Ransom for a Dead Man

Ransom for a Dead Man

★ 7.319721h 35minUnited States of AmericaEN
DramaMysteryTV MovieCrime

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.

Director
Richard Irving
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 9, 1972
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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

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