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Columbo · Season 2

Columbo season 2 episode 3: The Most Crucial Game

Aired 5 November 197274 minRated M

7.5TMDB · 43 votesMark watched

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Availability checked 16 November 2026.

What happens in “The Most Crucial Game”

The manager of a football team kills the team's owner, disguising himself as an ice cream vendor as a cover. He then uses a recording of a faked phone call as an alibi to prove he was elsewhere at the time of the murder.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 3 of 8 of season 2, so watch episodes 1 to 2 first.
  • It runs about 74 minutes.
  • Directed by Jeremy Kagan, written by John T. Dugan.
  • TMDB users rate it 7.5 out of 10 (43 votes).

Columbo trailer

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Cast and crew of this episode

Director
Jeremy Kagan
Writer
John T. Dugan
Guest stars
Dean Jagger as Walter CannellVal Avery as Ralph DobbsDean Stockwell as Eric WagnerJames Gregory as David BucknerRobert Culp as Paul HanlonSusan Howard as Shirley WagnerKathryn Kelly Wiget as Miss JonhsonRichard Stahl as Mr. Fremont

Credits: TMDB.

More from Columbo Season 2

  1. E01
  2. E02
  3. E03
  4. E04
  5. E05
  6. E06
  7. E07
  8. E08

Every episode of Season 2Columbo episode guide

Episode names, air dates, runtimes, stills and ratings: TMDB. Air dates are the first broadcast anywhere; where it streams is our daily Australian check.