohan), a crafty mortician who killed an inquisitive reporter (Rue McClanahan). Liz: Sally Kellerman. Mrs. Lerby: Edie McClurg. Eddie: Ron Masak. Roger: Spencer Garrett. McGoohan also directed.

Season 10, Episode 11
May 15, 1997
A Trace of Murder
Cigars---a standard prop for Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk)---play a prominent role in a murder case involving a criminalist (David Rasche) and his lover (Shera Danese). Calvert: Barry Corbin. Howard: Raye Birk. Off. Will: Will Nye. Harry Jenkins: Franklin Cover. Barney: John Finnegan. Harriet Jenkins: Alice Backes. March: Dion Anderson. Vincent McEveety directed.

Season 10, Episode 10
May 8, 1995
Strange Bedfellows
When ranch owner Graham McVeigh kills his brother and frames a mob bookie for the crime, then kills the bookie and claims self-defense, he finds himself facing trouble from both Columbo and the bookie's superior in the mob.

Season 10, Episode 9
May 2, 1994
Undercover
Columbo (Peter Falk) dons disguises to piece together a deadly puzzle involving millions missing from a bank heist. Irving Krutch: Ed Begley Jr. Mo Weinberg: Burt Young. Dorothea McNally: Tyne Daly. Geraldine Ferguson: Shera Danese.

Season 10, Episode 8
January 10, 1994
A Butterfly in Shades of Grey
William Shatner plays a radio talk-show host---and killer---trying to outwit the lieutenant (Peter Falk). Victoria Chase: Molly Hagan. Jerry Winters: Jack Laufer. Lou Cayton: Richard Kline. Ted Malloy: Yorgo Constantine. Howard Sperling: Mark Lonow.

Season 10, Episode 7
October 31, 1993
It's All in the Game
Faye Dunaway plays a sophisticate who charms the raincoat off Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) as he tries to pin her lover's murder on her. Lisa: Claudia Christian. Nick: Armando Pucci. Ruddick: Bill Macy. Barney: John Finnegan. Riley: Doug Sheehan.

Season 10, Episode 6
November 22, 1992
A Bird in the Hand
The detective is on the trail of the person who killed a football-team owner (Steve Forrest). Harold: Greg Evigan. Dolores: Tyne Daly. Lt. Robertson: Frank McRae. Bertie: Don S. Davis. Fernando: Leon Singer. Mr. Hacker: Michael Gregory. Ed: Ed McCready.

Season 10, Episode 5
March 15, 1992
No Time to Die
Crime hits close to home for Columbo when his nephew's bride is abducted from the honeymoon suite immediately after the wedding reception. Det. Andy Parma: Thomas Calabro. Abductor: Daniel McDonald. Sheldon Hays: Donald Moffat. Alex Varick: Daniel Davis. Sgt. Goodman: Dan Butler.

Season 10, Episode 4
December 15, 1991
Death Hits the Jackpot
A photographer wins the lottery, but loses his life to the uncle he entrusted with the ticket. Leon Lamarr: Rip Torn. Nancy Brower: Jamie Rose. Freddy Brower: Gary Kroeger. Martha Lamarr: Betsy Palmer. Lt. Columbo: Peter Falk.

Season 10, Episode 3
April 29, 1991
Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star
A lawyer (Dabney Coleman) murders his mistress and implicates the drummer she was singing sweet songs to. Little Richard has a cameo. Columbo: Peter Falk. Trish: Shera Danese. Marcy: Cheryl Paris. Neddy: Julian Stone.

Season 10, Episode 2
February 20, 1991
Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Smoking proves lethal to a newsman who's been blackmailing the host of a crime-reenactment TV show. Wade Anders: George Hamilton. Budd Clarke: Peter Haskell. Maxine Jarrett: Penny Johnson. Arnie: Robert Donner. Medical Examiner: Steven Gilborn.

Season 10, Episode 1
December 9, 1990
Columbo Goes to College
As Columbo addresses a college criminology class, two of the students at the lecture commit a murder in the parking garage downstairs. Justin Rowe: Stephen Caffrey. Cooper Redman: Gary Hershberger. Jordan Rowe: Robert Culp. Dominic Doyle: William Lucking. June Clark: Katherine Cannon.