Columbo - "Death Hits the Jackpot" (1991)

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5 Episodes
December 15 1991 to Present

"Death Hits the Jackpot" (1991) Season: Special, December 15 1991 Director: Vince McEveety Written by: Jeffrey Bloom, Robert Van Scoyk Executive Producers: Peter Falk Produced by: Christopher Seiter Originally aired: December 15th, 1991 Run Time: (mins) Universal Ref No.: Case 59, #82236 Original music by: Cast: Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Rip Torn as Leon Lamarr Warren Berlinger as Detective Stroller Gary Kroeger as Freddy Brower Brit Lind as Trish Jamie Rose as Nancy Brower Robert Alan Browne as Detective Lancer Daniel Trent as Detective Braverman Donald Craig as Auctioneer Peter Schreiner as Otto Shane McCabe as Meyer McGinty Elizabeth Lambert as Leda Victoria Boa as Shari Michael Prince as Mr Weatherford Anita Dangler as Mrs Weatherford Dick Patterson as Master Of Ceremonies Ed McCready as Security Guard Dianne Turley Travis as Greta Robert Rothwell as Minister Margaret Howell as Saleswoman In Jewelry Store Kathryn White as 1st Woman Marjorie Stapp as 2nd Woman Charner Wallis as 3rd Woman Larry Randolph as John Webster Williams as Car Salesman Michael Halpin as Staff Person Gerry Okuneff as Patrolman Marte Boyle Slout as Lady At Auction Allen Rice as Man At Auction Dona Speir as Model #2 Plot: Fred Brower has a problem - he has just won over $30 Million in the lottery, and he does not want to share it with his soon-to-be ex-wife.

