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Season 4 of the popular detective show Columbo, featuring the investigations of Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Includes the episodes 'An Exercise In Fatality', 'Negative Reaction', 'By Dawn's Early Light', 'Troubled Waters', 'Playback', and 'A Deadly State Of Mind'.
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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The original seventies series of Columbo is without doubt an extremely high quality and intelligently written drama which has never lost its magic however many years pass from its original broadcast date and season 4 for me represents the show's pinnacle.
Whereas series 1-3 tends to be split between some very good episodes and a few that are truly great, season 4 is great throughout. It's very hard not to feel every story here is a Columbo classic and with the addition of an such an effective cast (in particuar the murderers) it's hard to go wrong. Peter Falk plays his part to perfection, of course.
There's a nice variety of different plot locations like a military academy, health club, cruise liner and a hospital which adds considerably to the attractiveness of the stories.
The DVD extra, an episode of 'Mrs Columbo' pales by comparison but it's entertaining nevertheless.
If you only intend buying just the one Columbo DVD this is the one to get.
Whereas series 1-3 tends to be split between some very good episodes and a few that are truly great, season 4 is great throughout. It's very hard not to feel every story here is a Columbo classic and with the addition of an such an effective cast (in particuar the murderers) it's hard to go wrong. Peter Falk plays his part to perfection, of course.
There's a nice variety of different plot locations like a military academy, health club, cruise liner and a hospital which adds considerably to the attractiveness of the stories.
The DVD extra, an episode of 'Mrs Columbo' pales by comparison but it's entertaining nevertheless.
If you only intend buying just the one Columbo DVD this is the one to get.
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The first season set had six DVDs. The box sets seem to be getting smaller each time and now we're down to just three discs. So that's six episodes and one 'bonus', an episode of Mrs Columbo.
But, I suppose it's just down to the number of episodes in each season.
It's a shame they haven't kept the same style of packaging throughout the series - this one doesn't have the attractive multi-disc system, just three separate slim cases.
Luckiliy, the six episodes in the fourth season are some of the best, including one of my favourites where Columbo investigates a murder at a military academy. The final episode is an all star affair on board a cruise ship, starring Robert Vaughan and Patrick McNee amongst others.
Image quality is up to scratch but the sound seems very low - I had to really crank up the volume.
As I said, the bonus is Mrs Columbo. I suppose it's vaguely of interest (I hadn't realised Mrs Columbo and Captain Janeway of the starship Voyager are one and the same person) but only very vaguely.
It would be nice to have an interview with Falk or something one of these days, or some background material.
Despite all this, it's still a necessary addition to your Columbo collection. Roll on the fifth season!
But, I suppose it's just down to the number of episodes in each season.
It's a shame they haven't kept the same style of packaging throughout the series - this one doesn't have the attractive multi-disc system, just three separate slim cases.
Luckiliy, the six episodes in the fourth season are some of the best, including one of my favourites where Columbo investigates a murder at a military academy. The final episode is an all star affair on board a cruise ship, starring Robert Vaughan and Patrick McNee amongst others.
Image quality is up to scratch but the sound seems very low - I had to really crank up the volume.
As I said, the bonus is Mrs Columbo. I suppose it's vaguely of interest (I hadn't realised Mrs Columbo and Captain Janeway of the starship Voyager are one and the same person) but only very vaguely.
It would be nice to have an interview with Falk or something one of these days, or some background material.
Despite all this, it's still a necessary addition to your Columbo collection. Roll on the fifth season!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
These are all great DVD's. I am slowly collecting them all. I agree with another reviewer however who says that it would be nice to have a collection that features an archive interview with Peter Falk and some background to the making of the shows. This would be much better than having the Mrs Columbo bonus which I dont consider to be any kind of bonus. I havent bothered to watch any of those as they dont feature the great man himself, nor indeed i gather has he ever seen them himself.
Favourite episode on these DVD is the one with the wonderful Robert Vaughan 'Troubled Waters' and a 'Deadly State of Mind' with George Hamilton. 'Negative Reaction' would be my third choice. Excellent.
Favourite episode on these DVD is the one with the wonderful Robert Vaughan 'Troubled Waters' and a 'Deadly State of Mind' with George Hamilton. 'Negative Reaction' would be my third choice. Excellent.
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