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Columbo Season 3

Columbo

Season 3

September 23, 1973 8 episodes

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Lovely But Lethal
E1
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E1. Lovely But Lethal

73m Sep 23, 1973

Viveca Scott, the founder of Beauty Mark Cosmetics, is being threatened by her rival David Lang. When he finds out that her revolutionary cream formula actually removes wrinkles, he has the formula pirated.

Any Old Port in a Storm
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E2. Any Old Port in a Storm

96m Oct 7, 1973

A wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.

Candidate for Crime
E3
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E3. Candidate for Crime

93m Nov 4, 1973

A Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer's bullet.

Double Exposure
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E4. Double Exposure

70m Dec 16, 1973

A filmmaker kills one of his clients. in a break, during the screening of a new ad campaign

Publish or Perish
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E5. Publish or Perish

73m Jan 18, 1974

A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.

Mind Over Mayhem
E6
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E6. Mind Over Mayhem

73m Feb 18, 1974

The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.

Swan Song
E7
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E7. Swan Song

99m Mar 3, 1974

A Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.

A Friend in Deed
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E8. A Friend in Deed

98m May 5, 1974

A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.

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