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"No Time to Die" (1992) Season: Special, March 15 1992 Director: Alan J. Levi Written by: Robert Van Scoyk Cast: Peter Falk Joanna Going Thomas Calabro as Andy Parma Dan Butler Doug Savant Daniel McDonald Daniel Davis as Alex Varrick Lance LeGault Juliet Mills as Eileen Hacker David Byrd Don Swayze Donald Moffat as Sheldon Hays Patricia Huston as Louise Hays Cliff Emmich as Tubby Comfort Beth Chamberlin as Cindy Siobhan McCafferty as Samantha Stack Pierce as President Loren Jefferson Yvonne Farrow as Janet Richard Assad as Abdul Tom Marvich as Technician #1 Gary Hollis as Technician #2 Jose Rey as Bartender Darnell Harrison as Technician #3 Mark Alan Kaufman as Sandy Plot: Columbo in format dress? Only for the wedding of his nephew (and fellow cop) Andy Parma. Andy is marrying Melissa Hayes, a successful model and daughter of a wealthy society family. Melissa rescued. For More Information Click here if you wish more Information. "A Bird in the Hand..." (1992) Season: Special, November 22 1992 Director: Vince McEveety Written by: Jackson Gillis Executive Producers: Peter Falk Produced by: Christopher Seiter Originally aired: November 22nd, 1992 Run Time: 120 (mins) Universal Ref No.: Case 61, #82251 Original music by: Richard DeBenedictis Cast: Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Guest Starring Tyne Daly as Dolores Greg Evigan as Harold McCain Frank McRae as Lt. Robertson Don S Davis as Bertie Michael Gregory as Mr. Hacker Steve Forrest as Big Fred Stephen Liska as Casino Manager G F Smith as Salesman Carol Swarbrick as Casino Waitress Ed McCready as Ed John Petlock as Medical Examiner Joel Beeson as Clyde Kay Perry as Honey Joanna Sanchez as Sgt Nancy Duran Bebe Louie as Policewoman Lenny Citrano as Barber Elven Havard as Serviceman Gerry Okuneff as Dealer Dick Baker as Detective At Harold's Cody Glenn as First Policeman Vincent J McEveety as Second Policeman Robert Deery as Policeman At Stadium Ron Tron as Traffic Policeman David Alan Graf as Bystander At Accident Geoff Koch as Singing Football Player Jeff Hochendoner as Football Player At Wake Lonnie Johnson as Football Player At Stadium Rodha Lawrence as Guest At Wake Buck Young as Guest At Wake Kyle Fredericks as Girl At Wake Buddy Joe Hooker as Policeman On P A. Plot: From the Vegas Strip to the football field, gambling and power lead to three deaths investigation by Lt. Columbo For More Information Click here if you wish more Information. "Strange Bedfellows" (1995) Season: Special, May 8 1995 Director: Vince McEveety Written by: Peter S. Ficher Executive Producers: Peter Falk Produced by: Christopher Seiter Originally aired: Run Time: (mins) Universal Ref No.: Case , #82301 Original music by: Cast: Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Guest Starring George Wendt as Graham McVeigh Rod Steiger as Vincenzo Fortelli Jeff Yagher as Randy McVeigh Jay Acovne as Bruno Romano Linda Gehringer as Lorraine Buchinsky Bruce Kirby as Sgt. Brendle John Finnegan as Barney Don Calfa as Rudy (The Bartender) Carol Mansell as Hysterical Lady Gerry Gibson as Pat O'Connor Justin Lord as Lt Albert Schiffer Alex Henteloff as Pawnbroker Karen Mayo-Chandler as Tiffany Keene Richard Epcar as Thug Kate Benton as Bayleaf Hostess Frantz Turner as Fingerprint Man Ed McCready as Man In Bar David Sobel as Waiter Mark Helm as Bayleaf Waiter Jim Bockelman as Patrolman Kelleher Marshall J Nord as Deputy Nancy Ragan as Ruth Gerry Okuneff as Walter Sterling Johnny Carbasal as Emilio Susan Beaubian as Ruth (Thurston's Secty) Plot: Columbo goes after a Race Horse Farm owner who kills his brother. Columbo enlists the help of a local Mafia boss to help him catch the crook. "A Trace of Murder - 25th Anniversary" (1997) Season: Special, May 15th 1997 Director: Vincent McEveety Written by: Charles Kipps Cast: Peter Falk Guest Starring Alice Backes as Harriet Jenkins Jeffrey King as Kurtz Barry Corbin as Clifford Calvert Dion Anderson as March Calvert Cady Huffman as the receptionist Shera Danese as Kathleen Calvert Maury Sterling as the store clerk David Rasche as Patrick John Finnegan as Barney Raye Birk as Howard Kymberly S. Newberry as the D.A. Will Nye as Officer Will Vince McEveety, Jr. as Johnny the busboy John F. O'Donohue as Detective Rogan Jim Almanzar as the bartender Richard Saxton as the newscaster. Dyana Ortelli as Bobbi Colaneri Donna Bullock as Tracy Rose Roma Alvarez as the Cliffords' maid Franklin Cover as Harry Jenkins Plot: Columbo's stalking a killer. But what he doesn't know is that the real murderer may be someone on his own investigating team. Peter Falk reprises his role as the crafty Lieutenant Columboin this film, which marks "Columbo's" 25th anniversary on network television. In "Columbo: A Trace of Murder," the wily detective questions an overbearing millionaire, Clifford Calvert ("Northern Exposure's" Barry Corbin), a fellow cigar aficionado, who's accused of murdering a business rival. But things get complicated when two unlikely people, the police forensic scientist on Columbo's own investigation team (David Rasche of the new Bette Midler film, "That Old Feeling") and Calvert's unhappy wife, Kathleen (actress Shera Danese, Peter Falk's real-life wife), know more about the case -- and each other -- than they should; and a tiny piece of evidence -- a cigar stub-- leaves Columbo puzzled. For More Pictures Click here if you wish to know additional Pictures. "Ashes to Ashes" (1998) Season: Special, 1998 Director: Patrick McGoohan and Peter Falk Written by: Jeffrey Hatcher Produced by: Christopher Seiter and Jack Horger Originally aired: 8th October 1998 Run Time: Cast: Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Patrick McGoohan as Prince Sally Kellerman as Liz Houston Ron Masak as Eddie Fenelle Rue McClanahan as Verity Chandler Edie McClurg as Mrs. Lerby Scott N. Stevens as Gerald Catherine McGoohan as Rita Aubrey Morris as Minister Conrad Bachman as Henry Chalfont Spencer Garrett as Rodger Gambles Richard Riehle as Sgt. Degarmo Ralph Monaco as Dispatcher Sid Burston as Driver Ron Masak as Cab Driver "Eddie" Richard Libertini as Sheik Yarami Roy Kerry as Guard 1 David Doty as Colleague Plot: Columbo is called in to investigate the disappearance of a Hollywood gossip reporter ('Golden Girl' Rue McClanahan). All evidence points to one of the last people who saw her alive -- a mortician-to-the-stars (McGoohan) with more than a few skeletons rattling around in his closet. For More Pictures Click here if you wish to know additional Pictures. "Murder With Too Many Notes" (1999) Season: Special, 1999 Director: Patrick McGoohan Written by: Patrick McGoohan and Jeffrey Cava Produced by: Christopher Seiter Originally aired: TBA Run Time: Original music by: Dick de Benedictis Cast: Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Billy Connolly as Findlay Crawford Richard Riehle Charles Cioffl Hillary Danner Chad Willett Scott Atkinson Obi Ndefo as Nathaniel Murphy Randy Oglesby as Joshua Vinten Luis Avalos as Antonio Harry Danner as Fitch Anne McGoohan as Marcia Herschel Sparber as Priestly Steve O'connor as Throve Larry Gilman as Tomblin Michael P. Byrne as Schwartz Van Epperson as Photographer Joanne Lara as Angela Rob Elk as Stalker Susan Edwards as Woman Victim Douglas Callan as Young Actor Jennifer Rabos as Young Actress Plot: Findlay Crawford, a Hollywood film composer and conductor murders a talented composer/musician who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work in recent years. Crawford is jealous of the young musician whose talent outshines his own. For More Pictures Click here if you wish to know additional Pictures. "Columbo Like the Nightlife" (2003) Season: Special, 2003 Director: Written by: Produced by: Originally aired: 30th Jan 2003 Run Time: Original music by: Cast: Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Plot: Columbo finds himself in the unlikeliest of places � the Los Angeles rave scene � as he investigates the supposed "suicide" of a tabloid reporter and the "disappearance" of a notorious mobster's son. Return To Season 11

