Cast of columbo: ransom for a dead man

Sign In.

After killing her boring husband and disposing of the body, a supposedly brilliant tort attorney fakes his kidnapping and keeps the ransom money. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo. Agent Carlson : Let's understand this one thing: if you start harassing this woman, I'm going to take it upstairs. Columbo : Ah, just one minute, uh, Mr. You see, it's like this: this is not just a kidnapping; this is a murder now I'll see ya 'round.

Cast of columbo: ransom for a dead man

A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant. You need to be logged in to continue. Click here to login or here to sign up. Leslie Williams, a brilliant lawyer and pilot, murders her husband Paul to get his money, arranging the act to look as if he had been kidnapped and killed by his captors. Patricia Mattick Margaret Williams. Back to top. Sign up and join the community. Specials Season 1. Read More.

Lisa Moore Nancy. See more gaps ». Create account.

.

Airing on March 1, , Ransom for a Dead Man was a big-budget spectacular with a cinematic feel and a captivating villain in the shape of two-time Oscar nominee Lee Grant. But would the mystery at its heart be good enough to win hearts and minds of the viewing public? Lady lawyer Leslie Williams has no further use for elderly husband, Paul, so she shoots him, and disposes of the body in the ocean. A wily one, Leslie has a perfect plan to side-step suspicion. The LAPD representative is his polar opposite: the scruffy Lieutenant Columbo, who appears in bumbling fashion having lost his pen in the dark doorway of the house. But while the FBI go through the motions, ignoring Columbo, it is the Lieutenant who starts asking questions. Once she has the ransom cash, what follows is an intricate set piece where Leslie, a skilled pilot, heads out in her light aircraft to a pre-arranged drop point over the desert. There she flings an empty bag out of the plane window, supposedly containing the ransom money, which she had already nabbed. As Leslie circles back to the airstrip, the FBI and police storm the drop site to find just the empty bag. Again, only Columbo wonders why the kidnappers bothered to leave the bag behind instead of making an instant getaway.

Cast of columbo: ransom for a dead man

Sign In. Columbo Lee Grant Leslie Williams John Fink Michael Clark Harold Gould Agent Carlson Patricia Mattick Margaret Williams Paul Carr Hammond Jed Allan

Ups battery repair

Movies from Season 1. Create a list ». Specials Staff Picks: What to Watch in March. Columbo : Ah, just one minute, uh, Mr. Phil Charles Macaulay Leslie Williams, a brilliant lawyer and pilot, murders her husband Paul to get his money, arranging the act to look as if he had been kidnapped and killed by his captors. I'll see ya 'round. Richard O'Brien Priest. Patricia Mattick Margaret Williams.

After killing her boring husband and disposing of the body, a supposedly brilliant tort attorney fakes his kidnapping and keeps the ransom money. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo. Agent Carlson : Let's understand this one thing: if you start harassing this woman, I'm going to take it upstairs.

John Fink Michael Clark. See more gaps ». Paul Williams. Settings Enable Keyboard Shortcuts. A Colombo List. See our picks. Juror uncredited Jim Michael Richard Irving. Details Edit. Related news. Desk Clerk uncredited Bart Greene