Saturday, July 01, 2006

Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV)

Synopsis: A lawyer kills her husband and fakes his kidnapping in order to get her hands on her stepdaughter's allowance fund. 
Appraisal: This was the second pilot for the TV series "Columbo", that started regularly later that year. It is well written and very entertaining. Maybe the ending is less than fully convincing, but this is up for discussion and, anyway, the most important thing is that the story's development is interesting and holds the viewer's attention throughout.

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