Ransom for a Dead Man

Ransom for a Dead Man

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie | Oct. 9, 1972

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

Ransom for a Dead Man

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery, TV Movie | Oct. 9, 1972

Ransom for a Dead Man
A brilliant tort attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping the ransom. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Universal Television
Original title Ransom for a Dead Man
Directors Richard Irving
Writers Dean Hargrove, William Link, Richard Levinson

Cast

Peter Falk

as Columbo

Lee Grant

as Leslie Williams

John Fink

as Michael Clark

Harold Gould

as Agent Carlson

Patricia Mattick

as Margaret Williams

Paul Carr

as Hammond

Jed Allan

as Phil

Charles Macaulay

as Richard

Hank Brandt

as Attorney

Jean Byron

as Pat

Richard Roat

as Perkins

Norma Connolly

as Celia

Harlan Warde

as Paul Williams

Bill Walker

as Crowell

Timothy Carey

as Bert

Judson Morgan

as Judge

Richard O'Brien

as Priest

Celeste Yarnall

as Gloria