Release date: 2006-10-02
RRP: £19.99
Price: £3.75
Review Columbo - Series 1 Vol.1-3 / Universal Pictures UK:
Actors & Directors
- Fisher Stevens
- Leo Penn
- Nan Martin
- Molly Hagan
- Peter Falk
- Sam Wanamaker
- James Frawley
- Jeff Perry
Run time: 466 min.
Price: £9.64
Review Columbo: Mystery Movie Collection 1989 (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:
![Review Universal Studios / Columbo: The Complete Sixth and Seventh Seasons [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F5B59EKFL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 2006-11-14
Run time: 636 min.
Price: £13.49
Review Columbo: The Complete Sixth and Seventh Seasons [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:
Review Columbo - Dagger of the Mind / The Green House Jungle:Features two Columbo episodes. Running time 163 minutes.
Release date: 2007-10-22
Run time: 3609 min.
RRP: £59.99
Price: £35.63
Review Columbo - Series 1-7 - Complete / Universal Pictures UK:
Release date: 2007-10-01
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.47
Review Columbo - Series 1 Vol.1-3 / Uca:
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Release date: 2007-02-12
RRP: £29.99
Price: £13.97
Review Columbo - Series 5 - Complete [1975] / Universal Pictures UK:Over three decades since it was first broadcast, the evergreen Columbo's fifth season finds Peter Falk's infamous detective in very fine form. In fact, this is one of the seasons for which Falk walked away with a prestigious Emmy award for his portrayal of the title role. There are half-a-dozen episodes included across the discs in this Columbo set, and they attract a healthy selection of guest stars. Among the faces who turn up in the assorted mysteries are Patrick McGoohan, Janet Leigh and Robert Vaughn, while at one point a certain Steven Spielberg steps behind the camera to direct an episode. But make no mistake, this always was, and continues to be here, Peter Falk's show. He fits the role of Columbo like a proverbial glove, and some of the episodes featured in this fifth season are among the finest the show produced throughout its run. "Now You See Him", for instance, is a clever, intriguing piece of drama, involved a more mysterious than usual magician. And "Identity Crisis"-which also features Airplane's Leslie Nielsen-is a lovely, twisty, spy-based episode. It's a pity that the extras on the Columbo DVDs are pretty much non-existent, because there's a real and genuine joy in being reunited with the episodes themselves. Season five isn't perfect, granted, but there's nonetheless far more in the positive corner than the negative. [+]Very warmly recommended. -Jon Foster.
Actors & Directors
- Ben Gazzara
- Harvey Hart
- Dean Stockwell
- Peter Falk
- Steven Spielberg
- Bernard L. Kowalski
- Jane Greer
- Bernard Fox
- Robert Vaughn
Run time: 539 min.
Price: £13.49
Review Columbo: The Complete Fourth Season (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Universal Studios:
Release date: 2008-03-31
RRP: £29.99
Price: £18.97
Review Columbo - Series 8 - Complete / Universal Playback:
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Actors & Directors
- Barbara Colby
- Jack Cassidy
- Rosemary Forsyth
- Peter Falk
- Martin Milner
- Norman Lloyd
- Steven Spielberg
Run time: 150 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £19.99
Review Columbo - Vol. 2 - Murder By The Book / Lady In Waiting [1971] / Playback:
Actors & Directors
- Martin Landau
- Peter Falk
- Ray Milland
- Leonard Nimoy
- John Cassavetes
Run time: 373 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £15.51
Review Columbo - Series 2 - Complete / Playback:Armchair sleuths, get out your trenchcoats: Universal has released the sophomore season (1972-73) of the classic detective series Columbo, starring Peter Falk as the sage but rumpled police lieutenant. As with the first season, there's plenty of star power in front of and behind the camera to abet Falk in these eight 90- and 120-minute episodes: John Cassavetes stars in the season premiere, Etude in Black, as a philandering symphony conductor, with Blythe Danner and Hollywood legend Myrna Loy in support; Oscar winner Ray Milland is a scheming orchid grower in "The Greenhouse Jungle," co-starring Bradford Dillman and William Smith; Robert Culp and Dean Stockwell are a football team manager and owner, respectively, whose disagreements blossom into murder in "The Most Crucial Game"; and Jeanette Nolan offers stellar comic relief in "Double Shock," which features Martin Landau as identical twins-one of whom has murdered their uncle. Performances by Richard Basehart, Laurence Harvey, Leonard Nimoy, Anne Francis, Anne Baxter, and Mel Ferrer also highlight the season; direction by small-screen stalwarts like Boris Sagal, Jeremy Paul Kagan, and Nicholas Colasanto ("Coach" on Cheers) and scripts by Stephen Bochco also bring quality and style to the proceedings. Sadly, no extras are available in this five-disc set, but the stellar image and sound quality (and lack of commercials) should appeal to series fans and newcomers alike. -Paul Gaita.
