Columbo (season 7)
| Columbo (season 7) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | November 21, 1977 – May 13, 1978 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the seventh season of Columbo.
Although NBC had brought an end to the Mystery Movie series that Columbo had been a part of since 1971, the network decided to keep the series in production and ordered five new telefilms. The first two aired on Monday nights, the first on November 21, 1977 and the second on January 3, 1978. After that, the remaining three films were broadcast on Saturday nights beginning on February 25, 1978 and concluding with the final film of the original Columbo series on May 13, 1978.
The season was released on DVD by Universal Home Video along with season six.
Paul Gerard (Louis Jourdan) is a renowned restaurant critic. But he runs a lucrative side business where he extorts restaurant owners in return for good reviews. When one of them, Vittorio Rossi (Michael V. Gazzo), refuses to pay, Gerard kills him with a bottle of wine poisoned with fugu. Richard Dysart and France Nuyen also star. Antony Alda played the victim's nephew, Mario, who spoke only Italian. Falk's wife Shera Danese returns as Gerard's secretary/treasurer.
Joe Devlin (Clive Revill) is a renowned Irish poet, author, raconteur, and terrorist supporter. He, along with his own family and the heads of O'Connell Industries, is secretly a fund-raiser and gun-runner for the Irish Republican Army. He raises money in Los Angeles for his radical cause through a charity ostensibly meant to help victims of terrorism. Devlin has a strong belief in honor. Thus, when Vincent Pauley (Albert Paulsen), an arms dealer selling guns to Devlin, tries to skim off $50,000 for himself, Devlin shoots and kills Pauley for being a traitor. With Columbo hot on his trail, Devlin must find more guns and arrange their shipment out of the country. This was the last episode of the Columbo series broadcast on the NBC television network.
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