	`"Death Hits the Jackpot" (1991)`
`Season:`	`Special, December 15 1991`
`Director:`	`Vince McEveety`
`Written by:`	`Jeffrey Bloom, Robert Van Scoyk`
`Executive Producers:`	`Peter Falk`
`Produced by:`	`Christopher Seiter`
`Originally aired:`	`December 15th, 1991`
`Run Time:`	`(mins)`
`Universal Ref No.:`	`Case 59, #82236`
`Original music by:`
`Cast:`	Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Rip Torn as Leon Lamarr Warren Berlinger as Detective Stroller Gary Kroeger as Freddy Brower Brit Lind as Trish Jamie Rose as Nancy Brower Robert Alan Browne as Detective Lancer Daniel Trent as Detective Braverman Donald Craig as Auctioneer Peter Schreiner as Otto Shane McCabe as Meyer McGinty Elizabeth Lambert as Leda Victoria Boa as Shari Michael Prince as Mr Weatherford Anita Dangler as Mrs Weatherford Dick Patterson as Master Of Ceremonies Ed McCready as Security Guard Dianne Turley Travis as Greta Robert Rothwell as Minister Margaret Howell as Saleswoman In Jewelry Store Kathryn White as 1st Woman Marjorie Stapp as 2nd Woman Charner Wallis as 3rd Woman Larry Randolph as John Webster Williams as Car Salesman Michael Halpin as Staff Person Gerry Okuneff as Patrolman Marte Boyle Slout as Lady At Auction Allen Rice as Man At Auction Dona Speir as Model #2
`Plot:`	`Fred Brower has a problem - he has just won over $30 Million in the lottery, and he does not want to share it with his soon-to-be ex-wife.`

	`"No Time to Die" (1992)`
`Season:`	`Special, March 15 1992`
`Director:`	`Alan J. Levi`
`Written by:`	`Robert Van Scoyk`
`Cast:`	`Peter Falk` Joanna Going Thomas Calabro as Andy Parma Dan Butler Doug Savant Daniel McDonald Daniel Davis as Alex Varrick Lance LeGault Juliet Mills as Eileen Hacker David Byrd Don Swayze Donald Moffat as Sheldon Hays Patricia Huston as Louise Hays Cliff Emmich as Tubby Comfort Beth Chamberlin as Cindy Siobhan McCafferty as Samantha Stack Pierce as President Loren Jefferson Yvonne Farrow as Janet Richard Assad as Abdul Tom Marvich as Technician #1 Gary Hollis as Technician #2 Jose Rey as Bartender Darnell Harrison as Technician #3 Mark Alan Kaufman as Sandy
`Plot:`	`Columbo in format dress? Only for the wedding of his nephew (and fellow cop) Andy Parma. Andy is marrying Melissa Hayes, a successful model and daughter of a wealthy society family. Melissa rescued.`

