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Columbo - Series 6-7 - Complete
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JUST ONE MORE THING
Review date: 2007-08-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
COLUMBO DOES WHAT HE DOES.
GOOD EPISODES BEFORE THE LT SEEMED TO CHANGE HIS STYLE IN THE 1990S EPISODES.
IF YOU LIKE COLUMBO GET IT.
P.S. THE BEST EPISODE IS THE GENIUS ONE
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Reviews
Columbo is a joy forever
Review date: 2007-05-09 Rating: 10 out of 10
This set contains some of the best episodes of Columbo, and as always the battle of wits between the detective and the murderer is a pleasure to watch. If not perhaps a thing of beauty, he is always a joy to watch.
In 'Fade in To Murder' Columbo has to solve a murder committed by an actor who just happens to be the star of a popular television detective series. The actor, splendidly played by William Shatner, is anxious to help Columbo solve the crime. In 'An Old-Fashioned Murder', a museum curatior murders her brother to stop him from selling off her beloved museum. In 'The Bye-Bye-sky-High I.Q. Club' the head of a society for people with very high I.Q>s quickly discovers that Columbo is smarter than he is.
In 'Try and Catch Me' Columbo is on the trail of a mystery writer (brilliantly played by Ruth Gordon) who murdered her niece's husband, believeing him to be responsible for her niece's death. 'How to Dial a Murder' contains perhaps the most fiendishly ingenious murder method ever devised in an episode of Columbo. 'Murder Under Glass' which features Louis Jordan as a blackmailing food critic who murders the chef who intends to expose him, is not an episode that should be viewed when hungry, as Columbo is offered delicious things to eat in just about every scene. However, whether you are hungry or not, this DVD set is bound to give you satisfaction.
Strong Finish To The Seventies Series, But I Have My Reservations
Review date: 2007-04-30 Rating: 8 out of 10
If series five of Columbo shows a degree of tinkering with the formula with occasional mixed results then series six and seven proves more in the vein of typical Columbo with less deviation and plot twists. Ultimately this is for the better because minus a couple of episodes, perhaps, these later couple of seventies series are right up there on par with some of the earlier Columbo series.
These stories are typical of Columbo yet there's enough variation in the plotting to make each of them stand alone as unique in their own right. For example, the motives for the killers actions vary greatly at times (eg. old lady blames son-in-law for niece's death in 'Try And Catch Me' and IRA sympathies result in another murder in 'The Conspirators').
There is a different feel, however, to many of these later Columbo stories with a change of producer and particuarly a change in the way Peter Falk portrays his role as Columbo. Personally i don't like his portrayal as much. However, it does foretell the style in which he would be played on his return in 1989.
These last two series from Columbo's original run are strong but they aren't without a few reservations on my part. Still worth buying though and better than practically anything on TV today (including the later Columbo's).
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Peter Falk
Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 5050582480429
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 3
Format: Box set, PAL,
Release date: 2007-04-30
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 634 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)