A Case of Immunity is the second episode of the fifth season of Columbo and the thirty-second episode overall. It first aired on October 12, 1975 and was directed by Ted Post in his first of two contributions to the series. In addition to Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, the episode stars Héctor Elizondo, Sal Mineo and Barry Robins.
In A Case of Immunity, Columbo is thrown into the sordid world of Middle Eastern politics when an Arab diplomat commits murder during a trip to Los Angeles in hopes of ousting the new government of his home nation.
Cast[]
- Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo.
- Héctor Elizondo as First Secretary Hassan Sallah of the Legation of Suari, a deadly diplomat with big plans for the future of his home nation. His machinations include murder, robbery, the framing of liberal college students and even more murder.
- Sal Mineo as Rachman Habib, a young and naive idealist who works as a code clerk within the Legation. He assists the First Secretary in carrying out his murder scheme, believing he is acting in a patriotic way for the good of Suari. But once his usefulness has expired, Sallah is quick to bump him off.
- Barry Robins as Ahmed Kamal, the young and liberal new King of Suari.
- Brioni Farrell as Xenia, Youseff Alafa's secretary. She notices that he did not drink his coffee, triggering Columbo's suspicions that all is not as it seems at the Legation. Farrel was credited as Xenia Grastos.
- André Lawrence as Youseff Alafa, the Legation's Chief of Security. Or at least he was until Sallah brained him with a tire iron.
- George Skaff as Kura, a top security man at the Legation.
- Nate Esformes as Hakim, the security guard on the gate who tries and fails to shoot the fleeing Habib on accounting of his gun jamming, thanks to Sallah's sabotage.
- Bill Zuckert as Police Captain August, Jay Varela as Captain Ortega and Kenneth Tobey as the Police Commissioner.
- Dick Dinman as Morgan, an agent of the State Department who warns Columbo off his investigation into Sallah.
Additionally, Harvey Gold plays the coroner, Mike Lally plays the crime scene photographer, Bart Braverman plays the lead protestor and a young Jeff Goldblum plays one of the picketers.
Columbo (season 5) |
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1."Forgotten Lady" 2."A Case of Immunity" 3."Identity Crisis" 4."A Matter of Honor" 5."Now You See Him" 6."Last Salute to the Commodore" |