	`"A Bird in the Hand..." (1992)`
`Season:`	`Special, November 22 1992`
`Director:`	`Vince McEveety`
`Written by:`	`Jackson Gillis`
`Executive Producers:`	`Peter Falk`
`Produced by:`	`Christopher Seiter`
`Originally aired:`	`November 22nd, 1992`
`Run Time:`	`120 (mins)`
`Universal Ref No.:`	`Case 61, #82251`
`Original music by:`	`Richard DeBenedictis`
`Cast:`	Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Guest Starring Tyne Daly as Dolores Greg Evigan as Harold McCain Frank McRae as Lt. Robertson Don S Davis as Bertie Michael Gregory as Mr. Hacker Steve Forrest as Big Fred Stephen Liska as Casino Manager G F Smith as Salesman Carol Swarbrick as Casino Waitress Ed McCready as Ed John Petlock as Medical Examiner Joel Beeson as Clyde Kay Perry as Honey Joanna Sanchez as Sgt Nancy Duran Bebe Louie as Policewoman Lenny Citrano as Barber Elven Havard as Serviceman Gerry Okuneff as Dealer Dick Baker as Detective At Harold's Cody Glenn as First Policeman Vincent J McEveety as Second Policeman Robert Deery as Policeman At Stadium Ron Tron as Traffic Policeman David Alan Graf as Bystander At Accident Geoff Koch as Singing Football Player Jeff Hochendoner as Football Player At Wake Lonnie Johnson as Football Player At Stadium Rodha Lawrence as Guest At Wake Buck Young as Guest At Wake Kyle Fredericks as Girl At Wake Buddy Joe Hooker as Policeman On P A.
`Plot:`	`From the Vegas Strip to the football field, gambling and power lead to three deaths investigation by Lt. Columbo`

	`"Strange Bedfellows" (1995)`
`Season:`	`Special, May 8 1995`
`Director:`	`Vince McEveety`
`Written by:`	`Peter S. Ficher`
`Executive Producers:`	`Peter Falk`
`Produced by:`	`Christopher Seiter`
`Originally aired:`
`Run Time:`	`(mins)`
`Universal Ref No.:`	`Case , #82301`
`Original music by:`
`Cast:`	Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Guest Starring George Wendt as Graham McVeigh Rod Steiger as Vincenzo Fortelli Jeff Yagher as Randy McVeigh Jay Acovne as Bruno Romano Linda Gehringer as Lorraine Buchinsky Bruce Kirby as Sgt. Brendle John Finnegan as Barney Don Calfa as Rudy (The Bartender) Carol Mansell as Hysterical Lady Gerry Gibson as Pat O'Connor Justin Lord as Lt Albert Schiffer Alex Henteloff as Pawnbroker Karen Mayo-Chandler as Tiffany Keene Richard Epcar as Thug Kate Benton as Bayleaf Hostess Frantz Turner as Fingerprint Man Ed McCready as Man In Bar David Sobel as Waiter Mark Helm as Bayleaf Waiter Jim Bockelman as Patrolman Kelleher Marshall J Nord as Deputy Nancy Ragan as Ruth Gerry Okuneff as Walter Sterling Johnny Carbasal as Emilio Susan Beaubian as Ruth (Thurston's Secty)
`Plot:`	`Columbo goes after a Race Horse Farm owner who kills his brother. Columbo enlists the help of a local Mafia boss to help him catch the crook.`

