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Columbo - The Complete Fourth Season | 
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Directors: Steven Spielberg, Bernard L. Kowalski, Harvey Hart, Ben Gazzara, Alf Kjellin
Actors: Peter Falk, Jack Cassidy, Rosemary Forsyth, Martin Milner, Barbara Colby
Studio: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
Buy New: $25.85
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Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 6806
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 539
Discs: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.9
MPN: 29252
UPC: 025192925221
EAN: 0025192925221
ASIN: B000CRR3S8
Theatrical Release Date: February 9, 1975
Release Date: March 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: BRAND NEW, NEVER OPENED. FAST SHIPPING.
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Product Description
The bumbling homicide detective returns in the fourth season of the tv mystery series.System Requirements:Running Time: 539 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 025192925221 Manufacturer No: 29252
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 When telling the Story was Preeminent July 5, 2008
I recently purchased "Columbo--The Fourth Season". Although these episodes were produced more than 30 years ago, they are still extremely engrossing. What strikes me about this series, and some others during this era, was the time the producers allowed the writers to "flesh-out" the story. This practice stands in stark contrast to current crime-dramas with stories being largely propelled by frenetic directing, and largely gratuitous violence and sex (and I'm no prude). Unfortunately, "Columbo" would not work today because networks are convinced that audiences will only tune in a series if a good story comes wrapped in a titilating package.
 Five-sixths of the compilation are worthy Columbo's June 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Five of the six installments in Columbo's fourth season are worthy additions to the detective's almost forty years of sleuthing.
"An Exercise in Fatality" sports he-man actor Robert Conrad as a Jack Lalanne-type that does away with partner who threatens to reveal his underhanded business practices. Though not a classic, it does have a smile-inducing undoing of the villain.
"Negative Reaction" gives funnyman Dick Van Dyke a chance to show his dastardly side as a famous photographer that eradicates his shrewish wife. Vitto Scotti, a featured player in many Columbo, shines as a drunk witness to part of Van Dyke's crime.
"Playback" benefits from the beginning banter between guest murderer Oskar Werner and guest victim Martha Scott. It also features the brilliant Gena Rowlands in the role of Werner's wife.
George Hamilton makes his first appearance as a Columbo "perp" in "A Deadly State of Mind." His second, "Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" was better, but we all have to start somewhere. "Mind" is still a nice diversion.
The piece de resistance is, of course, "By Dawn's Early Light" with the always-marvelous Patrick McGoohan. McGoohan's Emmy was well-deserved and the actor would return a few more times as either a guest star or a featured director. He and Falk play off each other well and this episode makes wonderful use of that interplay.
By now, it's obvious what this reviewer thinks is the "weakest link" in the set: "Deadly Waters." This sea-bound mystery plods along, with Robert Vaughn making for possibly the series' most boring killer. The episodes' most "salvagable" characteristic is its ship-board setting, along with the inspired casting of Patrick McNee, Bernard Fox, and 40's star Jane Greer.
The "bonus" is another ho-hum installment of the "Mrs. Columbo," the rather uninspired 80's series with Kate Mulgrew. This time Columbo's wife deals with a schizoid ventriloquist.
Been there, done that!
It gets better and better. June 16, 2008
Peter Faulk grows so much in this role. You can't help but get caught up in the story even if you have put it on for background while doing other tasks. You'll find you can get very little done around the house while Columbo is on the case.
Columbo June 9, 2008
Columbo
Complete Series
Excellent Quallity and very Speedy Service to South Africa
Well done Amazon!!
Columbo-The Complete Fourth Season February 13, 2008
These are wonderful movies. They came in a timely fashion, and in good order. A pleasure to give away as gifts.
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