Directed by:
Richard IrvingCinematography:
Lionel LindonComposer:
Billy GoldenbergCast:
Peter Falk, Lee Grant, John Fink, Harold Gould, Patricia Mattick, Paul Carr, Jed Allan, Charles Macaulay, Hank Brandt, Jean Byron, Richard Roat, Timothy Carey (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Peter Falk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/473/162473287_4f5ea5.jpg)
Peter Falk
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
Wings of Desire (1987)
![Lee Grant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390385_78d6cf.jpg)
Lee Grant
USA
Best movies:
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Detective Story (1951)
John Fink
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
![Harold Gould](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273586_f137f0.jpg)
Harold Gould
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
The Lawyer (1970)
![Patricia Mattick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/599/161599742_98823d.jpg)
Patricia Mattick
USA
Best movies:
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
The Beguiled (1971)
![Paul Carr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/600/161600582_54e44a.jpg)
Paul Carr
USA
Best movies:
In Cold Blood (1967)
The Wrong Man (1956)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Jed Allan
USA
Best movies:
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Zero Tolerance (1994)
![Charles Macaulay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/600/161600699_f0f0d4.jpg)
Charles Macaulay
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Hank Brandt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/600/161600752_ed4eb0.jpg)
Hank Brandt
USA
Best movies:
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
The Mad Bomber (1973)
![Jean Byron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/771/161771298_69ba4d.jpg)
Jean Byron
USA
Best movies:
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
![Richard Roat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/600/161600839_8703d6.jpg)
Richard Roat
USA
Best movies:
American Hot Wax (1978)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Corvette Summer (1978)
![Timothy Carey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871860_aad73d.jpg)
Timothy Carey
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
![Bill Walker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025493_83d3bc.jpg)
Bill Walker
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
![Harlan Warde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/299/160299996_5b3c13.jpg)
Harlan Warde
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Caged (1950)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Richard O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/347/160347060_95f6e5.jpg)
Richard O'Brien
USA
Best movies:
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
![Celeste Yarnall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/175/161175877_4d3d8c.jpg)
Celeste Yarnall
USA
Best movies:
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
Reginald Fenderson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Airport (1970)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Norma Connolly
USA
Best movies:
The Wrong Man (1956)
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Lisa Moore
USA
Best movies:
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Hit Man (1972)
The Violator (1974)
James Turley
Best movies:
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Hell Is for Heroes (1962)