Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Richard Irving
- Release Year
- 1972
- Runtime
- 95 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, Mystery, TV Movie, Crime
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (62 votes)
Top Cast
Peter Falk
Columbo
Lee Grant
Leslie Williams
John Fink
Michael Clark
Harold Gould
Agent Carlson
Patricia Mattick
Margaret Williams
Paul Carr
Hammond
Jed Allan
Phil
Charles Macaulay
Richard
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