Ransom for a Dead Man
1972•1h 35m•7.3/10
DramaMysteryTV MovieCrime
Ratings
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7.3/10(62)
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.
Production
Universal Television
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
Cast
Peter Falk
Columbo
Lee Grant
Leslie Williams
John Fink
Michael Clark
Harold Gould
Agent Carlson
Patricia Mattick
Margaret Williams
Paul Carr
Hammond
Jed Allan
Phil
Charles Macaulay
Richard
Hank Brandt
Attorney
Jean Byron
Pat
Richard Roat
Perkins
Norma Connolly
Celia
Harlan Warde
Paul Williams
Bill Walker
Crowell
Timothy Carey
Bert
Judson Morgan
Judge
Richard O'Brien
Priest
Celeste Yarnall
Gloria
Lisa Moore
Nancy
Lois Battle
Waitress
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