Ransom for a Dead Man

Plot

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.

  • Richard Irving

    Director

  • Richard Levinson

    Story

  • William Link

    Story

  • Dean Hargrove

    Teleplay

  • Lionel Lindon

    Director of Photography

  • Edward M. Abroms

    Editor

  • 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

  • Runtime

    95 minutes

    Released

    1972-10-09

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Universal Television

    Sound

  • Billy Goldenberg

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    662 days ago

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