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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: Parental Guidance Binding: DVD EAN: 5050582466874 Format: Box set, PAL Label: Universal Pictures UK Languages: Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Universal Pictures UK Region Code: 2 Release Date: February 12, 2007 Studio: Universal Pictures UK Theatrical Release Date: 1975 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Over three decades since it was first broadcast, the evergreen Columbo's fifth season finds Peter Falk's infamous detective in very fine form. In fact, this is one of the seasons for which Falk walked away with a prestigious Emmy award for his portrayal of the title role. There are half-a-dozen episodes included across the discs in this Columbo set, and they attract a healthy selection of guest stars. Among the faces who turn up in the assorted mysteries are Patrick McGoohan, Janet Leigh and Robert Vaughn, while at one point a certain Steven Spielberg steps behind the camera to direct an episode. But make no mistake, this always was, and continues to be here, Peter Falk's show. He fits the role of Columbo like a proverbial glove, and some of the episodes featured in this fifth season are among the finest the show produced throughout its run. "Now You See Him", for instance, is a clever, intriguing piece of drama, involved a more mysterious than usual magician. And "Identity Crisis"--which also features Airplane's Leslie Nielsen--is a lovely, twisty, spy-based episode. It's a pity that the extras on the Columbo DVDs are pretty much non-existent, because there's a real and genuine joy in being reunited with the episodes themselves. Season five isn't perfect, granted, but there's nonetheless far more in the positive corner than the negative. Very warmly recommended. --Jon Foster Average Rating:
 Rating: - Solid mid-range Columbo.What's a mid-range columbo? Way above average by most peoples' standards! If you've seen most other columbos's by the time you come to this series, you may be a little underwhelmed. I wasn't. The freshness or rawness from the first season or two, has been replaced by a more comfortable. This is detective fiction, not science fiction or fantasy. So the Columbo character is older and naturally has to evolve. Over the lifetime of the Columbo franchise the producers have tinkered with the format. This has not always been for the better. But Columbo is still good at season 5! The "Matter of Honour" episode was unexpectedly weak, but "Now You See Him" was better than I thought it would be. "Last Salute of the Commadore" is a good season finale. Rating: - SOME GOOD -SOME BADTHE 2 EPISODES WITH THE SPY AND THE MAGICIAN ARE THE BEST. THE AGEING ACTRESS AND THE ARAB DIPLOMAT ARE PRETTY GOOD STORYS. THE MEXICAN BULLFIGHTER IS OK BUT THE SAILOR KILLING EPISODE IS TERRIBLE. NOT THE BEST COLUMBO SERIES BUT 7 OUT OF 10. SERIES 6 AND 7 ARE BETTER. Rating: - Not the best season - but there is still plenty to enjoyI don't know why people give season 5 of Columbo such a hard time. Ok, so there are no "classic" Columbo stories but there is plenty to enjoy. The first story Forgotton Lady has a very mooving performance by Janet Leigh (Psycho)as an ageing broadway actress. Next up is A Case Of Immunity which isnt one of the better Columbo stories. There is no real motive for the murder and the resolution of the case is abit of a cop out (no pun intended). Identity Crisis is the best story in this season. Patrick McGoohan is superb as an ex spy. Watch out for his "be seeing you" straight out of The Prisoner. In real life he is a great friend of Peter Falk and they have alot of screen chemisty together. Leslie Neilson also appears. He was also in the Columbo episode Lady In Waiting. A Matter Of Honor is not a great episode. Dispite a great performance by Ricardo Montalban the story is quite dull. Now You See Him sees the rumpled detective pitted against a sinister magician with a dark secret played by Jack Cassidy who also appeared in the Columbo stories Murder By The Book and Publish Or Perish. Not a bad story. The final story of the season is Last Salute Of The Commadore features Robert Vaughn who starred in Columbo Troubled Waters. In this story the person you think is the murderer gets bumped off half way through the episode. It's nice that the producers decided to try something different ie we now don't know who the killer is. This episode was directed by Patrick McGoohan. So as I said dont be put off be negative reviews this is a great season and seasons 6 and 7 are still as good, if not better.  Try searching the Internet for "Columbo - Series 5 - Complete [1975]" or Ebay for "Columbo - Series 5 - Complete [1975]". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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