Season Two
8 episodes
September 17th 1972 to March 25th 1973
Information from: The Columbo Phile by Mark Dawidziak
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"Etude in Black" (1972)
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Season: |
2, Episode - 1 |
Director: | Nick
Colasanto |
Written by: | Steven Bochco
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Produced by: | Dean Hargrove
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Originally aired: | September 17, 1972
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Run Time: | 120 (mins)
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Cast: |
Peter Falk as LT. Columbo
John Cassavetes as Maestro Alex Benedict
Blythe Danner as Janice Benedict
Myrna Loy as Lizzy Fielding
James Olson as Paul Rifkin
Anjanette Comer as Jenifer Welles
James McEachin as Billy
Don Knight as Mike Alexander
Pat Morita as The House Boy
Michael Fox as Dr. Benson
Dawn Frame as Aurdrey
Charles Macaulay as Durkee
George Gaynes as Everett
Wallace Chadwell as TV Director
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Plot: |
Young and talented concert pianist Jenifer Welles is threatening to go public with
details of her affair with brilliant symphony orchestra conductor Alex Benedict. Since Alex’s strong willed
mother-in-law, Lizzi Fielding, is the chairman of the symphony board, he cannot risk the scandal.
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"The Greenhouse Jungle" (1972)
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Season: |
2, Episode - 2 |
Director: | Boris Sagal
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Written by: | Jonathan Latimer
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Produced by: | Dean Hargrove
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Originally aired: | October 15, 1972
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Run Time: | (mins)
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Cast: |
Peter Falk as LT. Columbo
Guest Starring
Ray Milland as Jarvis Goodland
Bradford Dillman as Tony Goodland
Bob Dishy as Sergeant Frederic Wilson
Sandra Smith as Cathy Goodland
William Smith as Ken Nichols
Arlene Martel as Gloria West
Robert Karnes as Grover
Milton Frome as Driver
Peggy Mondo as Woman
Richard Annis as Officer
Larry Watson as Sound Man
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Plot: |
Young Tony Goodland is desperate to win back his unfaithful wife, Cathy. Money
is the key to her heart, but Tony’s comfortable income isn’t enough to keep Cathy from stepping out with
muscular, well-tanned skiing instructor.
Acidic Jarvis Goodlands proposes a way out of Tony’s problems. Jarvis, a collector and grower of rare orchids,
is co-administrator of a huge trust fund set up for his nephew. The money can only be toughed under
extraordinary circumstances. Prompted by his uncle, Tony agrees to fake his own kidnapping.
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"The Most Crucial Game" (1972)
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Season: |
2, Episode - 3 |
Director: | Jeremy Paul Kagan
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Written by: | John T. Dugan
Produced by: | Dean Hargrove
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Originally aired: | November 5, 1972
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Run Time: | (mins)
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Cast: |
Peter Falk as LT. Columbo
Guest Starring
Robert Culp as Paul Hanlon
Dean Jagger as Walter Cannell
James Gregory as Coach Larry Rizzo
Valerie Harper as Eve Babcock
Susan Howard as Shirley Wagner
Dean Stockwell as Eric Wagner
Val Avery as Ralph Dobbs
Kathryn Kelly Wiget as Miss Johnson
Richard Stahl as Mr Fremont
Don Keefer as Deputy Coroner
Cliff Carnell as Plainclothesman
Joe Renteria as Box Attendant Jimmy
Ivan Naranjo as Sgt Hernandez L.A.P.D.
Los Angeles Lakers as Los Angeles Rockets
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Plot: |
Paul Hanlon is general manager of the lucrative Wagner sports empire, a
business that includes the Los Angeles Rockets football team. The greatest threat to his power is posed
by owner Eric Wagner, an irresponsible swinger who cares little about the operation. It’s a Sunday afternoon
and the Rockets have a home game. Paul believes he can murder Eric and set up a perfect alibi.
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"Dagger of the Mind" (1972)
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Season: |
2, Episode - 4 |
Director: | Richard Quine
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Written by: | Jackson Gillis
Produced by: | Dean Hargrove
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Originally aired: | November 26, 1972
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Run Time: | 120 (mins)
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Cast: |
Peter Falk as LT. Columbo
Richard Basehart as Nicholas Frame
Honor Blackman as Lilian Stanhope
John Williams as Sir Roger Haversham
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Tanner
Bernard Fox as William Durk
Arthur Mallet as Joe Fenwick
Harvey Jason as The Director
Ronald Long as Mr. Jones
Veronica Anderson as Maid
Hedley Mattingley as Customs Man
John Orchard as Country Constable
Peter Church as Consable
Walker Edmiston as Gardener
Gerlad S. Peters as Inspetor Smythe
Sharon Johansen as Miss Dudley
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Plot: |
The marquee at London’s Royal Court Theatre proclaims the following night’s grand
opening: Sir Roger Haversham presents Nicholas Framer and Lillian Stanhope in William Shakerspear’s Macbeth.
