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Ransom for a Dead Man

Name: Ransom for a Dead Man
Director: Richard Irving
Genre: Drama, Mystery, TV Movie, Crime
Released: 1972-10-09
Cast: Peter Falk, Lee Grant, John Fink, Harold Gould, Patricia Mattick

DramaMysteryTV MovieCrime

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 FalkLee GrantJohn FinkHarold GouldPatricia MattickPaul CarrJed AllanCharles MacaulayHank BrandtJean ByronRichard RoatNorma Connolly

Director

Richard Irving

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