Ransom for a Dead Man
7.6
1972
1 hr 35 min
Drama
, Crime
, Mystery
, TV Movie
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.
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- Cast：
- Peter Falk , Lee Grant , John Fink , Harold Gould , Patricia Mattick , Paul Carr , Jed Allan
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Reviews
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
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There are women in the film, but none has anything you could call a personality.
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Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
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By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
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