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Columbo

Columbo: Season 5

  • 1975
  • 6 episodes

Season 5 of Columbo premiered on September 14, 1975 and has 6 episodes, from "Forgotten Lady" to "Last Salute to the Commodore". The last episode aired on May 2, 1976.

Where to watch Columbo

In the United States, you can stream Columbo on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock and Philo. It is also free on Fandango at Home and Tubi TV. You can also buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and Fandango At Home. It is on streaming services in 65 countries.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 1Forgotten LadyAired September 14, 1975

    A fading actress kills her husband when he refuses to back her comeback show.

    • 1h 38m
    • Directed by Harvey Hart
    • Written by William Driskill

    Guest stars

    • Janet Leigh Grace Wheeler Willis
    • Sam Jaffe Henry Willis
    • John Payne Ned Diamond
    • Maurice Evans Raymond
    • Harvey Gold Coroner
    • Linda Gaye Scott Alma
    • Robert F. Simon Dr. Westrum
    • Francine York Sergeant Leftkowitz
  2. Episode 2A Case of ImmunityAired October 12, 1975

    An ambassador from Suari and his code clerk kill the chief of security in an attempt to make it look like the chief was a traitor, who blew up the legation safe and stole £600.000 on behalf of a dissident group. But Columbo gets suspicious. He just has one problem crushing the ambassador's alibi and then, when the code clerk turns up dead, the ambassador has an alibi again. But even if Colombo could rock the two alibis, there is always the immunity problem.

    • 1h 15m
    • Directed by Ted Post
    • Written by Lou Shaw and James Menzies

    Guest stars

    • Sal Mineo Rahmin Habib
    • Barry Robins King Hamid Kamal of Suari
    • Héctor Elizondo Hassan Salah
    • Brioni Farrell Xenia
    • Kenneth Tobey Police Commissioner
    • Dick Dinman Kermit Morgan
    • George Skaff Haj Kura
    • Nate Esformes Hakim
  3. Episode 3Identity CrisisAired November 2, 1975

    A spy is killed on a lonely beach by his contact, but the killer has been photographed beforehand walking with the victim.

    • 1h 35m
    • Directed by Patrick McGoohan
    • Written by William Driskill

    Guest stars

    • Paul Gleason Parsons
    • Patrick McGoohan Nelson Brenner
    • Val Avery Ralph Dobbs
    • Carmen Argenziano Coroner Anderson
    • David White Phil Corrigan
    • Bruce Kirby Sergeant Kramer
    • Leslie Nielsen A.J. Henderson
    • Otis Young Lawrence Melville
  4. Episode 4A Matter of HonorAired February 1, 1976

    The owner of a bull ranch in Mexico gives his workers the day off, and then talks his number one man into fighting the bull who nearly killed his son. But instead he shoots him with a tranquilizer gun, and lets the bull kill him. Colombo, who is on vacation in Mexico, gets dragged into this case by an admiring colleague, but he has trouble convincing the Mexicans that the accident is really homicide. And how do you prove that the bull is a murder weapon?

    • 1h 15m
    • Directed by Ted Post
    • Written by Brad Radnitz

    Guest stars

    • Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Commandante Sanchez
    • Ricardo Montalban Luis Montoya
    • A Martinez Curro Rangel
    • Jorge Rivero Carlos
    • Emilio Fernández Miguel
    • Enrique Lucero Jaime Delgado
    • Evita Muñoz 'Chachita' Chambermaid
    • Robert Carricart Hector Rangel
  5. Episode 5Now You See HimAired February 29, 1976

    Master magician the great Santini is amazing audiences at the Cabaret of Magic. What they don’t know is that Santini hopes to pull of the grandest illusion of his career - making club owner Jesse T. Jerome disappear. The crude Jerome is the only person who knows that Santini was a Nazi death camp guard named Stefan Mueller, He has been blackmailing the magician since learning his dark secret.

    • 1h 30m
    • Directed by Harvey Hart
    • Written by Michael Sloan

    Guest stars

    • Cynthia Sikes Della
    • Robert Loggia Harry Blandford
    • Bob Dishy John Wilson
    • Nehemiah Persoff Jesse Jerome
    • Jack Cassidy The Great Santini
    • George Sperdakos Thackery
    • Thayer David Clerk
    • Redmond Gleeson George Thomas
  6. Episode 6Last Salute to the CommodoreAired May 2, 1976

    The family and friends of brilliant naval architect Commodore Otis Swanson have gathered for the company’s annual party. The commodore, however, has become increasingly discontented with the way his son-in-law, Charles Clay, has developed the shipbuilding firm into a vast, impersonal corporation. He is tired of being surrounded by freeloaders like his alcoholic daughter, Joanna, his irresponsible nephew, Swanny, and of course, Charles. The only man he respects is Wayne Taylor, the head of the boatyard. In fact, the Commodore intends to sell the company. That night, Charles is wiping clean the belaying pin used to bash the Commodore’s skull.

    • 1h 31m
    • Directed by Patrick McGoohan
    • Written by Jackson Gillis

    Guest stars

    • Dennis Dugan Theodore 'Mac' Albinsky
    • Diane Baker Joanna Clay
    • Bruce Kirby Sergeant Kramer
    • Robert Vaughn Charlie Clay
    • Wilfrid Hyde-White Kittering
    • John Dehner Otis Swanson
    • Joshua Bryant Wayne Taylor
    • Fred Draper Swanny Swanso

Season cast