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Columbo
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Tuesday, September 15
Ransom for a Dead Man
Season 1 · Episode 9
A devious lawyer hatches the perfect murder plot - she kills her husband, tells the police he has been kidnapped and leaves the body at the ransom drop, making it look like the criminals who abducted him finished him off. However, the crumpled cop sees through her ruse and begins picking apart her story in his inimitable manner. Detective drama, starring Peter Falk, Lee Grant and Patricia Mattick
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- Peter Falk — Actor as Lt Columbo
- Lee Grant — Actor as Leslie Williams
- John Fink — Actor as Michael Clark
- Harold Gould — Actor as Agent Carlson
- Patricia Mattick — Actor as Margaret Williams
- Paul Carr — Actor as Hammond
- Jed Allan — Actor as Phil
- Charles Macaulay — Actor as Richard
- Richard Irving — Director
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