Father Matteo
Season 4
TV-PG
Terence Hill stars as Don Matteo, a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He's a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn't want to help.
24 Episodes
- Dance Competition
E5Dance CompetitionA well-known tango dancer dies suddenly during a dance competition organized by the municipality. Suspicions pin on an irreproachable pharmacist. To blame him for the murder is even the daughter, life and dance partner of the victim, who accuses the father of having killed the dancer to prevent their love story. Doesn't the girl know that a more complex truth binds her family to the victim... - Death at Dawn
E6Death at DawnNatalina is rushed to the hospital for a tachycardia attack. While Don Matteo is in the hospital to assist the housekeeper, a strange accident occurs: a doctor falls from the fourth floor of the hospital. Suicide is thought of, but Don Matteo has collected his last words: disconnected syllables apparently meaningless. To overcome the code of silence that reigns in the hospital, Anceschi decides to infiltrate Cecchini as a nurse in the ward. The marshal, with the help of Don Matteo, will discover a strange round of drugs and medicines; and some mysterious deaths... - The Poisoned Chalice
E8The Poisoned ChaliceA tramp is found dying in Don Matteo's church. He drank the mass wine found in the sacristy, the same wine that Don Matteo should have drunk. Who poisoned the wine? A few days later Don Matteo was wounded in the shoulder by a gunshot. Who wants to kill Don Matteo?... - The Suitcase
E9The SuitcaseFor a trivial exchange of suitcases Natalina is involved in an international intrigue: the suitcase found by the housekeeper belongs in fact to an attractive model, a former TV starlet, who has just returned to Gubbio from the United States and was found dead in her apartment. As the investigation proceeds, someone is keeping an eye on Natalina... - The Stranger
E14The StrangerMatteucci, a collaborator with justice, is about to testify in a trial when his daughter is kidnapped together with Assuntina, the daughter of Marshal Cecchini. The two families therefore find themselves facing a dramatic dilemma: do their duty with justice to the end or worry about the safety of the two girls? - Behind the Curtain
E16Behind the CurtainGiulia, a famous opera singer, is poisoned during a dinner in her honor held in Don Matteo's rectory. The first suspicions fall on the young collaborator, tired of undergoing the whims of the woman, and on her husband, who would have betrayed her. The skein becomes even more tangled when the singer accuses herself of poisoning. The solution to the case lies instead in the woman's past, behind the curtain of her career and her success... - The Gift
E18The GiftDuring a pastry competition that brings Italy's most famous pastry chefs to Gubbio, a young industrialist, promoter of the competition, is poisoned by a slice of cake "stuffed" with strychnine. The police investigations focus almost immediately on the ex-girlfriend, the beneficiary of a billion-dollar insurance policy. Thanks to Don Matteo's help, it will be discovered that the industrialist's death was actually caused by an "error" in person: one of the confectioners in the competition had to die. And it is in a secret recipe that the solution to the mystery is discovered... - The Suspect
E19The SuspectA prominent winemaker is killed in his cellar. Suspect number one is a childhood friend, the son of a family maid, who was unjustly fired. But the man, who fled after the murder, was not alone; with him was Laura, the mayor. Torn between a sense of duty and feeling, torn apart by suspicions and jealousy, Anceschi is no longer able to trust her... - Lonely Hearts
E21Lonely HeartsA man is killed in his own home during a candlelit dinner. Suspicions are concentrated in two directions: the man's ex-wife and the infamous "Pimpernel Scarlet", a professional theft, who lures men through some marriage agencies. Captain Anceschi and Marshal Cecchini investigate the "Lonely Hearts" agency while Don Matteo, worried about Pippo, who has decided to move in with his new girlfriend, begins to shed light on the murder. The culprit turns out to be the owner of "Lonely Hearts", who is in love and jealous of Gloria, a young woman who is his accomplice in the agency's scams, when faced with the news of the love that has blossomed between her and a client, and her following don't work for him anymore, he killed the woman's lover during an argument.... - Three Shots in the Dark
E24Three Shots in the DarkAmelia, an elderly and combative nun friend of Don Matteo, fortuitously escapes a murder. The nun, who had recently worked to avoid the expropriation of a senior citizen center, seems to be the object of ancient grudges. While Don Matteo is engaged in solving the case, Anceschi finds himself having to face a formidable rival in love.
