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.
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.