Ransom for a Dead Man

Oct 9, 1972

1h 35m

★ 7.3

Overview

A brilliant attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

TV Movie

Crime

Production Companies

Universal Television

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Cast

Columbo

Peter Falk

Leslie Williams

Lee Grant

Michael Clark

John Fink

Agent Carlson

Harold Gould

Margaret Williams

Patricia Mattick

Hammond

Paul Carr

Phil

Jed Allan

Richard

Charles Macaulay

Attorney

Hank Brandt

Pat

Jean Byron

Perkins

Richard Roat

Celia

Norma Connolly

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