Ransom for a Dead Man

7.3/ 10 62 votes 1972-10-09 1h 35m 2 popularity

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

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Cast

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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

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