Ransom for a Dead Man

1971

Crime / Drama / Mystery

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 80% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 4226 4.2K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Richard Irving Photo
Richard Irving

Top cast

Lee Grant Photo
Lee Grant as Leslie Williams
Bill Walker Photo
Bill Walker as Crowell
Paul Carr Photo
Paul Carr as Hammond
Hank Brandt Photo
Hank Brandt as Attorney
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735.39 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 14
1.33 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 35

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 9 / 10

A very strong second pilot

I'm a fan of Columbo, and Ransom for a Dead Man is a personal favourite. It does drag towards the beginning and Patricia Mattick is rather annoying. However, the usual ingredients are there. While the production values improved a tad in quality as it progressed, the episode is still very striking to look at, and the music score is one of my personal favourites of any Columbo episode. The story once it gets going is compelling, with a well-used pivotal telephone gimmick and a classic Columbo scene at an airport, and the writing is strong throughout having some funny, thoughtful and atmospheric moments. The performances are excellent, Peter Falk is exceptional as usual and Lee Grant as a very beautiful, cold, confident and also arrogant murderess is superb. In conclusion, a great episode. 9/10 Bethany Cox
Reviewed by danrs000008 8 / 10

Columbo's first bowl of chili in the series.

1. Peter Falk as Columbo has his hands full trying to prove his case against husband killer Leslie Williams played by the gorgeous Lee Grant. 2. Leslie's step daughter Margaret provides some help to Columbo, but I believe that she was fortunate that Leslie didn't decide to eliminate her step daughter as well! 3. I picked out one small interesting scene to mention. Shortly after Leslie takes her adversary for an airplane ride, he goes into a diner for a bowl of chili. Apparently our favorite detective has eaten there before because the cook knows that chili is Colombo's favorite dish. (In later episodes we see the lieutenant sitting down to enjoy a bowl of chili, but this is the first time we see this happen in the series). 4. In 2011 when the news reports came out that Peter Falk had passed away, I made my way to a greasy spoon diner and had a bowl of chili exactly the way Colombo liked it, with "ketchup and lots of crackers".
Reviewed by planktonrules 8 / 10

What?! A lawyer that is evil?! Say it isn't so!

Three years after making "Prescription: Murder", the character Lieutenant Columbo was revived for a second made for TV film. This time, the formula convinced the network to greenlight the show and soon it became a regular on the weekly "Mystery Movie".Lee Grant plays a very skilled trial lawyer who is used to winning. However, one thing in her life is NOT perfect. She's married to an older man and now that he no longer is useful in forwarding her career, she's bored with him. Instead of divorce, however, you KNOW it will end in murder. After all, it's "Columbo"!The story is well written, the acting by Grant and the rest is quite nice and it's well worth your time. My only quibble is early in the show, you see the Lieutenant making an illegal search of a locker. With no search warrant or apparent need to search it, he did anyway.By the way, on IMDB this is listed as the first installment of "Columbo"....but as I mentioned above, it's actually the second.
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