Films Seen on 5USA

A jewelry-store owner"s nephew wins the lottery, but lets his uncle cash it in so that his wife he"s divorcing doesn"t get half of it. Unbeknownst to him, his uncle and his wife are an item, and his uncle ends up killing him with her help.

Police Chief Jesse Stone"s suspended in Paradise. He helps a friend as "temp" with a serial killer in Boston. He gets his first cellphone to avoid calls from his ex. Paradise PD"s way over its head with a convenience store robbery/murder.

A respected lawyer murders a man to protect both himself and a Congressman, who"s just been picked for VP by a presidential candidate, from being exposed for judicial corruption in the past. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was demoted to a beat on Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, seeks to solve the grisly murder of a prostitute and thereby help regain his old job in Manhattan.

Pressured to give up his birthright, a chemical company heir enacts a clever plan to get rid of his blackmailing uncle and take over the family business. But Lt. Columbo suspects the man"s death was not just a tragic accident.

An old lady who writes popular mystery novels strongly suspects that her niece"s husband murdered her, so she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe while devising a solid alibi. It"s up to Columbo to unravel the subterfuge.

An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.

An egocentric magician masquerading as a real psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he"s rehearsing his guillotine trick. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects.

Two arrogant college students devise a cunning method to murder their criminology professor during a guest lecturer class. The guest lecturer happens to be none other than Lt. Columbo himself.

When Dian Hunter, the co-owner of a men"s magazine, wants to sell her majority share to a media tycoon, her womanizing partner and photographer objects. Soon afterwards, Miss Hunter seemingly disappears. Lt. Columbo investigates.

An egotistical but successful star of a TV detective show murders his blackmailing producer, and makes it look like a stickup robbery. Lt. Columbo dismantles his seemingly solid alibi.

The head of a private military think tank who"s been embezzling funds from the institute murders a colleague who"s been investigating him, while devising a watertight alibi. Lt. Columbo dismantles his alibi.

An architect kills a Texas millionaire and hides his body, and makes it look like he left the country, in order to keep his visionary construction project financed. But the victim"s ex-wife believes her ex-husband has been murdered.

A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of detective novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

A surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a paranoid nurse quickly catches onto his scheme, so he kills her. Lt. Columbo has a tough time figuring this one out.

A woman who blames both her business partner and Lt. Columbo for the loss of her husband, who died in prison serving a manslaughter sentence after an arrest by Columbo, murders the business partner, and sets her sights on Columbo"s wife.

At his lakeside home, a retired major general shoots and kills a Marine colonel who"s involved with him in a fraudulent military contract. A beautiful, easily manipulated, divorcee is the only witness to the gunshot.

A popular but underhanded radio talk show host murders an ex-employee, who"s been encouraging his boss"s adopted daughter to publish her book against her possessive father"s wishes. Lt. Columbo investigates.

A dentist who works for his father-in-law is a compulsive gambler, deeply in debt. Facing divorce and the prospect of losing his job, he devises a cunning plan to implicate his wife in the murder of her lover. Lt. Columbo investigates.

A popular country western singer wants to get rid of his religiously zealous wife who"s been using blackmail to control every aspect of his life. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.