Ransom for a Dead Man poster

Movie · 1972

Ransom for a Dead Man

Released 9 October 1972 More from 1972 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Harlan Warde
as Paul Williams
54
Harold Gould
as Agent Carlson
48
Lee Grant
as Leslie Williams
46
Charles Macaulay
as Richard
45
Paul Carr
as Hammond
38
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
16years between the oldest and youngest billed
54Harlan Warde — oldest on the call sheet
38Paul Carr — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast
← Back to top
Are you older than Sam Claflin in Me Before You? Find out.
Play the quiz →