Columbo season 3
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| Columbo | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 23, 1973 – May 5, 1974 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the third season of Columbo.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Sundays at 8:30–10:00 pm (EST) as part of The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie.
DVD release
The season was released on DVD by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Murderer played by | Victim(s) played by | Original air date | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1 | "Lovely but Lethal" | Jeannot Szwarc | Story by : Myrna Bercovici Teleplay by : Jackson Gillis | Vera Miles as Viveca Scott | Martin Sheen as Karl Lessing and Sian Barbara Allen as Shirley Blaine | September 23, 1973 | 70 min |
| 19 | 2 | "Any Old Port in a Storm" | Leo Penn | Story by : Larry Cohen Teleplay by : Stanley Ralph Ross | Donald Pleasence as Adrian Carsini | Gary Conway as Rick Carsini | October 7, 1973 | 91 min |
| 20 | 3 | "Candidate for Crime" | Boris Sagal | Story by : Larry Cohen Teleplay by : Irving Pearlberg and Alvin R. Friedman and Roland Kibbee & Dean Hargrove | Jackie Cooper as Nelson Hayward | Ken Swofford as Harry Stone | November 4, 1973 | 94 min |
| 21 | 4 | "Double Exposure" | Richard Quine | Stephen J. Cannell | Robert Culp as Bart Keppel | Robert Middleton as Vic Norris and Chuck McCann as Roger White | December 16, 1973 | 70 min |
| 22 | 5 | "Publish or Perish" | Robert Butler | Peter S. Fischer | Jack Cassidy as Riley Greenleaf and John Chandler as Eddie Kane | Mickey Spillane as Alan Mallory and John Chandler as Eddie Kane | January 13, 1974 | 71 min |
| 23 | 6 | "Mind Over Mayhem" | Alf Kjellin | Story by : Robert Specht Teleplay by : Steven Bochco and Dean Hargrove & Roland Kibbee | José Ferrer as Marshall Cahill | Lew Ayres as Howard Nicholson | February 10, 1974 | 70 min |
| 24 | 7 | "Swan Song" | Nicholas Colasanto | Story by : Stanley Ralph Ross Teleplay by : David Rayfiel | Johnny Cash as Tommy Brown | Ida Lupino as Edna Brown and Bonnie Van Dyke as Maryann Cobb | March 3, 1974 | 94 min |
| 25 | 8 | "A Friend in Deed" | Ben Gazzara | Peter S. Fischer | Richard Kiley as Mark Halperin and Michael McGuire as Hugh Caldwell | Rosemary Murphy as Margaret Halperin and an uncredited actress as Janice Caldwell | May 5, 1974 | 94 min |
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