Season 10, Episode 7

It's All in the Game

7.7/ 10October 31, 199396 min

Nick Franco is a violent, two-timing gigolo and his current paramour, Laura Stanton, has had enough. With the help of a young woman named Lisa, she murders her lover and sets herself up with an airtight alibi. When Columbo starts sniffing on her trail, Laura quickly works to seduce the married detective, hoping that her sex appeal will throw the usually stubborn Lieutenant off the scent.

Directed by
Vincent McEveety
Written by
Peter Falk

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    Columbo Goes to College

    Dec 9, 19907.298 min

    Lt. Columbo is invited as guest speaker in a Criminology course and squares off against two cunning students, who are confident they have duped the lieutenant with various leads, when their professor is found murdered.

  2. S10 E2

    Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

    Feb 20, 19917.398 min

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  3. S10 E3

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    Apr 29, 19917.398 min

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  4. S10 E4

    Death Hits the Jackpot

    Dec 15, 19917.598 min

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  5. S10 E5

    No Time to Die

    Mar 15, 19926.493 min

    Columbo attends the wedding of his police officer nephew. While her husband takes a shower, the bride disappears from the bridal suite. The groom enlists Uncle Columbo's help in unraveling the case. Seems she has been kidnapped by a psychop

  6. S10 E6

    A Bird in the Hand...

    Nov 22, 19927.494 min

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