	`"A Trace of Murder - 25th Anniversary" (1997)`
`Season:`	`Special, May 15th 1997`
`Director:`	`Vincent McEveety`
`Written by:`	`Charles Kipps`
`Cast:`	Peter Falk Guest Starring Alice Backes as Harriet Jenkins Jeffrey King as Kurtz Barry Corbin as Clifford Calvert Dion Anderson as March Calvert Cady Huffman as the receptionist Shera Danese as Kathleen Calvert Maury Sterling as the store clerk David Rasche as Patrick John Finnegan as Barney Raye Birk as Howard Kymberly S. Newberry as the D.A. Will Nye as Officer Will Vince McEveety, Jr. as Johnny the busboy John F. O'Donohue as Detective Rogan Jim Almanzar as the bartender Richard Saxton as the newscaster. Dyana Ortelli as Bobbi Colaneri Donna Bullock as Tracy Rose Roma Alvarez as the Cliffords' maid Franklin Cover as Harry Jenkins
`Plot:`	Columbo's stalking a killer. But what he doesn't know is that the real murderer may be someone on his own investigating team. Peter Falk reprises his role as the crafty Lieutenant Columboin this film, which marks "Columbo's" 25th anniversary on network television. In "Columbo: A Trace of Murder," the wily detective questions an overbearing millionaire, Clifford Calvert ("Northern Exposure's" Barry Corbin), a fellow cigar aficionado, who's accused of murdering a business rival. But things get complicated when two unlikely people, the police forensic scientist on Columbo's own investigation team (David Rasche of the new Bette Midler film, "That Old Feeling") and Calvert's unhappy wife, Kathleen (actress Shera Danese, Peter Falk's real-life wife), know more about the case -- and each other -- than they should; and a tiny piece of evidence -- a cigar stub-- leaves Columbo puzzled.

	`"Ashes to Ashes" (1998)`
`Season:`	`Special, 1998`
`Director:`	`Patrick McGoohan and Peter Falk`
`Written by:`	`Jeffrey Hatcher`
`Produced by:`	`Christopher Seiter and Jack Horger`
`Originally aired:`	`8th October 1998`
`Run Time:`
`Cast:`	Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Patrick McGoohan as Prince Sally Kellerman as Liz Houston Ron Masak as Eddie Fenelle Rue McClanahan as Verity Chandler Edie McClurg as Mrs. Lerby Scott N. Stevens as Gerald Catherine McGoohan as Rita Aubrey Morris as Minister Conrad Bachman as Henry Chalfont Spencer Garrett as Rodger Gambles Richard Riehle as Sgt. Degarmo Ralph Monaco as Dispatcher Sid Burston as Driver Ron Masak as Cab Driver "Eddie" Richard Libertini as Sheik Yarami Roy Kerry as Guard 1 David Doty as Colleague
`Plot:`	`Columbo is called in to investigate the disappearance of a Hollywood gossip reporter ('Golden Girl' Rue McClanahan). All evidence points to one of the last people who saw her alive -- a mortician-to-the-stars (McGoohan) with more than a few skeletons rattling around in his closet.`

	`"Murder With Too Many Notes" (1999)`
`Season:`	`Special, 1999`
`Director:`	`Patrick McGoohan`
`Written by:`	`Patrick McGoohan and Jeffrey Cava`
`Produced by:`	`Christopher Seiter`
`Originally aired:`	`TBA`
`Run Time:`
`Original music by:`	`Dick de Benedictis`
`Cast:`	Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo Billy Connolly as Findlay Crawford Richard Riehle Charles Cioffl Hillary Danner Chad Willett Scott Atkinson Obi Ndefo as Nathaniel Murphy Randy Oglesby as Joshua Vinten Luis Avalos as Antonio Harry Danner as Fitch Anne McGoohan as Marcia Herschel Sparber as Priestly Steve O'connor as Throve Larry Gilman as Tomblin Michael P. Byrne as Schwartz Van Epperson as Photographer Joanne Lara as Angela Rob Elk as Stalker Susan Edwards as Woman Victim Douglas Callan as Young Actor Jennifer Rabos as Young Actress
`Plot:`	`Findlay Crawford, a Hollywood film composer and conductor murders a talented composer/musician who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work in recent years. Crawford is jealous of the young musician whose talent outshines his own.` `For More Pictures Click here if you wish to know additional Pictures.`

	`"Columbo Like the Nightlife" (2003)`
`Season:`	`Special, 2003`
`Director:`
`Written by:`
`Produced by:`
`Originally aired:`	`30th Jan 2003`
`Run Time:`
`Original music by:`
`Cast:`	`Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo`

`Plot:`	Columbo finds himself in the unlikeliest of places � the Los Angeles rave scene � as he investigates the supposed "suicide" of a tabloid reporter and the "disappearance" of a notorious mobster's son.