Columbo: The Complete Second Season: Disc 2
UPC: Disc: FB2B-A61A-96D0-A60F (DVD)
Region Coding: Region 1
Production Year: 1972
Rating: NR
Running Time: 172 min.
DVD Release: 3/8/2005
Case Type: THINpak
Video Formats: Full Frame 1.33:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: $0.00
The Most Crucial Game
Columbo tries not to drop the ball as he unravels the murder of a professional football team's owner. Co-stars include Robert Culp (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Valerie Harper (Rhoda).

Dagger of the Mind

Everyone's favorite cop finally puts his trench coat to use when he travels to London, England, to study British police techniques. His methodical shrewdness transforms him from student to teacher when he becomes involved in a case of blackmail, betrayal and murder!

Genres
Crime
Drama
Television

Studios
Universal Television
Media Companies: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Features
Scene Access
Subtitles
English
French
Spanish
Audio Tracks
English Dolby Digital Mono
Cast

3. The Most Crucial Game
Peter Falk as Columbo
Robert Culp as Paul Hanlon
Dean Jagger as Walter Cunnell
James Gregory as Coach Rizzo
Valerie Harper as Eve Babcock
Susan Howard as Shirley Wagner
Dean Stockwell as Eric Wagner
Val Avery as Ralph Dobbs
Kathryn Kelly Wiget as Miss Johnson
Richard Stahl as Mr. Fremont
Don Keefer as Deputy Coroner
Cliff Carnell as Plainclothesman
Joe Renteria as Box Attendant Jimmy
Ivan Naranjo as Sgt. Hernandez, L.A.P.D.

4. Dagger of the Mind
Peter Falk as Columbo
Richard Basehart as Nicholas Frame
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Tanner
Bernard Fox as Det. Chief Supt. William Durk
John Williams as Sir Roger Haversham
Honor Blackman as Lilian Stanhope
John Fraser as Det. Sgt. O'Keefe
Richard Pearson as Diver
Arthur Malet as Fenwick
Harvey Jason as The Director
Ronald Long as Mr. Jones
Hedley Mattingley as Customs Man
John Orchard as Country Constable
Peter Church as Constable
Walker Edmiston as Gardener
Gerald S. Peters as Inspector Smythe
Sharon Johansen as Miss Dudley
Crew

3. The Most Crucial Game
Direction:
Jeremy Kagan: Director
Writing:
John T. Dugan: Writer
Richard Levinson: Created By
William Link: Created By
Production:
Dean Hargrove: Producer
Cinematography:
Harry Wolf: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
J Terry Williams: Film Editor
Music:
Dick De Benedictis: Composer
Henry Mancini: Theme By
Sound:
Edwin S. Hall: Sound
Art:
Arch Bacon: Art Director
Grady Hunt: Costume Designer

4. Dagger of the Mind
Direction:
Richard Quine: Director
Writing:
Jackson Gillis: Screenwriter
Richard Levinson: Story By
William Link: Story By
Richard Levinson: Created By
William Link: Created By
Production:
Dean Hargrove: Producer
Cinematography:
Harry Wolf: Director of Photography
Geoffrey Unsworth: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Ronald LaVine: Film Editor
Music:
Dick De Benedictis: Composer
Henry Mancini: Theme By
Sound:
Edwin S. Hall: Sound
Art:
Arch Bacon: Art Director
Grady Hunt: Costume Designer
Albert Whitlock: Visual Effects