Actually, light and lobby posters tell us very little about the real drama going on instide the walls od this
venerable theater. Desperate to get back into the limelight, husband-and-wife team Nick and Lilly view this
production of Macbeth as their comeback vehicle, With Nicky’s blessing, Lilly has been playing up to the
largely retired Sir Rodger, manipulating him into reopening the Royal Court and backing the Shakespearean
tragedy. Sir Rodger learns the truth just before the dress rehearsel.
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"Requiem for a Falling Star" (1973)
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Season: |
2, Episode - 5 |
Director: | Richard Quine
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Written by: | Jackson Gillis
Produced by: | Dean Hargrove
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Originally aired: | January 21, 1973
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Run Time: | (mins)
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Cast: |
Peter Falk as LT. Columbo
Anne Baxter as Nora Chandler
Mel Ferrer as Jerry Parks
Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Frank Simmons
Frank Converse as Mr. Fallon
Pippa Scott as Jean Davis
Edith Head as Herself
Sid Miller as Director
William Bryant as Sergeant Jeffries
John Archer as Paul
Jack Griffin as Gate Guard
Robert E. Meredith as Joe
Bart Burns as Sergeant Fields
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Plot: |
Former movie queen Nora Chandler keeps her career barley alive with occasional
roles in a television series or network films. It’s a far cry from her glory days, when she was married
to Al Cumberland, the man who built the studio. Cumberland died in a boating accident twelve years ago,
but Nora continues to live in the cottage built for her on the studio lot. Although this property is quite
valuable, she has resisted all the studio head Fallon’s attempts to buy it.
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"A Stitch in Crime" (1973)
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Season: |
2, Episode - 6 |
Director: | Hy Averback
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Written by: | Shirl Hendryx
Produced by: | Dean Hargrove
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Originally aired: | February 11, 1973
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Run Time: | 74 (mins)
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Cast: |
Peter Falk as LT. Columbo
Guest Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Dr. Barry Mayfield
Anne Francis as Sharon Martin
Nita Talbot as Marsha Dalton
Will Geer as Dr. Edmund Hiedeman
Aneta Corsaut as Nurse Morgan
Jared Martin as Harry Alexander
Victor Millan as Detective Flores
Kenneth Sansom as Paul
Murray MacLeod as Dr Simpson
Leonard Simon as Dr Michaelson
Ron Stokes as Tom
Patsy Garrett as Cleaning Woman
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Plot: |
Dr. Barry Mayfield is a brilliant young heart surgeon on the staff of a major Los
Angeles hospital. He and the hospital’s senior heart specialist, the revered Dr. Edmund Hiedeman, are working
on a drug that will combat transplant rejection. Veteran nurse Sharon martin believes that Mayfield is a cold
opportunist who would like to take all the credit for the research project. She doesn’t know how right she is.
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"The Most Dangerous Match" (1973)
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Season: |
2, Episode - 7 |
Director: | Edward M. Abroms
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Written by: | Jackson Gillis
Produced by: | Dean Hargrove
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Originally aired: | March 4, 1973
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Run Time: | (mins)
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Cast: |
Peter Falk as LT. Columbo
Laurence Harvey as Emmet Clayton
Jack Kruschen as Tomlin Dudek
Lloyd Bochner as Mazoor Berozski
Paul Jenkins as Sergeant Douglas
Michael Fox as Dr. Benson
Oscar Beregi as Proprietor
Mathias Reitz as Anton
John Finnegan as Workman
Drout Miller as 1st Report
Stuart Nisbet as Dr. Sulivan
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Plot: |
American grand master Emmet Clayton is anxious to prove he is the greatest living chess
player. Some experts have suggested that he would never become world champion if the top soviet player, Tomlin
Dudek, hadn’t been forced into inactivity by ill health. All those doubts are soon erased, though. Clayton’s former
fiancee, Linda Robinson, now a close friend of Dudek’s, has arranged a match in Los Angeles.
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"Double Shock" (1973)
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Season: |
2, Episode - 8 |
Director: | Robert Butler
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Written by: | Steven Bochco, Jackson Gillis, Richard
Levinson, William Link
Produced by: | Dean Hargrove
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Originally aired: | March 25, 1973
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Run Time: | (mins)
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Cast: |
Peter Falk as LT. Columbo
Martin Landau as Dexter and Norman Paris
Paul Stewart as Clifford Paris
Julie Newmar as Lisa Chambers
Jeanette Nolan as Mrs. Peck
Tim O'Connor as Michael Hathaway
Dabney Coleman as Detective Murray
Kate Hawley as Mrs. Johnson
Michael Richardson as Young Lawyer
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Plot: |
Elderly and wealthy Clifford Paris is about to be married to the much younger Lias
Chalmers, a fellow physical fitness enthusiast. Unhappy about the impending nuptials, his nephew, Dexter, the
host of a television cooking show, watches as Clifford fences with the family attorney Michael Hathaway. After
vigorous match, Clifford decides to take a bath. The house keeper, Mrs Peck, is settling down to watch a medical
drama on television. Dexter approaches his soaking uncle with a wedding present. It’s and electric mixer.
The humour between Mrs. Peck and Columbo in this episode is particularly poignant. This is one of the best
comedic episodes ever written for Columbo, the frustration and maddening anoyance that Columbo poses to
Mrs. Peck is very well played upon.
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