Ransom for a Dead Man

October. 09,1972      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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Reviews

Steineded
1972/10/09

How sad is this?

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Bereamic
1972/10/10

Awesome Movie

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Borserie
1972/10/11

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

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Taraparain
1972/10/12

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

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