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Columbo: Season 1Ransom for a Dead Man (1 Mar. 1971)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. Director:Richard Irving |
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Michael Clark
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Agent Carlson
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Margaret Williams
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Hammond
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Phil
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Charles Macaulay | ... |
Richard
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Hank Brandt | ... |
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Pat
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Perkins
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Norma Connolly | ... |
Celia
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Harlan Warde | ... |
Paul Williams
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Bill Walker | ... |
Crowell
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Bert
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Storyline
Leslie Williams, a brilliant tort attorney is bored by her husband, a respected member of the state supreme court. After trading on his famous name to get ahead, she tries to get her freedom by murdering him and concocts a scheme to make it appear that he's been kidnapped and held for ransom. After she pays the ransom to herself, his dead body is found. She may have fooled the FBI but Lt. Columbo, who is aided by her vengeful stepdaughter. Written by duke1029@aol.com
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Columbo: Lösegeld für einen Toten (#1.0) See more »Filming Locations:
Barney's Beanery - 8447 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Leslie Williams: Eh, is there a point to this story, Lieutenant?
Lt. Columbo: A point?
Leslie Williams: A point.
Lt. Columbo: No, I don't think there's a point, except... well maybe, you know maybe what it was, is that when you were talking about your husband in the plane, I guess that reminded me of Ralph. You see, because Ralph, he was a bore. I mean he was so perfect, there were times I felt like killing him.
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Produced as a second pilot for the Columbo TV series, three years after Prescription: Murder. Its success led to Columbo being made part of a rotating Mystery Movie wheel of programs for most of the 1970s. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Early in the pilot when Lee Grant's character leaves her husband's 1971 Lincoln sedan at the stop sign and goes to a mailbox to mail the ransom note she is startled by an approaching car. As the car approaches it is a Corvette. However as the car is shown driving away the rear of the car is a 1971 Lincoln sedan; possibly the same car and/or a sequence planned for earlier in the scene. See more »Quotes
Lt. Columbo: Eh, say, eh, you know I have this cousin Ralph, eh, his name is Ralph. Eh, anyway eh, Ralph was the greatest at everything. You know I mean he thought better, he talked better, he made out better. Ralph was the greatest. I mean Ralph, boy, that Ralph was something, I'll tell you that. I'll never forget him.Leslie Williams: Eh, is there a point to this story, Lieutenant?
Lt. Columbo: A point?
Leslie Williams: A point.
Lt. Columbo: No, I don't think there's a point, except... well maybe, you know maybe what it was, is that when you were talking about your husband in the plane, I guess that reminded me of Ralph. You see, because Ralph, he was a bore. I mean he was so perfect, there were times I felt like killing him.
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