An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.

A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then...

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved...

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.

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner...

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running...