1. Peter Falk as Columbo has his hands full trying to prove his case against husband killer Leslie Williams played by the gorgeous Lee Grant. 2. Leslie's step daughter Margaret provides some help to Columbo, but I believe that she was fortunate that Leslie didn't decide to eliminate her step daughter as well! 3. I picked out one small interesting scene to mention. Shortly after Leslie takes her adversary for an airplane ride, he goes into a diner for a bowl of chili. Apparently our favorite detective has eaten there before because the cook knows that chili is Colombo's favorite dish. (In later episodes we see the lieutenant sitting down to enjoy a bowl of chili, but this is the first time we see this happen in the series). 4. In 2011 when the news reports came out that Peter Falk had passed away, I made my way to a greasy spoon diner and had a bowl of chili exactly the way Colombo liked it, with "ketchup and lots of crackers".
Review of Ransom for a Dead Man
