Sonic

The legendary Peter Falk is back!!

It's the landmark series that inspired an entire genre. Now, television's greatest detective comes to DVD, in it's entirety for the very first time in this 34-disc anthology that will include ALL 69 episodes from 7 seasons and ALL 24 television movie specials, packaged together!
Starring Peter Falk in his four time Emmy-winning role as the cigar-chomping, 'dishoveled', trench coat wearing Police Lieutenant "Columbo". This collection, of every episode ever made, will once again allow fans and collectors alike, as well as latent newcomers a chance to (re)visit Columbo's unique investigative style that always invites, "Just one more thing!" Here is a preview of what we will have to look forward to with this October 16, 2012 release:

The special guest stars will include:

Robert Culp, Ray Milland, Eddie Albert, Suzanne Pleshette, Don Ameche, Leslie Nielson, Roddy McDowell, Valerie Harper, Dean Stockwell, Leonard Nimoy, Martin Landau, Marc Singer, Johnny Cash, Steven Bocho, John Cassaveties, Vincent Price, Martin Sheen, Dana Elcar, George Gaynes, Jackie Cooper, Katey Segal, Ann Driscoll, Dierdre Hall, Vera Miles, Dick Van Dyke, Larry Storch, George Hamilton, Robert Conrad, Jack Cassidy, Janet Leigh, Sal Mineo, Robert Vaughn, Ricardo Montalban, Hector Elizondo, Robert Loggia, Patrick McGoohan, William Shatner, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kim Catrall, Ed Begley Jr., Little Richard, Rue McClanahan, Rip Torn, Faye Dunaway, Anthony Andrews, Fisher Stevens, Lindsey Crouse, Richard Kiley, Gary Conway, Lee Grant, Leslie Ann Warren, Robert Foxworth, Ruth Gordon, Andrew Stevens, Ida Lupino, Honor Blackman, and many, many more!

The episode list for the (24) MYSTERY MOVIE COLLECTION is as follows:

(1968 and 1971 Pilots)
1. Prescription Murder
2. Ransom For A Dead Man

(1989 Collection)
3. Columbo Goes To The Guillotine
4. Murder, Smoke and Shadows
5. Sex And The Married Detective
6. Grand Deceptions
7. Murder, A Self Portrait

(1990 Collection)
8. Columbo Cries Wolf
9. Agenda For Murder
10. Uneasy Lies The Crown
11. Columbo Goes To College

(1991-1993 Collection)
12. Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
13. Columbo And The Murder Of A Rock Star
14. Death Hits The Jackpot
15. No Time To Die
16. A Bird In The Hand
17. It's All In The Game

(1994-2003 Collection)
18. Butterfly In Shades Of Grey
19. Undercover
20. Strange Bedfellows
21. A Trace Of Murder
22. Ashes To Ashes
23. Murder With Too Many Notes
24. Columbo Likes The Nightlife


It's up for preorder at amazon: $129.99

Trevor

Of course this is coming. I've recently bought a few more of the sets nearly completing the run.

Neil M.

I really want to buy the Japanese blu-ray set but the price is really high. I may just end up buying this.

Sonic

Ridiculously high. I would not cop. Plus I hate Japanese text on menus etc

I hope Universal release the blu-ray collection soon to US since they already have the masters and it looks better than these standard discs.

I don't want to purchase on dvd only later to find out the blu-ray is coming out in US. Also wondering if they will add the 24 movies to the blu-ray collection if it ever comes out here.

manicsounds

Chinese text on a Japanese release would be a problem....

That'sAllFolks

Other complete sets coming out:
Cagney and Lacey (Canadian)
In Search of .. (Canadian)
McMillan and Wife (Canadian)
Charlie's Angels
Peter Gunn
The Fugitive - 'The Complete Series: The Most-Wanted Edition'
All in the Family


and some of last year's cancellations:
the Firm (actually was pretty good)
Alcatraz

zyzzle

In Search of.... is a Holy Grail of mine! Is it really the complete series? I found this on Amazon.ca

http://www.amazon.ca/Search-Leonard-...6098641&sr=1-1

but absolutely no details or specifics. There are over 100 episodes! How big must that set be?

manicsounds

So nobody seemed to notice but the final set in the Columbo series in Region 1 is not in its original 1.33:1 ratio, but all the episodes in the 94-03 years are CROPPED to 1.78:1. This includes the complete boxset.

If you want the original 1.33:1, get the UK PAL region 2 discs. (called "Series 10, volume 2")

Spottedfeather

This isn't all the discs stacked on top of each other, is it ?

Sonic

I don't think so. Basic packaging.