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Ransom for a Dead Man

A cunning divorcee orchestrates her husband's fake kidnapping, pocketing the ransom payment, but her scheme is soon unraveled by the keen detective Columbo.

A successful lawyer, Leslie Williams, is unfulfilled in her marriage to a respected judge. She orchestrates her husband's murder and stages a kidnapping to cover her tracks, but her scheme is foiled when his body is discovered and Lt. Columbo, aided by her vengeful stepdaughter, unravels the truth.

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Info about Ransom for a Dead Man

Studio(s): Universal Television

Originally Released: United States, Oct 09, 1972

Production Country: United States

Genres:Crime, Drama, Mystery