Columbo (1971 – 2003)

1971 • 10 seasons • Crime, Drama • TV-PG

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Episode 5 — Publish or Perish

Name: Episode 5 — Publish or Perish
Released: 1974-01-18
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Peter Falk

Season 3 • Columbo

Released: 1974-01-18 • Crime/Drama/Mystery

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A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.

Episode 1
Lovely But Lethal
1973-09-23

Episode 2
Any Old Port in a Storm
1973-10-07

Episode 3
Candidate for Crime
1973-11-04

Episode 4
Double Exposure
1973-12-16

Episode 5
Publish or Perish
1974-01-18

Episode 6
Mind Over Mayhem
1974-02-18

Episode 7
Swan Song
1974-03-03

Episode 8
A Friend in Deed
1974-05-05

Peter Falk
Columbo