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    Ransom for a Dead Man

    1971 · Mystery · 1h 38m

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  1. In Ransom for a Dead Man, a conniving lawyer bumps off her husband and stages his kidnapping by organized crime figures. This marks the first ever female Columbo killer.

  2. The following is an episode list for the crime fiction television series Columbo. After two pilot episodes, the show originally aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978 as one of the rotating programs of The NBC Mystery Movie. Columbo then aired on ABC as part of The ABC Mystery Movie from 1989 to 1990 and less frequently starting in late 1990.

  3. Ransom for a Dead Man: Directed by Richard Irving. With Peter Falk, Lee Grant, John Fink, Harold Gould. 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.

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    • Crime, Drama, Mystery
    • Richard Irving
    • 1971-03-01
  4. Major General Martin Hollister (Eddie Albert), a retired Marine Corps war hero, learns he is being investigated for embezzling military funds, then shoots his skittish accomplice, Col. Dutton (John Kerr). The murder is witnessed by Helen Stewart (Suzanne Pleshette), who was in a passing boat.

  5. Sep 22, 2015 · Airing on March 1, 1971, 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?

  6. Ransom for a Dead Man is a 1971 TV movie. It was the second Pilot Movie for Columbo, airing a full three years after 1968's Prescription: Murder. Leslie Williams (Lee Grant) is a hotshot attorney with an older husband who she doesn't particularly want to be attached to anymore.

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  8. Feb 28, 2021 · Revisiting the official Columbo pilot episode Ransom for a Dead Man, which first aired 50 years ago on March 1st, 1971. Revel in its majesty and watch the episode in full right here!

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