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Movie

Ransom for a Dead Man

1972 · 1h 35m

Directed by Richard Irving

7.3

TMDB audience score
62 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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

  • Timothy Carey
    Bert

  • Judson Morgan
    Judge

  • Richard O'Brien
    Priest

  • Celeste Yarnall
    Gloria