Columbo (Complete Series) - 36-DVD Boxset

Columbo (Complete Series) - 36-DVD Boxset (DVD) (*)

$159.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
3247 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1968 - 2003 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Vincent McEveety
James Frawley

Written By:
Richard Levinson
William Link

Actors:
Peter Falk ..... Columbo (68 episodes, 1971-2003)
John Finnegan ..... Barney / ... (12 episodes, 1972-2003)
Mike Lally ..... 2nd Bartender / ... (12 episodes, 1972-1976)
Bruce Kirby ..... Sergeant George Kramer / ... (9 episodes, 1973-1995)
Charles D. Miller ..... Crime Scene Cop (8 episodes, 1990-1991)
Shera Danese ..... Cathleen Calvert / ... (6 episodes, 1976-1997)
Vito Scotti ..... Chadwick / ... (6 episodes, 1973-1989)
Fred Draper ..... Cab Driver / ... (6 episodes, 1971-1976)
Dianne Turley Travis ..... Blonde At Birthday Of Mrs Hayward / ... (6 episodes, 1973-1991)
Ed McCready ..... Detective #2 / ... (5 episodes, 1990-1995)
Patrick McGoohan ..... Col. Lyle C. Rumford / ... (4 episodes, 1974-1998)
Robert Culp ..... Dr. Bart Keppel / ... (4 episodes, 1971-1990)
Val Avery ..... Artie Jessup / ... (4 episodes, 1971-1975)
Steven Gilborn ..... George (4 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jerome Guardino ..... Sergeant Burke / ... (4 episodes, 1975-1989)
Gerry Okuneff ..... Dealer / ... (4 episodes, 1991-1995)
Jack Cassidy ..... Ken Franklin / ... (3 episodes, 1971-1976)
Alan Fudge ..... David Chase / ... (3 episodes, 1974-1990)
Arlene Martel ..... Gloria / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Robert Donner ..... Arnie / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1994)
Timothy Carey ..... Bert / ... (3 episodes, 1971-1976)
Charles Macaulay ..... Durkee / ... (3 episodes, 1971-1974)
Richard Stahl ..... Ballistics man / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Victor Izay ..... Conroy / ... (3 episodes, 1974-1976)
Milt Kogan ..... Dubbing chief / ... (3 episodes, 1978-1989)
Cliff Carnell ..... Don / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1975)
Stewart J. Zully ..... Investigator #3 / ... (3 episodes, 1989-1993)
Harvey Gold ..... Coroner / ... (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Bill Zuckert ..... Capt. August / ... (3 episodes, 1974-1990)
Jimmy Joyce ..... Camera Operator / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1976)
Dennis Robertson ..... 1st Reporter / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
Manuel DePina ..... 1st Detective / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
Morgan Jones ..... Crime Lab Man / ... (3 episodes, 1990)
John Petlock ..... Male Guest / ... (3 episodes, 1990-1993)
Carolyn Carradine ..... First Biker / ... (3 episodes, 1989-1993)
Vincent J. McEveety ..... Bus Boy / ... (3 episodes, 1992-1997)
George Hamilton ..... Dr. Mark Collier / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1991)
Robert Vaughn ..... Charles 'Charlie' Clay / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
William Shatner ..... Detective Lucerne / ... (2 episodes, 1976-1993)
Ray Milland ..... Arthur Kennicut / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Bob Dishy ..... Sergeant Frederic Wilson / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1976)
Wilfrid Hyde-White ..... Kittering, Esq. / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1976)
Anne Francis ..... Nurse Sharon Martin / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Jeanette Nolan ..... Kate O'Connell / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1978)
Molly Hagan ..... Ruth 'Ruthie' Jernigan / ... (2 episodes, 1989-1993)
Mariette Hartley ..... Ms. McRae / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1977)
Richard Riehle ..... Sergeant Degarmo / ... (2 episodes, 1998-2000)
Ida Lupino ..... Doris Buckner / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1974)
James Gregory ..... Coach Rizzo / ... (2 episodes, 1972)
Tim O'Connor ..... Edward Lytton / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1976)
John Dehner ..... Commodore Otis Swanson / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1976)
Joyce Van Patten ..... Ruth Lytton / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1976)
Bernard Fox ..... Det. Chief Supt. William Durk / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1975)
Sorrell Booke ..... Bertie Hastings / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1977)
Stephen Elliott ..... Carl Donner / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1989)
Ed Begley Jr. ..... Irving Krutch / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1994)
Leslie Nielsen ..... A.J. Henderson / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1975)
James McEachin ..... Billy / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1978)
Patrick O'Neal ..... Elliot Markham / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1978)
Dean Stockwell ..... Eric Wagner / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1975)
Sondra Currie ..... Mrs. Rocca / ... (2 episodes, 1990-1991)
Rosanna Huffman ..... Mrs. Thornwood / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1990)
Robert Karnes ..... Grover / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Tyne Daly ..... Dolores / ... (2 episodes, 1992-1994)
George Sperdakos ..... Mr. Wagner / ... (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Darrell Zwerling ..... Lewis Lacey / ... (2 episodes, 1974)
Barbara Rhoades ..... Hostess / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1975)
Don Keefer ..... Deputy Coroner / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Michael Fox ..... Dr. Benson (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Dabney Coleman ..... Detective Murray / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1991)
David Byrd ..... Bailey / ... (2 episodes, 1989-1992)
Don Calfa ..... Rudy (2 episodes, 1990-1995)
Joshua Bryant ..... Dr. MacMurray / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1976)
Todd Martin ..... Sergeant Burke / ... (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Jude Farese ..... Al Murphy / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Regis Cordic ..... Deputy Commissioner / ... (2 episodes, 1973)

Synopsis:

Columbo is an American detective mystery television film series (1968-1978, 1989-2003), starring Peter Falk as Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The character and television show were created by William Link and Richard Levinson. The show popularized the inverted detective story format. Almost every episode began by showing the commission of the crime and its perpetrator. The series has no "whodunit" element. The plot mainly revolves around how the perpetrator, whose identity is already known to the audience, will finally be caught and exposed.

Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler. But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security. And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder.

With his rumpled raincoat, ever-present cigar, bumbling demeanour and Sherlock Holmesian powers of deduction, disarmingly polite homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo took on some of the most cunning murderers in Los Angeles, most of whom made one fatal, irrevocable mistake: underestimating his investigative genius.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 27 February, 2021.