Columbo
Columbo: Season 3

Air Date

September 23, 1973

Episodes

8 episodes

Columbo

Season 3

Episodes

Lovely But Lethal

1. Lovely But Lethal

7.2
September 23, 1973
73 min

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

2. Any Old Port in a Storm

7.8
October 7, 1973
96 min

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

3. Candidate for Crime

7.8
November 4, 1973
93 min

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

4. Double Exposure

7.7
December 16, 1973
70 min

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

Publish or Perish

5. Publish or Perish

7.2
January 18, 1974
73 min

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

6. Mind Over Mayhem

7.0
February 18, 1974
73 min

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

7. Swan Song

7.6
March 3, 1974
99 min

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

A Friend in Deed

8. A Friend in Deed

7.9
May 5, 1974
98 min

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.