Actors & Directors
- Lee Grant
- John Fink
- Harold Gould
- Peter Falk
- Martin Landau
Review Columbo - Ransom For A Dead Man / Double Shock [1971/1973] / Universal:2 episodes of Columbo starring Peter Falk, episodes are Ransom for a dead man, and Double shock.
Release date: 2004-09-13
Run time: 660 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £7.40
Review Columbo - The Complete First Season / Playback:TV detective fans rejoice: Peter Falk's rumpled and infallible Lt. Columbo joins the DVD precinct with a five-disc set that features the detective's first nine appearances for NBC. Though Falk as Columbo (no first name) made his TV debut in 1967, the detective had actually first appeared on an episode of the 1960-61 Chevy Mystery Show (Bert Freed played the role) written by veteran TV scribes Richard Levinson and William Link (The Fugitive, Alfred Hitchcock Presents). The pair turned the episode into a stage play titled Prescription: Murder, which was adapted into a TV movie in 1967 with Falk in the lead. NBC greenlit a two-hour Columbo pilot (Ransom for a Dead Man) in 1971, and the series was launched that fall as part of the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie, a rotating 90-minute program that alternated Columbo with episodes of MacMillan and Wife and McCloud (another Levinson/Link creation). Viewers were quickly won over by Falk's shrewd performance as he matched wits with a host of exceptional guest stars (including Gene Barry, Patrick McGoohan, and others), all of whom assumed that the disheveled detective would never figure out their "perfect crimes"; the popularity and quality of the original series allows Falk to continue to don the trenchcoat some 30 years later for occasional Columbo TV movies. All seven 90-minute episodes of the 1971-72 debut season are included here, along with Prescription: Murder and Ransom for a Dead Man; unfortunately, as the lieutenant himself would say, "Oh, just one more thing"-no extras are included in the set, but having these fine TV mysteries in one set should be reward enough for armchair sleuths. -Paul Gaita.
Actors & Directors
- Suzanne Pleshette
- Eddie Albert
- Jack Smight
- John Kerr (II)
- Kate Reid
- Peter Falk
Price: £9.99
Review Columbo - Vol. 1: Pilot Episode: Prescription Murder / Episode 2: Deadweight / Playback:
Actors & Directors
- Nina Foch
- Peter Falk
- Richard Irving
- Katherine Justice
- Gene Barry
- William Windom
Run time: 94 min.
Price: £5.99
Review Columbo - Prescription Murder / 4 Front Video:
Release date: 2006-09-18
RRP: £29.99
Price: £12.50
Review Columbo - Series 4 - Complete / Universal Pictures UK:
Actors & Directors
- Robert Culp
- Vera Miles
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Richard Quine
- Donald Pleasence
- Jackie Cooper
- Peter Falk
- Robert Butler
- Leo Penn
- Boris Sagal
Run time: 657 min.
RRP: £28.99
Price: £14.48
Review Columbo - Series 3 - Complete / Playback:Oh, just one more thing, mystery mavens-get ready to be mystified and entertained by the award-winning third season of Columbo, starring Peter Falk as the rumpled but unbeatable Lieutenant. Having taken home Emmys for outstanding limited drama and lead actor in its '71-'72 debut season, Columbo was again named best drama for its third season ('73-'74). The reason for the repeat success? The formula remained the same: intelligent, engaging scripts and direction, guest performances by top actors, and, of course, Falk at center stage as Columbo, the most unlikely of supersleuths, but unquestionably one of the sharpest (the role would later earn Falk three more Emmys between 1975 and 1990). The 10 episodes compiled in this two-disc set again feature top talent from film and television: directors include veterans Jeannot Swarc and Boris Sagal, as well as actors Nicholas Colasanto (better known as Coach from Cheers) and Ben Gazzara (Falk's frequent co-star in the films of John Cassavetes), while the season's scripts feature contributions from Stephen J. Cannell, Steven Bochco, and Larry Cohen. And in regard to co-stars, Falk matched wits with the likes of Donald Pleasance, Martin Sheen, Vincent Price, Robert Culp (in one of four turns on the series), Jose Ferrer, Ida Lupino, and in two novel but effective casting choices, Johnny Cash and hard-boiled mystery scribe Mickey Spillane. And there's even a bonus feature in the form of an episode of the spinoff series Mrs. Columbo, starring Kate Mulgrew as the Lieutenant's oft-mentioned better half. In short, it's 11 hours of solid sleuthing for armchair detectives. -Paul Gaita, Amazon. [+]com.
Release date: 2007-04-30
Run time: 634 min.
RRP: £28.99
Price: £13.90
Review Columbo - Series 6-7 - Complete / Universal Pictures UK:
Actors & Directors
- Don Ameche
- Peter Falk
- Jackie Cooper
Run time: 272 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £3.20
Review Columbo - Volume 2 / Columbo:
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Actors & Directors
- Martin Landau
- Gene Barry
- Peter Falk
- William Shatner
- Lola Albright
- Richard Irving
- Bernard L. Kowalski
- Robert Butler
Run time: 237 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.47
Review Columbo [1968] / Playback:
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