Lieutenant Columbo, played with average Joe charm and unshowy, easy-to-miss dexterity by Peter Falk, is more than meets the eye — to the bad guys, not us, because we know how things will turn out.

Link to What to Watch: In Theaters and On Streaming Season 5 – Columbo: Full Cast & Crew Sep 1975 Crime/Drama/Mystery & Thriller "Columbo" isn't the typical detective whodunit TV show. On most ...

In another episode (" Troubled Waters," 1975), it turns out that the killer (Hayden Danzinger, an autocar executive) is also a regular casino gambler but this only comes to light late in the episode ...

"Murder by the Book" launched a series that made the rumpled detective Columbo into a cultural icon. It also provided career foundations for Steven Bochco and Steven Spielberg, a pair of youngsters ...