共3季69集。阿瑟希尔（ArthurHill）所饰演的欧文马歇尔（OwenMarshall）是加州圣巴巴拉市一位富有同情心的辩护律师，他在年轻助手的帮助下为各色人等打官司。
Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler.
But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later ...
