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Ransom for a Dead Man

second pilot episode of Columbo
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Summary

Ransom for a Dead Man is a television pilot[1]. It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: television film[3], television series episode[4]
  • Director: Richard Irving[5]
  • Screenwriter: Richard Levinson[6], William Link[7], Dean Hargrove[8]
  • Genre: crime film[9]
  • Follows: Prescription: Murder[10]
  • Followed by: Murder by the Book[11]
  • Cast member: Peter Falk[12], Lee Grant[13], Harlan Warde[14]
  • Part of the series: Columbo[15]
  • Part of: Pilotes de Columbo[16]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[17]
  • Country of origin: United States[18]
  • Publication date: March 1, 1971[19], May 17, 1973[20]
  • Described at URL: https://columbophile.com/2015/09/22/columbo-episode-review-ransom-for-a-dead-man/[21], https://www.columboblog.com/blog/columbo-season-1/columbo-ransom-for-a-dead-man/[22], https://columboscreenshots.blogspot.com/2014/07/columbo-2-ransom-for-dead-man-1971-part.html[23]
  • Title: Ransom for a Dead Man[24]
  • Duration: 92[25]
  • Season: Columbo, season 1[26]
  • P14449: 150872[27]
  • P14821: 66933[28]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 66933
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 66933, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche synchronkartei film id → 616
    Wikidata description → second pilot episode of Columbo
    Omdb film id → 60663
    P14449 → 150872
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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