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.
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Classical in form, spare, resolved and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Peter FalkColumbo
- Lee GrantLeslie Williams
- John FinkMichael Clark
- Harold GouldAgent Carlson
- Patricia MattickMargaret Williams
- Paul CarrHammond
- Jed AllanPhil
- Charles MacaulayRichard
- Hank BrandtAttorney
- Jean ByronPat
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- Richard IrvingDirector
- Lionel LindonDirector of Photography
- Billy GoldenbergOriginal Music Composer
- Edward M. AbromsEditor
- Dean HargroveProducer
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